Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint


These are the official results of the Men's Sprint at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, held on 1 to 2 September 1972. There were 51 entrants from 30 nations; 5 withdrawals left 46 competitors from 27 nations.

Competition format

This sprint competition involved a series of head-to-head matches. The 1972 competition involved ten rounds: six main rounds as well as three repechages after the first three main rounds; the third repechage was a two-round repechage.

First round

First round heat 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Daniel Morelon11.71
2Hector Edwards–
3Suriya Chiarasapawong–

First round heat 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Serhiy Kravtsov11.83
2Taworn Tarwan–
3Shue Ming-fa–

First round heat 3

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Ivan Kučírek11.78
2Winston Attong–
3Kensley Reece–

First round heat 4

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Gérard Quintyn11.40
2Yoshikazu Cho–
3Jeffrey Spencer–

First round heat 5

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Ezio Cardi11.92
2Félix Suárez–
3Daud Ibrahim–

First round heat 6

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1John Nicholson11.20
2Ed McRae–
–Mabruk Ilmarimi Mah

First round heat 7

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Peter van Doorn11.58
2Yaichi Numata–
–Ahmed Abdussal Gariani

First round heat 8

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Omar Pkhakadze11.64
2Andrzej Bek–
3Honson Chin–

First round heat 9

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Jürgen Geschke11.52
2Jairo Díaz–
–Behrouz Rahbar

First round heat 10

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Karl Köther11.30
2Peder Pedersen–
–Gholamhosain Koohi

First round heat 11

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Vladimír Vačkář11.89
2Klaas Balk–
3Carlos Galeano–

First round heat 12

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Massimo Marino11.83
2Roger Young–
3Geoffery Burnside–

First round heat 13

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Dieter Berkmann11.71
2Leslie King–
3Arturo Cambroni–

First round heat 14

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Niels Fredborg12.16
2Maurice Hugh-Sam–
–Harry Kent

First round heat 15

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Benedykt Kocot11.44
2Geoff Cooke–
3Manu Snellinx–

First round heat 16

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Carlos Reybaud11.50
2Werner Otto–
3Ernie Crutchlow–

First round heat 17

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Robert MaveauUnknown
2Víctor Limba–
3Neville Hunte–

First repechage

First repechage heat 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Jeffrey Spencer12.46
2Hector Edwards–

First repechage heat 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Leslie King11.62
2Werner Otto–
3Suriya Chiarasapawong–

First repechage heat 3

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Neville Hunte11.54
2Taworn Tarwan–
3Manu Snellinx–

First repechage heat 4

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Yoshikazu Cho11.17
2Félix Suárez–
3Shue Ming-fa–

First repechage heat 5

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Ernie Crutchlow11.41
2Jairo Díaz–
3Winston Attong–

First repechage heat 6

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Roger Young11.99
2Kensley Reece–

First repechage heat 7

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Klaas Balk12.02
2Maurice Hugh-Sam–
3Daud Ibrahim–

First repechage heat 8

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Honson Chin11.90
2Yaichi Numata–

First repechage heat 9

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Ed McRaeUnknown
2Víctor Limba–

First repechage heat 10

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Andrzej Bek11.86
2Arturo Cambroni–

First repechage heat 11

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Peder Pedersen11.34
2Geoffery Burnside–

First repechage heat 12

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Geoff Cooke12.27
2Carlos Galeano–

Second round

Second round heat 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Daniel Morelon12.26
2Neville Hunte–

Second round heat 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Serhiy Kravtsov11.35
2Geoff Cooke–
3Jeffrey Spencer–

Second round heat 3

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Leslie King11.77
2Ivan Kučírek–
3Roger Young–

Second round heat 4

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Gérard QuintynUnknown
2Carlos Reybaud–
3Klaas Balk–

Second round heat 5

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Vladimír Vačkář11.83
2Ezio Cardi–
3Andrzej Bek–

Second round heat 6

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1John Nicholson11.92
2Niels Fredborg–
3Honson Chin–

Second round heat 7

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Peder Pedersen11.69
2Dieter Berkmann–
3Peter van Doorn–

Second round heat 8

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Robert Maveau11.98
2Omar Pkhakadze–
3Ed McRae–

Second round heat 9

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Jürgen Geschke11.53
2Benedykt Kocot–
3Ernie Crutchlow–

Second round heat 10

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Karl Köther11.37
2Yoshikazu Cho–
3Massimo Marino–

Second repechage

Second repechage heat 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Ivan Kučírek12.27
2Jeffrey Spencer–

Second repechage heat 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Klaas Balk11.68
2Benedykt Kocot–

Second repechage heat 3

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Ezio Cardi11.93
2Roger Young–

Second repechage heat 4

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Andrzej Bek11.87
2Dieter Berkmann–

Second repechage heat 5

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Niels Fredborg11.96
2Honson Chin–

Second repechage heat 6

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Omar Pkhakadze11.56
2Ernie Crutchlow–
3Neville Hunte–

Second repechage heat 7

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Peter van Doorn11.74
2Yoshikazu Cho–
3Ed McRae–

Second repechage heat 8

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Massimo Marino11.68
2Carlos Reybaud–
3Geoff Cooke–

1/8 finals

1/8 final 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Daniel Morelon12.26
2Niels Fredborg–
3Peter van Doorn–

1/8 final 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Klaas Balk11.48
2Andrzej Bek–
3Serhiy Kravtsov–

1/8 final 3

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Massimo Marino11.40
2Robert Maveau–
3Gérard Quintyn–

1/8 final 4

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Omar Pkhakadze11.43
2Karl Köther–
3Vladimír Vačkář–

1/8 final 5

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Jürgen Geschke11.42
2Ezio Cardi–
3Leslie King–

1/8 final 6

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1John Nicholson11.67
2Ivan Kučírek–
3Peder Pedersen–

Third repechage heats

Third repechage heat 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Niels Fredborg11.91
2Ivan Kučírek–
3Gérard Quintyn–

Third repechage heat 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Peter van Doorn11.59
2Robert Maveau–
3Ezio Cardi–

Third repechage heat 3

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Karl Köther11.40
2Leslie King–
3Serhiy Kravtsov–

Third repechage heat 4

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Vladimír Vačkář11.46
2Peder Pedersen–
3Andrzej Bek–

Third repechage finals

Third repechage final 1

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Niels Fredborg11.59
2Karl Köther–

Third repechage heat 2

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes
1Peter van Doorn11.61
2Vladimír Vačkář–

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Quarterfinal 2

Quarterfinal 3

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes-----
1Klaas Balk–211.58111.471
2Jürgen Geschke11.631–2–2

Quarterfinal 4

RankCyclistNationTimeNotes-----
1Omar Pkhakadze11.341–211.651
2Massimo Marino–211.471–2

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Finals

Bronze medal match

Final

Final classification