Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

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.^[1]

Men's cycling tandem at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Velodrome, Munich
Date	3–4 September 1972
Competitors	28 from 14 nations
Medalists
Igor Tselovalnikov, Vladimir Semenets  Soviet Union Jürgen Geschke, Werner Otto  East Germany Andrzej Bek, Benedykt Kocot  Poland
← 1968

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.^[2]

• 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	Jürgen Geschke Werner Otto	East Germany	11.66	Q
2	Geoff Cooke David Rowe	Great Britain	–	R

First round heat 2

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jürgen Barth Rainer Müller	West Germany	11.27	Q
2	Manu Snellinx Noël Soetaert	Belgium	–	R

First round heat 3

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Daniel Morelon Pierre Trentin	France	10.42	Q
2	Yoshikazu Cho Yaichi Numata	Japan	–	R

First round heat 4

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Vladimir Semenets Igor Tselovalnikov	Soviet Union	10.37	Q
2	Jeffrey SpencerRalph Therrio	United States	–	R

First round heat 5

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Klaas Balk Peter van Doorn	Netherlands	10.55	Q
2	Jairo Díaz Rafael Narváez	Colombia	–	R

First round heat 6

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Andrzej Bek Benedykt Kocot	Poland	10.56	Q
2	Giorgio Rossi Dino Verzini	Italy	–	R

First round heat 7

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ivan Kučírek Vladimír Popelka	Czechoslovakia	10.97	Q
2	Honson Chin Howard Fenton	Jamaica	–	R

Repechage heats

Repechage heat 1

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Geoff Cooke David Rowe	Great Britain	Unknown	Q
2	Yoshikazu Cho Yaichi Numata	Japan	–

Repechage heat 2

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Giorgio Rossi Dino Verzini	Italy	11.20	Q
2	Honson Chin Howard Fenton	Jamaica	–

Repechage heat 3

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Manu Snellinx Noël Soetaert	Belgium	10.97	Q
2	Jeffrey SpencerRalph Therrio	United States	–
3	Jairo Díaz Rafael Narváez	Colombia	–

Repechage final

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Manu Snellinx Noël Soetaert	Belgium	10.94	Q
2	Giorgio Rossi Dino Verzini	Italy	–
3	Geoff Cooke David Rowe	Great Britain	–

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
1	Jürgen Geschke Werner Otto	East Germany	10.75	1	10.80	1	—		Q
2	Manu Snellinx Noël Soetaert	Belgium	–	2	–	2

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
1	Andrzej Bek Benedykt Kocot	Poland	10.57	1	10.46	1	—		Q
2	Jürgen Barth Rainer Müller	West Germany	–	2	–	2

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
1	Daniel Morelon Pierre Trentin	France	10.69	1	10.62	1	—		Q
2	Klaas Balk Peter van Doorn	Netherlands	–	2	–	2

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
1	Vladimir Semenets Igor Tselovalnikov	Soviet Union	10.66	1	10.53	1	—		Q
2	Ivan Kučírek Vladimír Popelka	Czechoslovakia	–	2	–	2

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
1	Jürgen Geschke Werner Otto	East Germany	10.54	1	10.91	1	—		Q
2	Andrzej Bek Benedykt Kocot	Poland	–	2	–	2			B

Semifinal 2

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
1	Vladimir Semenets Igor Tselovalnikov	Soviet Union	10.66	1	10.51	1	—		Q
2	Daniel Morelon Pierre Trentin	France	–	2	–	2			B

Finals

Bronze medal match

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
	Andrzej Bek Benedykt Kocot	Poland	10.76	1	10.67	1	—
4	Daniel Morelon Pierre Trentin	France	–	2	–	2

Final

Rank	Cyclists	Nation	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
	Vladimir Semenets Igor Tselovalnikov	Soviet Union	–	2	10.52	1	10.60	1
	Jürgen Geschke Werner Otto	East Germany	10.68	1	–	2	–	2

Final classification

RANK	NAME CYCLISTS	NATION
	Igor Tselovalnikov / Vladimir Semenets	Soviet Union
	Jürgen Geschke / Werner Otto	East Germany
	Andrzej Bek / Benedykt Kocot	Poland
4.	Daniel Morelon / Pierre Trentin	France
5.	Manu Snellinx / Noël Soetaert	Belgium
6.	Jürgen Barth / Rainer Müller	West Germany
7.	Klaas Balk / Peter van Doorn	Netherlands
8.	Ivan Kučírek / Vladimír Popelka	Czechoslovakia
9.	Dino Verzini / Giorgio Rossi	Italy
10.	David Rowe / Geoff Cooke	Great Britain
11.	Honson Chin / Howard Fenton	Jamaica
12.	Yaichi Numata / Yoshikazu Cho	Japan
13.	Jeffrey Spencer / Ralph Therrio	United States
14.	Jairo Díaz / Rafael Narváez	Colombia