Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
# Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

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.

## 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.

* 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 | Jürgen GeschkeWerner Otto | East Germany | 11.66 | Q |
| 2 | Geoff CookeDavid Rowe | Great Britain | – | R |

**First round heat 2**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jürgen BarthRainer Müller | West Germany | 11.27 | Q |
| 2 | Manu SnellinxNoël Soetaert | Belgium | – | R |

**First round heat 3**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Daniel MorelonPierre Trentin | France | 10.42 | Q |
| 2 | Yoshikazu ChoYaichi Numata | Japan | – | R |

**First round heat 4**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vladimir SemenetsIgor Tselovalnikov | Soviet Union | 10.37 | Q |
| 2 | Jeffrey SpencerRalph Therrio | United States | – | R |

**First round heat 5**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Klaas BalkPeter van Doorn | Netherlands | 10.55 | Q |
| 2 | Jairo DíazRafael Narváez | Colombia | – | R |

**First round heat 6**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Andrzej BekBenedykt Kocot | Poland | 10.56 | Q |
| 2 | Giorgio RossiDino Verzini | Italy | – | R |

**First round heat 7**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ivan KučírekVladimír Popelka | Czechoslovakia | 10.97 | Q |
| 2 | Honson ChinHoward Fenton | Jamaica | – | R |

### Repechage heats

**Repechage heat 1**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Geoff CookeDavid Rowe | Great Britain | Unknown | Q |
| 2 | Yoshikazu ChoYaichi Numata | Japan | – | |

**Repechage heat 2**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Giorgio RossiDino Verzini | Italy | 11.20 | Q |
| 2 | Honson ChinHoward Fenton | Jamaica | – | |

**Repechage heat 3**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Manu SnellinxNoël Soetaert | Belgium | 10.97 | Q |
| 2 | Jeffrey SpencerRalph Therrio | United States | – | |
| 3 | Jairo DíazRafael Narváez | Colombia | – | |

### Repechage final

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Manu SnellinxNoël Soetaert | Belgium | 10.94 | Q |
| 2 | Giorgio RossiDino Verzini | Italy | – | |
| 3 | Geoff CookeDavid Rowe | Great Britain | – | |

### Quarterfinals

**Quarterfinal 1**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jürgen GeschkeWerner Otto | East Germany | 10.75 | 1 | 10.80 | 1 | — | — | Q |
| 2 | Manu SnellinxNoël Soetaert | Belgium | – | 2 | – | 2 | — | — | |

**Quarterfinal 2**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrzej BekBenedykt Kocot | Poland | 10.57 | 1 | 10.46 | 1 | — | — | Q |
| 2 | Jürgen BarthRainer Müller | West Germany | – | 2 | – | 2 | — | — | |

**Quarterfinal 3**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Daniel MorelonPierre Trentin | France | 10.69 | 1 | 10.62 | 1 | — | — | Q |
| 2 | Klaas BalkPeter van Doorn | Netherlands | – | 2 | – | 2 | — | — | |

**Quarterfinal 4**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vladimir SemenetsIgor Tselovalnikov | Soviet Union | 10.66 | 1 | 10.53 | 1 | — | — | Q |
| 2 | Ivan KučírekVladimír Popelka | Czechoslovakia | – | 2 | – | 2 | — | — | |

### Semifinals

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jürgen GeschkeWerner Otto | East Germany | 10.54 | 1 | 10.91 | 1 | — | — | Q |
| 2 | Andrzej BekBenedykt Kocot | Poland | – | 2 | – | 2 | — | — | B |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vladimir SemenetsIgor Tselovalnikov | Soviet Union | 10.66 | 1 | 10.51 | 1 | — | — | Q |
| 2 | Daniel MorelonPierre Trentin | France | – | 2 | – | 2 | — | — | B |

### Finals

**Bronze medal match**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time |
| | Andrzej BekBenedykt Kocot | Poland | 10.76 | 1 | 10.67 | 1 | — | — |
| 4 | Daniel MorelonPierre Trentin | France | – | 2 | – | 2 | — | — |

**Final**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time |
| | Vladimir SemenetsIgor Tselovalnikov | Soviet Union | – | 2 | 10.52 | 1 | 10.60 | 1 |
| | Jürgen GeschkeWerner Otto | East Germany | 10.68 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 2 |

## Final classification

| RANK | NAME CYCLISTS | NATION |
| - | - | - |
| | 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 |
