Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's track time trial

|games = 1972 Summer

|image = File:Niels Fredborg 1967.jpg

|image_size = 200px

|caption = Niels Fredborg (1967)

|venue = Olympic Velodrome, Munich

|date = 31 August 1972

|competitors = 31

|nations = 31

|win_value = 1:06.44

|longnames = yes

|gold = Niels Fredborg

|goldNOC = DEN

|silver = Daniel Clark

|silverNOC = AUS

|bronze = Jürgen Schütze

|bronzeNOC = GDR

|prev= 1968

|next= 1976

}}

The men's track time trial at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, was held on 31 August 1972. There were 31 participants from 31 nations, with each nation limited to one cyclist. One additional cyclist was entered but did not start.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/CYC/mens-1000-metres-time-trial.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417195241/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/CYC/mens-1000-metres-time-trial.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Cycling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 1000m time trial |access-date=2 November 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}} The event was won by Niels Fredborg of Denmark, the nation's first victory in the men's track time trial since Willy Hansen won in 1928. Denmark tied Italy and Australia for second-most gold medals in the event at 2 (behind Italy at 3). Fredborg was just the third man to win multiple medals in the event; he would become the only one to earn a third, in 1976. Daniel Clark's silver medal was Australia's first medal in the event since 1952. Jürgen Schütze's bronze was the first track time trial medal for East Germany as a separate nation.

Background

This was the 11th appearance of the event, which had previously been held in 1896 and every Games since 1928. It would be held every Games until being dropped from the programme after 2004. All three of the medalists from 1968 returned (gold medalist Pierre Trentin of France, silver medalist Niels Fredborg of Denmark, and bronze medalist Janusz Kierzkowski of Poland), along with seventh-place finisher Jocelyn Lovell of Canada. Fredborg had also won the 1967, 1968, and 1970 world championships; he was the favorite to win the Olympic competition this time. The 1971 world champion, Eduard Rapp of the Soviet Union, was also competing.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/154152 |work=Olympedia |title=1,000 metres Time Trial, Men |accessdate=11 November 2020}}

The Bahamas and Iran each made their debut in the men's track time trial. France and Great Britain each made their 11th appearance, having competed at every appearance of the event.

Competition format

The event was a time trial on the track, with each cyclist competing separately to attempt to achieve the fastest time. Each cyclist raced one kilometre from a standing start.Official Report, vol. 3, p. 214.

Records

The following were the world and Olympic records prior to the competition.

{{World Olympic Record

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Pierre Trentin|FRA}}

| world_mark = 1:03.91

| world_place = Mexico City, Mexico

| world_date = 17 October 1968

| olympic_athlete = {{flagIOCathlete|Pierre Trentin|FRA|1968 Summer}}

| olympic_mark = 1:03.91

| olympic_place = Mexico City, Mexico

| olympic_date = 17 October 1968

}}

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

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

class="wikitable"

! Date

! Time

! Round

style=background:lemonchiffon

| Thursday, 31 August 1972

20:00

Final

Results

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

! Rank !! Cyclist

Nation !! 428 m

713 m

Time !! Speed
(km/h)

|align=left| Niels Fredborg

align=left| {{flagIOC|DEN|1972 Summer}}

| 30.29

47.76

1:06.44

|54.184

|align=left| Daniel Clark

align=left| {{flagIOC|AUS|1972 Summer}}

| 30.00

47.95

1:06.87

|53.835

|align=left| Jürgen Schütze

align=left| {{flagIOC|GDR|1972 Summer}}

| 29.98

47.67

1:07.02

|53.715

|align=left| Karl Köther

align=left| {{flagIOC|FRG|1972 Summer}}

| 30.65

48.46

1:07.21

|53.563

|align=left| Janusz Kierzkowski

align=left| {{flagIOC|POL|1972 Summer}}

| 29.82

47.82

1:07.22

|53.555

|align=left| Dimo Angelov Tonchev

align=left| {{flagIOC|BUL|1972 Summer}}

| 30.09

48.15

1:07.55

|53.293

|align=left| Christian Brunner

align=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1972 Summer}}

| 29.30

47.38

1:07.71

|53.167

|align=left| Eduard Rapp

align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1972 Summer}}

| 29.74

47.75

1:07.73

|53.152

|align=left| Ezio Cardi

align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1972 Summer}}

| 30.32

48.31

1:07.80

|53.097

|align=left| Pierre Trentin

align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1972 Summer}}

| 30.51

48.59

1:07.85

|53.058

|align=left| Peter van Doorn

align=left| {{flagIOC|NED|1972 Summer}}

| 30.45

48.24

1:08.09

|52.871

|align=left| Steven Woznick

align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1972 Summer}}

| 30.20

48.72

1:08.56

|52.508

|align=left| Anton Tkáč

align=left| {{flagIOC|TCH|1972 Summer}}

| 31.06

49.17

1:08.78

|52.340

|align=left| Robert Maveau

align=left| {{flagIOC|BEL|1972 Summer}}

| 30.10

48.60

1:08.94

|52.219

|align=left| Jocelyn Lovell

align=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|1972 Summer}}

| 30.81

49.33

1:09.03

|52.151

|align=left| Harry Kent

align=left| {{flagIOC|NZL|1972 Summer}}

| 30.60

48.98

1:09.10

|52.098

|align=left| Michael Bennett

align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1972 Summer}}

| 31.03

49.81

1:09.45

|51.835

|align=left| Harald Bundli

align=left| {{flagIOC|NOR|1972 Summer}}

| 30.78

49.84

1:09.72

|51.635

|align=left| Leslie King

align=left| {{flagIOC|TRI|1972 Summer}}

| 31.07

49.70

1:09.96

|51.457

|align=left| Takafumi Matsuda

align=left| {{flagIOC|JPN|1972 Summer}}

| 30.56

49.04

1:10.00

|51.428

|align=left| Fernando Jiménez

align=left| {{flagIOC|ARG|1972 Summer}}

| 30.61

49.24

1:10.30

|51.209

|align=left| Neville Hunte

align=left| {{flagIOC|GUY|1972 Summer}}

| 31.49

50.04

1:10.48

|51.078

|align=left| Jairo Rodríguez

align=left| {{flagIOC|COL|1972 Summer}}

| 31.71

50.42

1:10.86

|50.804

|align=left| Arturo Cambroni

align=left| {{flagIOC|MEX|1972 Summer}}

| 31.48

50.47

1:11.54

|50.321

|align=left| Suriya Chiarasapawong

align=left| {{flagIOC|THA|1972 Summer}}

| 32.00

51.38

1:12.53

|49.634

|align=left| Howard Fenton

align=left| {{flagIOC|JAM|1972 Summer}}

| 30.85

50.54

1:12.64

|49.559

|align=left| Shue Ming-fa

align=left| {{flagIOC|TPE|1972 Summer}}

| 31.77

51.67

1:14.05

|48.615

|align=left| Behrouz Rahbar

align=left| {{flagIOC|IRI|1972 Summer}}

| 33.04

53.35

1:15.39

|47.751

|align=left| Daud Ibrahim

align=left| {{flagIOC|MAS|1972 Summer}}

| 32.88

53.53

1:16.27

|47.200

|align=left| Laurence Burnside

align=left| {{flagIOC|BAH|1972 Summer}}

| 33.53

55.39

1:20.31

|44.826

data-sort-value=31| —

|align=left| Hector Edwards

align=left| {{flagIOC|BAR|1972 Summer}}

|colspan=2 data-sort-value=99.99| —

data-sort-value=8:99.99| {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

|data-sort-value=00.000| —

data-sort-value=32| —

|align=left| Ahmed Abdussal Gariani

align=left| {{flagIOC|LIB|1972 Summer}}

|colspan=2 data-sort-value=99.99| —

data-sort-value=9:99.99| {{abbr|DNS|Did not start}}

|data-sort-value=00.000| —

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120706064828/http://www.olympic-museum.de/o-reports/report1972.htm Official Report]

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