Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit
# Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

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.

## 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.

## Results

### Qualifying round

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jürgen Colombo Günter Haritz Udo Hempel Günther Schumacher | West Germany | 4:23.54 | Q |
| 2 | Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Herbert Richter Uwe Unterwalder | East Germany | 4:25.48 | Q |
| 3 | Viktor Bykov Vladimir Kuznetsov Anatoly Stepanenko Aleksandr Yudin | Soviet Union | 4:26.53 | Q |
| 4 | Ad Dekkers Gerard Kamper Herman Ponsteen Roy Schuiten | Netherlands | 4:27.30 | Q |
| 5 | Michael Bennett Ian Hallam Ronald Keeble William Moore | Great Britain | 4:28.92 | Q |
| 6 | Paweł Kaczorowski Janusz Kierzkowski Mieczysław Nowicki Jerzy Głowacki | Poland | 4:29.00 | Q |
| 7 | Martin Steger Xaver Kurmann René Savary Christian Brunner | Switzerland | 4:30.56 | Q |
| 8 | Nikifor Petrov Minchev Plamen Timchev Dimo Angelov Tonchev Ivan Tsvetkov | Bulgaria | 4:31.43 | Q |
| 9 | Pietro Algeri Giacomo Bazzan Giorgio Morbiato Luciano Borgognoni | Italy | 4:31.64 | |
| 10 | Steele Bishop Danny Clark Remo Sansonetti Philip Sawyer | Australia | 4:31.85 | |
| 11 | Zdeněk Dohnal Jiří Mikšík Anton Tkáč Milan Zyka | Czechoslovakia | 4:33.39 | |
| 12 | Leon Daelemans Roger De Beukelaer Alex Van Linden Wilfried Wesemael | Belgium | 4:34.26 | |
| 13 | Gunnar Asmussen Svend Erik Bjerg Reno Olsen Bent Pedersen | Denmark | 4:34.78 | |
| 14 | Paul Brydon Neil Lyster John Dean Blair Stockwell | New Zealand | 4:35.11 | |
| 15 | Bernard Bocquet Jacques Bossis Michel Zucarelli Jean-Jacques Fussien | France | 4:35.48 | |
| 16 | Carlos Miguel Álvarez Raúl Gómez Raúl Halket Ismael Torres | Argentina | 4:37.89 | |
| 17 | David Chauner John Vande Velde David Mulica Jim Ochowicz | United States | 4:38.19 | |
| 18 | Gregorio Aldo Arencibia Roberto Heredero Roberto Menéndez Raúl Marcelo Vázquez | Cuba | 4:44.43 | |
| 19 | Jocelyn Lovell Brian Keast Ron Hayman Ed McRae | Canada | 4:48.90 | |
| 20 | Pat Gellineau Clive Saney Anthony Sellier Vernon Stauble | Trinidad and Tobago | 4:56.59 | |
| 21 | Radcliffe Lawrence Howard Fenton Maurice Hugh-Sam Michael Lecky | Jamaica | 4:59.28 | |
| 22 | Khosro Haghgosha Mohamed Khodavand Gholam Hossein Koohi Behrouz Rahbar | Iran | 5:10.80 | |

### Quarterfinals

**Quarterfinal 1**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Michael Bennett Ian Hallam Ronald Keeble William Moore | Great Britain | 4:25.23 | Q |
| 2 | Ad Dekkers Gerard Kamper Herman Ponsteen Roy Schuiten | Netherlands | 4:26.11 | |

**Quarterfinal 2**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bernard Kręczyński Paweł Kaczorowski Janusz Kierzkowski Mieczysław Nowicki | Poland | 4:25.72 | Q |
| 2 | Viktor Bykov Vladimir Kuznetsov Anatoly Stepanenko Aleksandr Yudin | Soviet Union | 4:26.75 | |

**Quarterfinal 3**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Herbert Richter Uwe Unterwalder | East Germany | 4:23.26 | Q |
| 2 | Martin Steger Xaver Kurmann René Savary Christian Brunner | Switzerland | 4:26.44 | |

**Quarterfinal 4**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jürgen Colombo Günter Haritz Udo Hempel Günther Schumacher | West Germany | 4:24.49 | Q |
| 2 | Nikifor Petrov Minchev Plamen Timchev Dimo Angelov Tonchev Ivan Tsvetkov | Bulgaria | 4:31.55 | |

### Semifinals

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jürgen Colombo Günter Haritz Günther Schumacher Peter Vonhof | West Germany | – | Q |
| 2 | Michael Bennett Ian Hallam Ronald Keeble William Moore | Great Britain | Overtaken | B |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Herbert Richter Uwe Unterwalder | East Germany | 4:23.14 | Q |
| 2 | Bernard Kręczyński Paweł Kaczorowski Janusz Kierzkowski Mieczysław Nowicki | Poland | 4:26.39 | B |

### Finals

**Bronze medal match**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Michael Bennett Ian Hallam Ronald Keeble William Moore | Great Britain | 4:23.78 |
| 4 | Bernard Kręczyński Paweł Kaczorowski Janusz Kierzkowski Mieczysław Nowicki | Poland | 4:26.06 |

**Final**

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Jürgen Colombo Günter Haritz Udo Hempel Günther Schumacher | West Germany | 4:22.14 |
| | Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Herbert Richter Uwe Unterwalder | East Germany | 4:25.25 |

## Final classification

| Rank | Name | Nationality |
| - | - | - |
| | Jürgen Colombo Günter Haritz Udo Hempel Günther Schumacher Peter Vonhof | West Germany |
| | Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Herbert Richter Uwe Unterwalder | East Germany |
| | Michael Bennett Ian Hallam Ronald Keeble William Moore | Great Britain |
| 4 | Bernard Kręczyński Paweł Kaczorowski Janusz Kierzkowski Mieczysław Nowicki Jerzy Głowacki | Poland |
| 5 | Nikifor Petrov Minchev Plamen Timchev Dimo Angelov Tonchev Ivan Tsvetkov | Bulgaria |
| 5 | Ad Dekkers Gerard Kamper Herman Ponsteen Roy Schuiten | Netherlands |
| 5 | Viktor Bykov Vladimir Kuznetsov Anatoly Stepanenko Aleksandr Yudin | Soviet Union |
| 5 | Martin Steger Xaver Kurmann René Savary Christian Brunner | Switzerland |
| 9 | Pietro Algeri Giacomo Bazzan Giorgio Morbiato Luciano Borgognoni | Italy |
| 10 | Steele Bishop Danny Clark Remo Sansonetti Philip Sawyer | Australia |
| 11 | Zdeněk Dohnal Jiří Mikšík Anton Tkáč Milan Zyka | Czechoslovakia |
| 12 | Leon Daelemans Roger De Beukelaer Alex Van Linden Wilfried Wesemael | Belgium |
| 13 | Gunnar Asmussen Svend Erik Bjerg Reno Olsen Bent Pedersen | Denmark |
| 14 | Paul Brydon Neil Lyster John Dean Blair Stockwell | New Zealand |
| 15 | Bernard Bocquet Jacques Bossis Michel Zucarelli Jean-Jacques Fussien | France |
| 16 | Carlos Miguel Álvarez Raúl Gómez Raúl Halket Ismael Torres | Argentina |
| 17 | David Chauner John Vande Velde David Mulica Jim Ochowicz | United States |
| 18 | Gregorio Aldo Arencibia Roberto Heredero Roberto Menéndez Raúl Marcelo Vázquez | Cuba |
| 19 | Jocelyn Lovell Brian Keast Ron Hayman Ed McRae | Canada |
| 20 | Pat Gellineau Clive Saney Anthony Sellier Vernon Stauble | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 21 | Radcliffe Lawrence Howard Fenton Maurice Hugh-Sam Michael Lecky | Jamaica |
| 22 | Khosro Haghgosha Mohamed Khodavand Gholam Hossein Koohi Behrouz Rahbar | Iran |
