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 (regardless of whether the cyclist finished first or second in his heat, though any cyclist who was overtaken was eliminated) earned advancement to the knockout rounds. In the knockout rounds, the winner of each heat advanced to the next round.Official Report, vol. 3, p. 217.
Results
Qualifying round
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Knut Knudsen 4:49.06 2 John Bylsma 4:50.06 3 Hans Lutz 4:51.33 4 Luciano Borgognoni 4:52.37 5 Xaver Kurmann 4:54.50 6 Carlos Miguel Álvarez 4:55.46 7 Roy Schuiten 4:56.10 8 Luis Díaz 4:56.32 9 Thomas Huschke 4:57.95 10 Ian Hallam 4:59.43 11 Francisco Huerta 5:00.93 12 John Vande Velde 5:01.75 13 Reno Olsen 5:02.00 14 Mieczysław Nowicki 5:02.28 15 Ivan Tsvetkov 5:02.39 16 Milan Puzrla 5:02.55 17 Miguel Espinós 5:03.26 18 Wilfried Wesemael 5:04.67 19 Raimo Suikkanen 5:06.77 20 Michel Zucarelli 5:07.17 21 Roberto Heredero 5:07.70 22 Ron Hayman 5:17.51 23 Vernon Stauble 5:17.87 24 Orlando Bates 5:19.68 25 Khosro Haghgosha 5:22.98 26 Michael Lecky 5:29.90 27 Tarek Abou Al Dahab 5:41.19 28 Maximo Junta 5:53.19
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinal 1
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Xaver Kurmann 4:50.54 2 Luciano Borgognoni 4:52.31
Quarterfinal 2
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Hans Lutz 4:56.17 2 Carlos Miguel Álvarez 4:57.09
Quarterfinal 3
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 John Bylsma 4:50.47 2 Roy Schuiten 4:52.16
Quarterfinal 4
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Knut Knudsen 4:47.43 2 Luis Díaz Overtaken
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Xaver Kurmann 4:47.04 2 John Bylsma 4:47.41
Semifinal 2
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Notes 1 Knut Knudsen 4:45.57 2 Hans Lutz Overtaken
Finals
Bronze medal match
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Hans Lutz 4:50.80 4 John Bylsma 4:54.93
Final
Rank Cyclist Nation Time Knut Knudsen 4:45.74 Xaver Kurmann 4:51.96
Final classification Rank Name Nationality Knut Knudsen Xaver Kurmann Hans Lutz 4 John Bylsma 5 Carlos Miguel Álvarez Luciano Borgognoni Luis Díaz Roy Schuiten 9 Thomas Huschke 10 Ian Hallam 11 Francisco Huerta 12 John Vande Velde 13 Reno Olsen 14 Mieczysław Nowicki 15 Ivan Tsvetkov 16 Milan Puzrla 17 Miguel Espinós 18 Wilfried Wesemael 19 Raimo Suikkanen 20 Michel Zucarelli 21 Roberto Heredero 22 Ron Hayman 23 Vernon Stauble 24 Orlando Bates 25 Khosro Haghgosha 26 Michael Lecky 27 Tarek Abou Al Dahab 28 Maximo Junta
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