Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

In cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the men's individual road race was held on 7 September. There were 163 starters from 48 nations.[1] The maximum per NOC was four. A total of 76 cyclists finished the race. The event was won by Hennie Kuiper of the Netherlands, the nation's first victory in the men's individual road race and first medal in the event since 1948. Clyde Sefton earned Australia's first medal in the event with his silver. Jaime Huélamo of Spain finished third, but was disqualified after failing a drug test; the medal was not reassigned.[2][3] Italy missed the podium, breaking a four-Games streak of gold and silver medals.

Men's cycling road race
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
The course
VenueMunich, West Germany
Date7 September 1972
Competitors163 from 48 nations
Winning time4:14:37
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hennie Kuiper
 Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Clyde Sefton
 Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) vancant
← 1968
1976 →

Irish protesters

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Seven members of the National Cycling Association (NCA) were arrested for disrupting the event. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) recognised separate national federations on either side of the Irish political border. The NCA was an Irish Republican all-Ireland body not affiliated to the ICU. Three NCA members delayed the start by distributing leaflets,[4] and the other four joined mid-race to ambush Irish competitor Noel Teggart, causing a minor pile-up.[5]

Background

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This was the ninth appearance of the event, previously held in 1896 and then at every Summer Olympics since 1936. It replaced the individual time trial event that had been held from 1912 to 1932 (and which would be reintroduced alongside the road race in 1996). Freddy Maertens of Belgium was favored; he had finished second to Régis Ovion (also racing in Munich) at the 1971 world championships and won 50 races in 1971 and 1972.[1]

Cameroon, Jamaica, Malawi, and Togo each made their debut in the men's individual road race; East Germany competed separately for the first time. Great Britain made its ninth appearance in the event, the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date.

Competition format and course

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The mass-start race was on a 200 kilometre course. It was a "relatively easy and flat" course.[6]

Schedule

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All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 7 September 1972 10:00 Final

Results

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The field was relatively tight until lap 6, when a pack of 35 cyclists broke away to form a lead group. Kuiper made his move in the last lap, gaining significant separation from the pack.[7]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
  Hennie Kuiper   Netherlands 4:14:37
  Clyde Sefton   Australia 4:15:04
DSQ Jaime Huélamo   Spain 4:15:04[t 1]
4 Bruce Biddle   New Zealand 4:15:04[t 1]
5 Phil Bayton   Great Britain + 30"
6 Phil Edwards   Great Britain + 30"
7 Wilfried Trott   West Germany + 30"
8 Francesco Moser   Italy + 36"
9 Miguel Samacá   Colombia + 36"
10 Jesús Sarabia   Mexico + 36"
11 Piet van Katwijk   Netherlands + 36"
12 Cees Priem   Netherlands + 36"
13 Freddy Maertens   Belgium + 36"
14 Roman Humenberger   Austria + 36"
15 Régis Ovion   France + 36"
16 Francisco Elorriaga   Spain + 36"
17 Tore Milsett   Norway + 36"
18 Jiří Prchal   Czechoslovakia + 36"
19 Bruno Hubschmid   Switzerland + 36"
20 Iwan Schmid   Switzerland + 36"
21 Jørgen Marcussen   Denmark + 36"
22 Erwin Tischler   West Germany + 36"
23 András Takács   Hungary + 36"
24 Ueli Sutter   Switzerland + 36"
25 Fedor den Hertog   Netherlands + 36"
26 Fernando Cruz   Colombia + 36"
27 Erny Kirchen   Luxembourg + 36"
28 Ove Jensen   Denmark + 36"
29 Graeme Jose   Australia + 44"
30 Karl-Heinz Oberfranz   East Germany + 2' 32"
31 Ryszard Szurkowski   Poland + 2' 32"
32 John Trevorrow   Australia + 2' 32"
33 Wolfgang Wesemann   East Germany + 2' 32"
34 Valery Likhachov   Soviet Union + 2' 32"
35 Anatoly Starkov   Soviet Union + 2' 32"
36 Lucjan Lis   Poland + 2' 32"
37 José Viejo   Spain + 2' 32"
38 Liam Horner   Ireland + 2' 32"
39 Bernard Bourreau   France + 2' 32"
40 Kieron McQuaid   Ireland + 2' 32"
41 Jiří Háva   Czechoslovakia + 2' 32"
42 Lennart Fagerlund   Sweden + 2' 32"
43 Radoš Čubrić   Yugoslavia + 2' 32"
44 Sven-Åke Nilsson   Sweden + 2' 32"
45 Gustaaf Hermans   Belgium + 2' 32"
46 Johann Summer   Austria + 2' 32"
47 Petr Matoušek   Czechoslovakia + 2' 32"
48 Henning Jørgensen   Denmark + 2' 32"
49 Walter Riccomi   Italy + 2' 32"
50 Paul Brydon   New Zealand + 2' 32"
51 Jože Valenčič   Yugoslavia + 2' 32"
52 Brian Chewter   Canada + 2' 32"
53 Tekeste Woldu   Ethiopia + 2' 32"
54 Tomás Nistal   Spain + 2' 32"
55 Wolfgang Steinmayr   Austria + 2' 32"
56 Lucien Didier   Luxembourg + 2' 32"
57 Alfred Gaida   West Germany + 2' 32"
58 Donald Allan   Australia + 2' 32"
59 Lucien De Brauwere   Belgium + 2' 32"
60 Teodor Vasile   Romania + 2' 32"
61 John Howard   United States + 2' 32"
62 Tom Morris   Canada + 2' 32"
63 John Allis   United States + 2' 32"
64 Tibor Debreceni   Hungary + 2' 32"
65 Marcel Duchemin   France + 2' 32"
66 Juan Morales   Colombia + 2' 32"
67 Imre Géra   Hungary + 2' 32"
68 Peter Weibel   West Germany + 2' 32"
69 Peter Doyle   Ireland + 2' 32"
70 Thorleif Andresen   Norway + 2' 32"
71 Rudolf Mitteregger   Austria + 2' 32"
72 Gilles Durand   Canada + 2' 36"
73 Ali Hüryılmaz   Turkey + 2' 36"
74 Walter Tardáguila   Uruguay + 2' 51"
75 Gregorio Aldo Arencibia   Cuba + 4' 17"
76 Stanisław Szozda   Poland + 6' 04"
Roberto Breppe   Argentina DNF
Kensley Reece   Barbados DNF
Hector Edwards   Barbados DNF
Orlando Bates   Barbados DNF
Frans Van Looy   Belgium DNF
Luiz Carlos Flores   Brazil DNF
Miguel Silva Júnior   Brazil DNF
Lindsay Gauld   Canada DNF
Joseph Evouna   Cameroon DNF
Joseph Kono   Cameroon DNF
Nicolas Owona   Cameroon DNF
Jean Bernard Djambou   Cameroon DNF
Shue Ming-fa   Republic of China DNF
Fabio Acevedo   Colombia DNF
Raúl Marcelo Vázquez   Cuba DNF
José Prieto   Cuba DNF
Pedro Rodríguez   Cuba DNF
Alois Holík   Czechoslovakia DNF
Eigil Sørensen   Denmark DNF
Fisihasion Ghebreyesus   Ethiopia DNF
Rissom Gebre Meskei   Ethiopia DNF
Suleman Abdul Rahman   Ethiopia DNF
Ole Wackström   Finland DNF
Mauno Uusivirta   Finland DNF
Harry Hannus   Finland DNF
Tapani Vuorenhela   Finland DNF
Raymond Martin   France DNF
Dieter Gonschorek   East Germany DNF
Wolfram Kühn   East Germany DNF
David Lloyd   Great Britain DNF
John Clewarth   Great Britain DNF
József Peterman   Hungary DNF
Noel Teggart   Ireland DNF
Aldo Parecchini   Italy DNF
Franco Ongarato   Italy DNF
Howard Fenton   Jamaica DNF
Michael Lecky   Jamaica DNF
Radcliffe Lawrence   Jamaica DNF
Xavier Mirander   Jamaica DNF
Tarek Abou Al Dahab   Lebanon DNF
Paul Kind   Liechtenstein DNF
Grimon Langson   Malawi DNF
Raphael Kazembe   Malawi DNF
Abdul Bahar-ud-Din Rahum   Malaysia DNF
Daud Ibrahim   Malaysia DNF
Omar Haji Saad   Malaysia DNF
Saad Fadzil   Malaysia DNF
Agustín Alcántara   Mexico DNF
Francisco Vázquez   Mexico DNF
Francisco Huerta   Mexico DNF
Robert Oliver   New Zealand DNF
Vern Hanaray   Malaysia NZL
Arve Haugen   Norway DNF
Jan Henriksen   Norway DNF
Carlos Espinoza   Peru DNF
Enrique Allyón   Peru DNF
Fernando Cuenca   Peru DNF
Gilberto Chocce   Peru DNF
Maximo Junta   Philippines DNF
Jan Smyrak   Poland DNF
Daniele Cesaretti   San Marino DNF
Valery Yardy   Soviet Union DNF
Ivan Trifonov   Soviet Union DNF
Leif Hansson   Sweden DNF
Bernt Johansson   Sweden DNF
Hugo Schär   Switzerland DNF
Panya Singprayool-Dinmuong   Thailand DNF
Pramote Sangskulrote   Thailand DNF
Sataporn Kantasa-Ard   Thailand DNF
Sivaporn Ratanapool   Thailand DNF
Charles Leodo   Togo DNF
Gbedikpe Emmanuel Amouzou   Togo DNF
Tompson Mensah   Togo DNF
Anthony Sellier   Trinidad and Tobago DNF
Clive Saney   Trinidad and Tobago DNF
Patrick Gellineau   Trinidad and Tobago DNF
Vernon Stauble   Trinidad and Tobago DNF
Haluk Günözgen   Turkey DNF
Mevlüt Bora   Turkey DNF
Rıfat Çalışkan   Turkey DNF
Alberto Rodríguez   Uruguay DNF
Emile Waldteufel   United States DNF
Robert Schneider   United States DNF
Jorge Jukich   Uruguay DNF
Mario Margalef   Uruguay DNF
Eugen Pleško   Yugoslavia DNF
Janez Zakotnik   Yugoslavia DNF

Note:

  1. ^ a b   Jaime Huélamo (ESP) was disqualified after he tested positive for nikethamide (Coramine). Biddle was not awarded the bronze medal as he had not been tested for drugs.

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Road Race, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Jaime Huélamo Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  3. ^ Historical Dictionary of Cycling By Bill Mallon, Jeroen Heijmans. Scarecrow Press. 2011.
  4. ^ AAP (8 September 1972). "Rebel cyclists sent marching". The Age. Melbourne. p. 15. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  5. ^ AP (8 September 1972). "7 I.R.A. cyclists 'invade' Olympics; Rebels Say Their Team Is Better Than the Regulars, Then Try to Prove It". New York Times. p. 23, Sports. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  6. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 211.
  7. ^ Sports-reference