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.Official Report, vol. 3, p. 216.

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 11.66 2 –

First round heat 2

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 11.27 2 –

First round heat 3

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 10.42 2 –

First round heat 4

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 10.37 2 –

First round heat 5

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 10.55 2 –

First round heat 6

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 10.56 2 –

First round heat 7

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 10.97 2 –

Repechage heats

Repechage heat 1

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 Unknown 2 –

Repechage heat 2

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 11.20 2 –

Repechage heat 3

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 10.97 2 – 3 –

Repechage final

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 10.94 2 – 3 –

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 10.75 1 10.80 1 colspan=2 rowspan=2 2 – 2 – 2

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 10.57 1 10.46 1 colspan=2 rowspan=2 2 – 2 – 2

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 10.69 1 10.62 1 colspan=2 rowspan=2 2 – 2 – 2

Quarterfinal 4

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 10.66 1 10.53 1 colspan=2 rowspan=2 2 – 2 – 2

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 10.54 1 10.91 1 colspan=2 rowspan=2 2 – 2 – 2

Semifinal 2

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 10.66 1 10.51 1 colspan=2 rowspan=2 2 – 2 – 2

Finals

Bronze medal match

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 10.76 1 10.67 1 colspan=2 rowspan=2 4 – 2 – 2

Final

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time – 2 10.52 1 10.60 1 10.68 1 – 2 – 2

Final classification RANK NAME CYCLISTSNATIONIgor Tselovalnikov / Vladimir Semenets Jürgen Geschke / Werner Otto Andrzej Bek / Benedykt Kocot 4.Daniel Morelon / Pierre Trentin 5.Manu Snellinx / Noël Soetaert 6.Jürgen Barth / Rainer Müller 7.Klaas Balk / Peter van Doorn 8.Ivan Kučírek / Vladimír Popelka 9.Dino Verzini / Giorgio Rossi 10.David Rowe / Geoff Cooke 11.Honson Chin / Howard Fenton 12.Yaichi Numata / Yoshikazu Cho 13.Jeffrey Spencer / Ralph Therrio 14.Jairo Díaz / Rafael Narváez

References

External links Official Report