Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

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Men's cycling tandem
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Velodrome, Munich
Date3–4 September 1972
Competitors28 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Igor Tselovalnikov, Vladimir Semenets  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jürgen Geschke, Werner Otto  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrzej Bek, Benedykt Kocot  Poland
← 1968
Cycling at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
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Road racemen
Team time trialmen
Track cycling
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Track time trialmen
Individual pursuitmen
Team pursuitmen
Sprintmen
Tandemmen
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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]

Competition format[]

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[]

First round[]

First round heat 1[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1
 East Germany 11.66 Q
2
 Great Britain – R

First round heat 2[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1
 West Germany 11.27 Q
2
 Belgium – R

First round heat 3[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1
 France 10.42 Q
2
 Japan – R

First round heat 4[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1
 Soviet Union 10.37 Q
2
 United States – R

First round heat 5[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1
 Netherlands 10.55 Q
2
 Colombia – R

First round heat 6[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1
 Poland 10.56 Q
2
 Italy – R

First round heat 7[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1
 Czechoslovakia 10.97 Q
2
 Jamaica – R

Repechage heats[]

Repechage heat 1[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1
 Great Britain Unknown Q
2
 Japan –

Repechage heat 2[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1
 Italy 11.20 Q
2
 Jamaica –

Repechage heat 3[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1
 Belgium 10.97 Q
2
 United States –
3
 Colombia –

Repechage final[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes
1
 Belgium 10.94 Q
2
 Italy –
3
 Great Britain –

Quarterfinals[]

Quarterfinal 1[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1
 East Germany 10.75 1 10.80 1 N/A Q
2
 Belgium – 2 – 2

Quarterfinal 2[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1
 Poland 10.57 1 10.46 1 N/A Q
2
 West Germany – 2 – 2

Quarterfinal 3[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1
 France 10.69 1 10.62 1 N/A Q
2
 Netherlands – 2 – 2

Quarterfinal 4[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1
 Soviet Union 10.66 1 10.53 1 N/A Q
2
 Czechoslovakia – 2 – 2

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1
 East Germany 10.54 1 10.91 1 N/A Q
2
 Poland – 2 – 2 B

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1
 Soviet Union 10.66 1 10.51 1 N/A Q
2
 France – 2 – 2 B

Finals[]

Bronze medal match[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Poland 10.76 1 10.67 1 N/A
4
 France – 2 – 2

Final[]

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)
 Soviet Union – 2 10.52 1 10.60 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 East Germany 10.68 1 – 2 – 2

Final classification[]

RANK NAME CYCLISTS NATION
Med 1.png Igor Tselovalnikov / Vladimir Semenets  Soviet Union
Med 2.png Jürgen Geschke / Werner Otto  East Germany
Med 3.png 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[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 216.

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