Cycling at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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The men's sprint at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, was held on 1 to 2 September 1972. There were 51 entrants from 30 nations; 5 withdrawals left 46 competitors from 27 nations.[1] Nations were limited to two cyclists each. The event was won by Daniel Morelon of France, successfully defending his 1968 title and becoming the first man to win three medals in the event (with his 1964 bronze). It was France's seventh gold medal in the event, most in the world. Silver went to John Nicholson of Australia, taking the nation's first medal in the men's sprint since 1956. Omar Pkhakadze, who had finished fourth in 1968, won the bronze this time for the Soviet Union's first medal in the event. Italy's six-Games medal streak was broken.

Background

This was the 15th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. Two quarterfinalists from 1968 returned: gold medalist (and 1964 bronze medalist) Daniel Morelon of France and fourth-place finisher Omar Pkhakadze of the Soviet Union. Morelon was heavily favored to repeat, with three world championships and two Grand Prix de Paris wins since his 1968 gold medal.[2]

The Bahamas and Malaysia each made their debut in the men's sprint; East Germany competed separately for the first time. France made its 15th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every appearance of the event.

Competition format

This sprint competition involved a series of head-to-head matches. The 1972 competition involved ten rounds: six main rounds (first round, second round, 1/8 finals, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals) as well as three repechages after the first three main rounds; the third repechage was a two-round repechage.[3]

  • First round: The 51 entrants were divided into 17 heats of 3 cyclists each. Withdrawals left some heats with only 2 competitors. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the second round (17 cyclists), while all other cyclists who competed were sent to the first repechage (29 cyclists).
  • First repechage: The 29 cyclists were divided into 12 heats, each with 2 or 3 cyclists. The winner of each heat advanced to the second round (12 cyclists), while all others were eliminated (17 cyclists, including those who did not start).
  • Second round: The 29 cyclists who advanced through the first round or first repechage were divided into 10 heats; all heats had 3 cyclists except heat 1, which had only 2. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the third round, the 1/8 finals (10 cyclists), while all others went to the second repechage (19 cyclists).
  • Second repechage: The 19 cyclists from the second round were divided into 8 heats, with 2 or 3 cyclists per heat. Winners advanced to the 1/8 finals (8 cyclists), while all others were eliminated (11 cyclists).
  • 1/8 finals: The 18 cyclists who advanced through the first two rounds (including repechages) competed in a 1/8 finals round. There were 6 heats in this round, with 3 cyclists in each. The top cyclist in each heat advanced to the quarterfinals (6 cyclists), while the other 2 in each heat went to the third repechage (12 cyclists).
  • Third repechage: This was a two-round repechage. The repechage began with 4 heats of 3 cyclists each. The top cyclist in each heat advanced to the second round, while the other 2 cyclists in each heat were eliminated. The second round of this repechage featured 2 heats of 2 cyclists each, with the winners 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.

Records

The records for the sprint are 200 metre flying time trial records, kept for the qualifying round in later Games as well as for the finish of races.

World record  Omar Pkhakadze (URS) 10.61 Mexico City, Mexico 22 October 1967
Olympic record  Leijn Loevesijn (NED) 10.66 Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 1968

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Friday, 1 September 1972 11:19
12:29
15:59
16:50
20:00
21:11
 		 Round 1
First repechage
Round 2
Second repechage
1/8 finals
Third repechage heats
Third repechage finals
Saturday, 2 September 1972 17:58
20:51
21:52		 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final

Results

First round

First round heat 1

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Daniel Morelon  France 11.71 Q
2 Hector Edwards  Barbados – R
3 Suriya Chiarasapawong  Thailand – R

First round heat 2

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Serhiy Kravtsov  Soviet Union 11.83 Q
2 Taworn Tarwan  Thailand – R
3 Shue Ming-fa  Chinese Taipei – R

First round heat 3

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Ivan Kučírek  Czechoslovakia 11.78 Q
2 Winston Attong  Trinidad and Tobago – R
3 Kensley Reece  Barbados – R

First round heat 4

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Gérard Quintyn  France 11.40 Q
2 Yoshikazu Cho  Japan – R
3 Jeffrey Spencer  United States – R

First round heat 5

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Ezio Cardi  Italy 11.92 Q
2 Félix Suárez  Spain – R
3 Daud Ibrahim  Malaysia – R

First round heat 6

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 John Nicholson  Australia 11.20 Q
2 Ed McRae  Canada – R
– Mabruk Ilmarimi Mah  Lebanon DNS

First round heat 7

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Peter van Doorn  Netherlands 11.58 Q
2 Yaichi Numata  Japan – R
– Ahmed Abdussal Gariani  Lebanon DNS

First round heat 8

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Omar Pkhakadze  Soviet Union 11.64 Q
2 Andrzej Bek  Poland – R
3 Honson Chin  Jamaica – R

First round heat 9

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Jürgen Geschke  East Germany 11.52 Q
2 Jairo Díaz  Colombia – R
– Behrouz Rahbar  Iran DNS

First round heat 10

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Karl Köther  West Germany 11.30 Q
2 Peder Pedersen  Denmark – R
– Gholamhosain Koohi  Iran DNS

First round heat 11

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Vladimír Vačkář  Czechoslovakia 11.89 Q
2 Klaas Balk  Netherlands – R
3 Carlos Galeano  Colombia – R

First round heat 12

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Massimo Marino  Italy 11.83 Q
2 Roger Young  United States – R
3 Geoffrey Burnside  Bahamas – R

First round heat 13

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Dieter Berkmann  West Germany 11.71 Q
2 Leslie King  Trinidad and Tobago – R
3 Arturo Cambroni  Mexico – R

First round heat 14

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Niels Fredborg  Denmark 12.16 Q
2 Maurice Hugh-Sam  Jamaica – R
– Harry Kent  New Zealand DNS

First round heat 15

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Benedykt Kocot  Poland 11.44 Q
2 Geoff Cooke  Great Britain – R
3 Manu Snellinx  Belgium – R

First round heat 16

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Carlos Reybaud  Argentina 11.50 Q
2 Werner Otto  East Germany – R
3 Ernie Crutchlow  Great Britain – R

First round heat 17

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Robert Maveau  Belgium Unknown Q
2 Víctor Limba  Argentina – R
3 Neville Hunte  Guyana – R

First repechage

First repechage heat 1

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Jeffrey Spencer  United States 12.46 Q
2 Hector Edwards  Barbados –

First repechage heat 2

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Leslie King  Trinidad and Tobago 11.62 Q
2 Werner Otto  East Germany –
3 Suriya Chiarasapawong  Thailand –

First repechage heat 3

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Neville Hunte  Guyana 11.54 Q
2 Taworn Tarwan  Thailand –
3 Manu Snellinx  Belgium –

First repechage heat 4

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Yoshikazu Cho  Japan 11.17 Q
2 Félix Suárez  Spain –
3 Shue Ming-fa  Chinese Taipei –

First repechage heat 5

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Ernie Crutchlow  Great Britain 11.41 Q
2 Jairo Díaz  Colombia –
3 Winston Attong  Trinidad and Tobago –

First repechage heat 6

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Roger Young  United States 11.99 Q
2 Kensley Reece  Barbados –

First repechage heat 7

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Klaas Balk  Netherlands 12.02 Q
2 Maurice Hugh-Sam  Jamaica –
3 Daud Ibrahim  Malaysia –

First repechage heat 8

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Honson Chin  Jamaica 11.90 Q
2 Yaichi Numata  Japan –

First repechage heat 9

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Ed McRae  Canada Unknown Q
2 Víctor Limba  Argentina –

First repechage heat 10

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Andrzej Bek  Poland 11.86 Q
2 Arturo Cambroni  Mexico –

First repechage heat 11

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Peder Pedersen  Denmark 11.34 Q
2 Geoffery Burnside  Bahamas –

First repechage heat 12

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Geoff Cooke  Great Britain 12.27 Q
2 Carlos Galeano  Colombia –

Second round

Second round heat 1

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Daniel Morelon  France 12.26 Q
2 Neville Hunte  Guyana – R

Second round heat 2

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Serhiy Kravtsov  Soviet Union 11.35 Q
2 Geoff Cooke  Great Britain – R
3 Jeffrey Spencer  United States – R

Second round heat 3

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Leslie King  Trinidad and Tobago 11.77 Q
2 Ivan Kučírek  Czechoslovakia – R
3 Roger Young  United States – R

Second round heat 4

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Gérard Quintyn  France Unknown Q
2 Carlos Reybaud  Argentina – R
3 Klaas Balk  Netherlands – R

Second round heat 5

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Vladimír Vačkář  Czechoslovakia 11.83 Q
2 Ezio Cardi  Italy – R
3 Andrzej Bek  Poland – R

Second round heat 6

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 John Nicholson  Australia 11.92 Q
2 Niels Fredborg  Denmark – R
3 Honson Chin  Jamaica – R

Second round heat 7

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Peder Pedersen  Denmark 11.69 Q
2 Dieter Berkmann  West Germany – R
3 Peter van Doorn  Netherlands – R

Second round heat 8

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Robert Maveau  Belgium 11.98 Q
2 Omar Pkhakadze  Soviet Union – R
3 Ed McRae  Canada – R

Second round heat 9

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Jürgen Geschke  East Germany 11.53 Q
2 Benedykt Kocot  Poland – R
3 Ernie Crutchlow  Great Britain – R

Second round heat 10

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Karl Köther  West Germany 11.37 Q
2 Yoshikazu Cho  Japan – R
3 Massimo Marino  Italy – R

Second repechage

Second repechage heat 1

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Ivan Kučírek  Czechoslovakia 12.27 Q
2 Jeffrey Spencer  United States –

Second repechage heat 2

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Klaas Balk  Netherlands 11.68 Q
2 Benedykt Kocot  Poland –

Second repechage heat 3

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Ezio Cardi  Italy 11.93 Q
2 Roger Young  United States –

Second repechage heat 4

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Andrzej Bek  Poland 11.87 Q
2 Dieter Berkmann  West Germany –

Second repechage heat 5

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Niels Fredborg  Denmark 11.96 Q
2 Honson Chin  Jamaica –

Second repechage heat 6

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Omar Pkhakadze  Soviet Union 11.56 Q
2 Ernie Crutchlow  Great Britain –
3 Neville Hunte  Guyana –

Second repechage heat 7

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Peter van Doorn  Netherlands 11.74 Q
2 Yoshikazu Cho  Japan –
3 Ed McRae  Canada –

Second repechage heat 8

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Massimo Marino  Italy 11.68 Q
2 Carlos Reybaud  Argentina –
3 Geoff Cooke  Great Britain –

1/8 finals

1/8 final 1

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Daniel Morelon  France 12.26 Q
2 Niels Fredborg  Denmark – R
3 Peter van Doorn  Netherlands – R

1/8 final 2

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Klaas Balk  Netherlands 11.48 Q
2 Andrzej Bek  Poland – R
3 Serhiy Kravtsov  Soviet Union – R

1/8 final 3

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Massimo Marino  Italy 11.40 Q
2 Robert Maveau  Belgium – R
3 Gérard Quintyn  France – R

1/8 final 4

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Omar Pkhakadze  Soviet Union 11.43 Q
2 Karl Köther  West Germany – R
3 Vladimír Vačkář  Czechoslovakia – R

1/8 final 5

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Jürgen Geschke  East Germany 11.42 Q
2 Ezio Cardi  Italy – R
3 Leslie King  Trinidad and Tobago – R

1/8 final 6

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 John Nicholson  Australia 11.67 Q
2 Ivan Kučírek  Czechoslovakia – R
3 Peder Pedersen  Denmark – R

Third repechage heats

Third repechage heat 1

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Niels Fredborg  Denmark 11.91 Q
2 Ivan Kučírek  Czechoslovakia –
3 Gérard Quintyn  France –

Third repechage heat 2

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Peter van Doorn  Netherlands 11.59 Q
2 Robert Maveau  Belgium –
3 Ezio Cardi  Italy –

Third repechage heat 3

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Karl Köther  West Germany 11.40 Q
2 Leslie King  Trinidad and Tobago –
3 Serhiy Kravtsov  Soviet Union –

Third repechage heat 4

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Vladimír Vačkář  Czechoslovakia 11.46 Q
2 Peder Pedersen  Denmark –
3 Andrzej Bek  Poland –

Third repechage finals

Third repechage final 1

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Niels Fredborg  Denmark 11.59 Q
2 Karl Köther  West Germany –

Third repechage heat 2

Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes
1 Peter van Doorn  Netherlands 11.61 Q
2 Vladimír Vačkář  Czechoslovakia –

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1 Daniel Morelon  France 11.78 1 11.78 1 — Q
2 Peter van Doorn  Netherlands – 2 – 2

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1 John Nicholson  Australia 11.68 1 11.59 1 — Q
2 Niels Fredborg  Denmark – 2 – 2

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1 Klaas Balk  Netherlands – 2 11.58 1 11.47 1 Q
2 Jürgen Geschke  East Germany 11.63 1 – 2 – 2

Quarterfinal 4

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1 Omar Pkhakadze  Soviet Union 11.34 1 – 2 11.65 1 Q
2 Massimo Marino  Italy – 2 11.47 1 – 2

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1 Daniel Morelon  France 11.55 1 11.49 1 — Q
2 Klaas Balk  Netherlands – 2 – 2 B

Semifinal 2

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1 John Nicholson  Australia 11.30 1 11.47 1 — Q
2 Omar Pkhakadze  Soviet Union – 2 – 2 B

Finals

Bronze medal match

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Omar Pkhakadze  Soviet Union – 2 12.12 1 11.34 1
4 Klaas Balk  Netherlands 11.62 1 – 2 – 2

Final

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Morelon  France 11.69 1 11.25 1 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) John Nicholson  Australia – 2 – 2

Final classification

Rank Cyclist Nation
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Morelon  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) John Nicholson  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Omar Pkhakadze  Soviet Union
4 Klaas Balk  Netherlands
5 Niels Fredborg  Denmark
Jürgen Geschke  East Germany
Massimo Marino  Italy
Peter van Doorn  Netherlands
9 Karl Köther  West Germany
Vladimír Vačkář  Czechoslovakia
Ivan Kučírek  Czechoslovakia
Robert Maveau  Belgium
Leslie King  Trinidad and Tobago
Peder Pedersen  Denmark
15 Gérard Quintyn  France
Ezio Cardi  Italy
Serhiy Kravtsov  Soviet Union
Andrzej Bek  Poland
19 Jeffrey Spencer  United States
Benedykt Kocot  Poland
Roger Young  United States
Dieter Berkmann  West Germany
Honson Chin  Jamaica
Ernie Crutchlow  Great Britain
Yoshikazu Cho  Japan
Carlos Reybaud  Argentina
27 Neville Hunte  Guyana
Ed McRae  Canada
Geoff Cooke  Great Britain
30 Hector Edwards  Barbados
Werner Otto  East Germany
Taworn Tarwan  Thailand
Félix Suárez  Spain
Jairo Díaz  Colombia
Kensley Reece  Barbados
Maurice Hugh-Sam  Jamaica
Yaichi Numata  Japan
Arturo Cambroni  Mexico
Geoffery Burnside  Bahamas
Carlos Galeano  Colombia
Víctor Limba  Argentina
42 Suriya Chiarasapawong  Thailand
Shue Ming-fa  Chinese Taipei
Winston Attong  Trinidad and Tobago
Daud Ibrahim  Malaysia
Manu Snellinx  Belgium
— Ahmed Abdussal Gariani[4]  Lebanon
Mabruk Ilmarimi Mah[4]  Lebanon
Behrouz Rahbar[4]  Iran
Gholamhosain Koohi[4]  Iran
Harry Kent[4]  New Zealand

References

  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Sprint". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Sprint, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 214–15.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Official Report 1972 v.3 page 1". digital.la84.org. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_sprint
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