These are the official results of the Men's Tandem Race at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany held on 3 to 4 September 1972. There were 28 participants from 14 countries.[1]
Men's cycling tandem at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Velodrome, Munich | ||||||||||||
Date | 3–4 September 1972 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Competition format edit
This tandem bicycle competition involved a series of head-to-head matches. The 1972 competition involved six rounds: four main rounds (first round, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals) as well as a two-round repechage after the first round.[2]
- First round: The 14 teams were divided into 7 heats of 2 cyclists each. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinal (7 teams); the loser went to the repechage (7 teams).
- Repechage: This was a two-round repechage. The repechage began with 3 heats of 2 or 3 teams each. The top team in each heat advanced to the second round, while the other team or teams in each heat were eliminated. The second round of this repechage featured a single heats of 3 teams, with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals and the losers eliminated.
- Quarterfinals: Beginning with the quarterfinals, all matches were one-on-one competitions and were held in best-of-three format. There were 4 quarterfinals, with the winner of each advancing to the semifinals and the loser eliminated.
- Semifinals: The two semifinals provided for advancement to the gold medal final for winners and to the bronze medal final for losers.
- Finals: Both a gold medal final and a bronze medal final were held.
Results edit
First round edit
First round heat 1 edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | East Germany | 11.66 | Q | |
2 | Great Britain | – | R |
First round heat 2 edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | West Germany | 11.27 | Q | |
2 | Belgium | – | R |
First round heat 3 edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | France | 10.42 | Q | |
2 | Japan | – | R |
First round heat 4 edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Soviet Union | 10.37 | Q | |
2 | United States | – | R |
First round heat 5 edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Netherlands | 10.55 | Q | |
2 | Colombia | – | R |
First round heat 6 edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Poland | 10.56 | Q | |
2 | Italy | – | R |
First round heat 7 edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Czechoslovakia | 10.97 | Q | |
2 | Jamaica | – | R |
Repechage heats edit
Repechage heat 1 edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Great Britain | Unknown | Q | |
2 | Japan | – |
Repechage heat 2 edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Italy | 11.20 | Q | |
2 | Jamaica | – |
Repechage heat 3 edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Belgium | 10.97 | Q | |
2 | United States | – | ||
3 | Colombia | – |
Repechage final edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Belgium | 10.94 | Q | |
2 | Italy | – | ||
3 | Great Britain | – |
Quarterfinals edit
Quarterfinal 1 edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Notes | |||
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Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | ||||
1 | East Germany | 10.75 | 1 | 10.80 | 1 | — | Q | ||
2 | Belgium | – | 2 | – | 2 |
Quarterfinal 2 edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Notes | |||
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Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | ||||
1 | Poland | 10.57 | 1 | 10.46 | 1 | — | Q | ||
2 | West Germany | – | 2 | – | 2 |
Quarterfinal 3 edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Notes | |||
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Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | ||||
1 | France | 10.69 | 1 | 10.62 | 1 | — | Q | ||
2 | Netherlands | – | 2 | – | 2 |
Quarterfinal 4 edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Notes | |||
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Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | ||||
1 | Soviet Union | 10.66 | 1 | 10.53 | 1 | — | Q | ||
2 | Czechoslovakia | – | 2 | – | 2 |
Semifinals edit
Semifinal 1 edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Notes | |||
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Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | ||||
1 | East Germany | 10.54 | 1 | 10.91 | 1 | — | Q | ||
2 | Poland | – | 2 | – | 2 | B |
Semifinal 2 edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Notes | |||
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Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | ||||
1 | Soviet Union | 10.66 | 1 | 10.51 | 1 | — | Q | ||
2 | France | – | 2 | – | 2 | B |
Finals edit
Bronze medal match edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | |||
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Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | |||
Poland | 10.76 | 1 | 10.67 | 1 | — | |||
4 | France | – | 2 | – | 2 |
Final edit
Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | |||
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Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | |||
Soviet Union | – | 2 | 10.52 | 1 | 10.60 | 1 | ||
East Germany | 10.68 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 |
Final classification edit
RANK | NAME CYCLISTS | NATION |
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Igor Tselovalnikov / Vladimir Semenets | Soviet Union | |
Jürgen Geschke / Werner Otto | East Germany | |
Andrzej Bek / Benedykt Kocot | Poland | |
4. | Daniel Morelon / Pierre Trentin | France |
5. | Manu Snellinx / Noël Soetaert | Belgium |
6. | Jürgen Barth / Rainer Müller | West Germany |
7. | Klaas Balk / Peter van Doorn | Netherlands |
8. | Ivan Kučírek / Vladimír Popelka | Czechoslovakia |
9. | Dino Verzini / Giorgio Rossi | Italy |
10. | David Rowe / Geoff Cooke | Great Britain |
11. | Honson Chin / Howard Fenton | Jamaica |
12. | Yaichi Numata / Yoshikazu Cho | Japan |
13. | Jeffrey Spencer / Ralph Therrio | United States |
14. | Jairo Díaz / Rafael Narváez | Colombia |
References edit
- ^ "Cycling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's tandem". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 216.