Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's cycling team pursuit
|games = 1972 Summer
|venue = Munich, West Germany
|date = 2–4 September 1972
|competitors = 90
|nations = 22
|win_value =
|gold = Jürgen Colombo, Günter Haritz, Udo Hempel, Günther Schumacher, Peter Vonhof
|goldNOC = FRG
|silver = Thomas Huschke, Heinz Richter, Herbert Richter, Uwe Unterwalder
|silverNOC = GDR
|bronze = Michael Bennett, Ian Hallam, Ronald Keeble, William Moore
|bronzeNOC = GBR
|prev= 1968
|next= 1976
}}
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These are the official results of the men's team pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, held from 2 to 4 September 1972. There were 90 participants from 22 nations.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/CYC/mens-team-pursuit-4000-metres.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132223/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/CYC/mens-team-pursuit-4000-metres.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Cycling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres |access-date=12 October 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}}
Competition format
The team pursuit competition consisted of a qualifying round and a 3-round knockout tournament, including a bronze medal race. Each race, in both the qualifying round and the knock-out rounds, consisted of two teams of 4 cyclists each starting from opposite sides of the track. The teams raced for 4,000 metres, attempting to finish with the fastest time (measured by the third rider) and, if possible, catch the other team. For the qualifying round, the eight fastest times overall (regardless of whether the team finished first or second in its heat, though any team that was overtaken was eliminated) earned advancement to the knockout rounds. In the knockout rounds, the winner of each heat advanced to the next round. Teams could change members between rounds.Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 218–220.
Results
=Qualifying round=
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! Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | align=left| Jürgen Colombo Günter Haritz Udo Hempel Günther Schumacher | align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | 4:23.54 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for quarterfinals}} |
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| 2 | align=left| Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Herbert Richter Uwe Unterwalder | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 4:25.48 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for quarterfinals}} |
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| 3 | align=left| Viktor Bykov Vladimir Kuznetsov Anatoly Stepanenko Aleksandr Yudin | align=left| {{FlagIOC|URS|1972 Summer}} | 4:26.53 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for quarterfinals}} |
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| 4 | align=left| Ad Dekkers Gerard Kamper Herman Ponsteen Roy Schuiten | align=left| {{FlagIOC|NED|1972 Summer}} | 4:27.30 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for quarterfinals}} |
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| 5 | align=left| Michael Bennett Ian Hallam Ronald Keeble William Moore | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | 4:28.92 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for quarterfinals}} |
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| 6 | align=left| Paweł Kaczorowski Janusz Kierzkowski Mieczysław Nowicki Jerzy Głowacki | align=left| {{FlagIOC|POL|1972 Summer}} | 4:29.00 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for quarterfinals}} |
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| 7 | align=left| Martin Steger Xaver Kurmann René Savary Christian Brunner | align=left| {{FlagIOC|SUI|1972 Summer}} | 4:30.56 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for quarterfinals}} |
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| 8 | align=left| Nikifor Petrov Minchev Plamen Timchev Dimo Angelov Tonchev Ivan Tsvetkov | align=left| {{FlagIOC|BUL|1972 Summer}} | 4:31.43 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for quarterfinals}} |
| 9 | align=left| Pietro Algeri Giacomo Bazzan Giorgio Morbiato Luciano Borgognoni | align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1972 Summer}} | 4:31.64 | |
| 10 | align=left| Steele Bishop Danny Clark Remo Sansonetti Philip Sawyer | align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUS|1972 Summer}} | 4:31.85 | |
| 11 | align=left| Zdeněk Dohnal Jiří Mikšík Anton Tkáč Milan Zyka | align=left| {{FlagIOC|TCH|1972 Summer}} | 4:33.39 | |
| 12 | align=left| Leon Daelemans Roger De Beukelaer Alex Van Linden Wilfried Wesemael | align=left| {{FlagIOC|BEL|1972 Summer}} | 4:34.26 | |
| 13 | align=left| Gunnar Asmussen Svend Erik Bjerg Reno Olsen Bent Pedersen | align=left| {{FlagIOC|DEN|1972 Summer}} | 4:34.78 | |
| 14 | align=left| Paul Brydon Neil Lyster John Dean Blair Stockwell | align=left| {{FlagIOC|NZL|1972 Summer}} | 4:35.11 | |
| 15 | align=left| Bernard Bocquet Jacques Bossis Michel Zucarelli Jean-Jacques Fussien | align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRA|1972 Summer}} | 4:35.48 | |
| 16 | align=left| Carlos Miguel Álvarez Raúl Gómez Raúl Halket Ismael Torres | align=left| {{FlagIOC|ARG|1972 Summer}} | 4:37.89 | |
| 17 | align=left| David Chauner John Vande Velde David Mulica Jim Ochowicz | align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}} | 4:38.19 | |
| 18 | align=left| Gregorio Aldo Arencibia Roberto Heredero Roberto Menéndez Raúl Marcelo Vázquez | align=left| {{FlagIOC|CUB|1972 Summer}} | 4:44.43 | |
| 19 | align=left| Jocelyn Lovell Brian Keast Ron Hayman Ed McRae | align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}} | 4:48.90 | |
| 20 | align=left| Pat Gellineau Clive Saney Anthony Sellier Vernon Stauble | align=left| {{FlagIOC|TTO|1972 Summer}} | 4:56.59 | |
| 21 | align=left| Radcliffe Lawrence Howard Fenton Maurice Hugh-Sam Michael Lecky | align=left| {{FlagIOC|JAM|1972 Summer}} | 4:59.28 | |
| 22 | align=left| Khosro Haghgosha Mohamed Khodavand Gholam Hossein Koohi Behrouz Rahbar | align=left| {{FlagIOC|IRI|1972 Summer}} | 5:10.80 |
=Quarterfinals=
==Quarterfinal 1==
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! Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | align=left| Michael Bennett Ian Hallam Ronald Keeble William Moore | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | 4:25.23 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| 2 | align=left| Ad Dekkers Gerard Kamper Herman Ponsteen Roy Schuiten | align=left| {{FlagIOC|NED|1972 Summer}} | 4:26.11 |
==Quarterfinal 2==
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! Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | align=left| Bernard Kręczyński Paweł Kaczorowski Janusz Kierzkowski Mieczysław Nowicki | align=left| {{FlagIOC|POL|1972 Summer}} | 4:25.72 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| 2 | align=left| Viktor Bykov Vladimir Kuznetsov Anatoly Stepanenko Aleksandr Yudin | align=left| {{FlagIOC|URS|1972 Summer}} | 4:26.75 |
==Quarterfinal 3==
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! Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | align=left| Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Herbert Richter Uwe Unterwalder | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 4:23.26 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| 2 | align=left| Martin Steger Xaver Kurmann René Savary Christian Brunner | align=left| {{FlagIOC|SUI|1972 Summer}} | 4:26.44 |
==Quarterfinal 4==
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! Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | align=left| Jürgen Colombo Günter Haritz Udo Hempel Günther Schumacher | align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | 4:24.49 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| 2 | align=left| Nikifor Petrov Minchev Plamen Timchev Dimo Angelov Tonchev Ivan Tsvetkov | align=left| {{FlagIOC|BUL|1972 Summer}} | 4:31.55 |
=Semifinals=
==Semifinal 1==
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! Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | align=left| Jürgen Colombo Günter Haritz Günther Schumacher Peter Vonhof | align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | – | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}} |
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| 2 | align=left| Michael Bennett Ian Hallam Ronald Keeble William Moore | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | Overtaken | {{abbr|B|Bronze medal match}} |
==Semifinal 2==
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! Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | align=left| Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Herbert Richter Uwe Unterwalder | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 4:23.14 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}} |
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| 2 | align=left| Bernard Kręczyński Paweł Kaczorowski Janusz Kierzkowski Mieczysław Nowicki | align=left| {{FlagIOC|POL|1972 Summer}} | 4:26.39 | {{abbr|B|Bronze medal match}} |
=Finals=
==Bronze medal match==
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! Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
| {{bronze03}} | align=left| Michael Bennett Ian Hallam Ronald Keeble William Moore | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}} | 4:23.78 |
| 4 | align=left| Bernard Kręczyński Paweł Kaczorowski Janusz Kierzkowski Mieczysław Nowicki | align=left| {{FlagIOC|POL|1972 Summer}} | 4:26.06 |
==Final==
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! Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
| {{gold01}} | align=left| Jürgen Colombo Günter Haritz Udo Hempel Günther Schumacher | align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}} | 4:22.14 |
| {{silver02}} | align=left| Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Herbert Richter Uwe Unterwalder | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}} | 4:25.25 |
Final classification
References
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