Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial explained

Event:Men's track time trial
Games:1972 Summer
Venue:Olympic Velodrome, Munich
Date:31 August 1972
Competitors:31
Nations:31
Win Value:1:06.44
Longnames:yes
Gold:Niels Fredborg
Goldnoc:DEN
Silver:Daniel Clark
Silvernoc:AUS
Bronze:Jürgen Schütze
Bronzenoc:GDR
Prev:1968
Next:1976

The men's track time trial at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, was held on 31 August 1972. There were 31 participants from 31 nations, with each nation limited to one cyclist. One additional cyclist was entered but did not start.[1] The event was won by Niels Fredborg of Denmark, the nation's first victory in the men's track time trial since Willy Hansen won in 1928. Denmark tied Italy and Australia for second-most gold medals in the event at 2 (behind Italy at 3). Fredborg was just the third man to win multiple medals in the event; he would become the only one to earn a third, in 1976. Daniel Clark's silver medal was Australia's first medal in the event since 1952. Jürgen Schütze's bronze was the first track time trial medal for East Germany as a separate nation.

Background

This was the 11th appearance of the event, which had previously been held in 1896 and every Games since 1928. It would be held every Games until being dropped from the programme after 2004. All three of the medalists from 1968 returned (gold medalist Pierre Trentin of France, silver medalist Niels Fredborg of Denmark, and bronze medalist Janusz Kierzkowski of Poland), along with seventh-place finisher Jocelyn Lovell of Canada. Fredborg had also won the 1967, 1968, and 1970 world championships; he was the favorite to win the Olympic competition this time. The 1971 world champion, Eduard Rapp of the Soviet Union, was also competing.[2]

The Bahamas and Iran each made their debut in the men's track time trial. France and Great Britain each made their 11th appearance, having competed at every appearance of the event.

Competition format

The event was a time trial on the track, with each cyclist competing separately to attempt to achieve the fastest time. Each cyclist raced one kilometre from a standing start.[2] [3]

Records

The following were the world and Olympic records prior to the competition.

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Results

Rank Cyclist Nation !428 m 713 m Time !Speed
(km/h)
30.29 47.76 1:06.4454.184
30.00 47.95 1:06.8753.835
29.98 47.67 1:07.0253.715
430.65 48.46 1:07.2153.563
529.82 47.82 1:07.2253.555
630.09 48.15 1:07.5553.293
729.30 47.38 1:07.7153.167
829.74 47.75 1:07.7353.152
930.32 48.31 1:07.8053.097
1030.51 48.59 1:07.8553.058
1130.45 48.24 1:08.0952.871
1230.20 48.72 1:08.5652.508
1331.06 49.17 1:08.7852.340
1430.10 48.60 1:08.9452.219
1530.81 49.33 1:09.0352.151
1630.60 48.98 1:09.1052.098
1731.03 49.81 1:09.4551.835
1830.78 49.84 1:09.7251.635
1931.07 49.70 1:09.9651.457
2030.56 49.04 1:10.0051.428
2130.61 49.24 1:10.3051.209
2231.49 50.04 1:10.4851.078
2331.71 50.42 1:10.8650.804
2431.48 50.47 1:11.5450.321
2532.00 51.38 1:12.5349.634
2630.85 50.54 1:12.6449.559
2731.77 51.67 1:14.0548.615
2833.04 53.35 1:15.3947.751
2932.88 53.53 1:16.2747.200
3033.53 55.39 1:20.3144.826
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data-sort-value=32data-sort-value=9:99.99data-sort-value=00.000

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cycling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 1000m time trial . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417195241/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/CYC/mens-1000-metres-time-trial.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 2 November 2014 . sports-reference.com.
  2. Web site: 1,000 metres Time Trial, Men . Olympedia . 11 November 2020.
  3. Official Report, vol. 3, p. 214.