Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit


These are the official results of the Men's individual pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, held on 31 August and 1 September 1972. There were 28 participants from 28 nations.

Competition format

The individual 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 a pair of cyclists starting from opposite sides of the track. The cyclists raced for 4,000 metres, attempting to finish with the fastest time and, if possible, catch the other cyclist. For the qualifying round, the eight fastest times overall earned advancement to the knockout rounds. In the knockout rounds, the winner of each heat advanced to the next round.

Results

Qualifying round

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Knut Knudsen4:49.06
2John Bylsma4:50.06
3Hans Lutz4:51.33
4Luciano Borgognoni4:52.37
5Xaver Kurmann4:54.50
6Carlos Miguel Álvarez4:55.46
7Roy Schuiten4:56.10
8Luis Díaz4:56.32
9Thomas Huschke4:57.95
10Ian Hallam4:59.43
11Francisco Huerta5:00.93
12John Vande Velde5:01.75
13Reno Olsen5:02.00
14Mieczysław Nowicki5:02.28
15Ivan Tsvetkov5:02.39
16Milan Puzrla5:02.55
17Miguel Espinós5:03.26
18Wilfried Wesemael5:04.67
19Raimo Suikkanen5:06.77
20Michel Zucarelli5:07.17
21Roberto Heredero5:07.70
22Ron Hayman5:17.51
23Vernon Stauble5:17.87
24Orlando Bates5:19.68
25Khosro Haghgosha5:22.98
26Michael Lecky5:29.90
27Tarek Abou Al Dahab5:41.19
28Maximo Junta5:53.19

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Xaver Kurmann4:50.54
2Luciano Borgognoni4:52.31

Quarterfinal 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Hans Lutz4:56.17
2Carlos Miguel Álvarez4:57.09

Quarterfinal 3

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1John Bylsma4:50.47
2Roy Schuiten4:52.16

Quarterfinal 4

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Knut Knudsen4:47.43
2Luis DíazOvertaken

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Xaver Kurmann4:47.04
2John Bylsma4:47.41

Semifinal 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Knut Knudsen4:45.57
2Hans LutzOvertaken

Finals

Bronze medal match

RankCyclistNationTime
Hans Lutz4:50.80
4John Bylsma4:54.93

Final

RankCyclistNationTime
Knut Knudsen4:45.74
Xaver Kurmann4:51.96

Final classification