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Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint

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.

Men's sprint
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Daniel Morelon (2011)
VenueMunich, West Germany
Dates1–2 September 1972
Competitors46 from 27 nations
Medalists
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
← 1968
1976 →

Background edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

First round edit

First round heat 1 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

First round heat 13 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

First repechage edit

First repechage heat 1 edit

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

First repechage heat 2 edit

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 edit

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

First repechage heat 4 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

First repechage heat 7 edit

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 edit

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

First repechage heat 9 edit

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

First repechage heat 10 edit

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

First repechage heat 11 edit

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

First repechage heat 12 edit

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

Second round edit

Second round heat 1 edit

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

Second round heat 2 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Second repechage heat 1 edit

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

Second repechage heat 2 edit

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

Second repechage heat 3 edit

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

Second repechage heat 4 edit

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

Second repechage heat 5 edit

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

Second repechage heat 6 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

1/8 finals edit

1/8 final 1 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Third repechage heat 1 edit

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

Third repechage heat 2 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Third repechage finals edit

Third repechage final 1 edit

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

Third repechage heat 2 edit

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

Quarterfinals edit

Quarterfinal 1 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Semifinal 1 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Bronze medal match edit

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
  Omar Pkhakadze   Soviet Union – 2 12.12 1 11.34 1
4 Klaas Balk   Netherlands 11.62 1 – 2 – 2

Final edit

Rank Cyclist Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
  Daniel Morelon   France 11.69 1 11.25 1 —
  John Nicholson   Australia – 2 – 2

Final classification edit

Rank Cyclist Nation
  Daniel Morelon   France
  John Nicholson   Australia
  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 edit

  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.
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