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Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

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Men's cycling road race
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
The course
VenueMunich, West Germany
Date7 September 1972
Competitors163 from 48 nations
Winning time4:14:37
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hennie Kuiper
 Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Clyde Sefton
 Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) vancant
← 1968
1976 →

In cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the men's individual road race was held on 7 September. There were 163 starters from 48 nations.[1] The maximum per NOC was four. A total of 76 cyclists finished the race. The event was won by Hennie Kuiper of the Netherlands, the nation's first victory in the men's individual road race and first medal in the event since 1948. Clyde Sefton earned Australia's first medal in the event with his silver. Jaime Huélamo of Spain finished third, but was disqualified after failing a drug test; the medal was not reassigned.[2][3] Italy missed the podium, breaking a four-Games streak of gold and silver medals.

Irish protesters

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Seven members of the National Cycling Association (NCA) were arrested for disrupting the event. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) recognised separate national federations on either side of the Irish political border. The NCA was an Irish Republican all-Ireland body not affiliated to the ICU. Three NCA members delayed the start by distributing leaflets,[4] and the other four joined mid-race to ambush Irish competitor Noel Teggart, causing a minor pile-up.[5]

Background

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This was the ninth appearance of the event, previously held in 1896 and then at every Summer Olympics since 1936. It replaced the individual time trial event that had been held from 1912 to 1932 (and which would be reintroduced alongside the road race in 1996). Freddy Maertens of Belgium was favored; he had finished second to Régis Ovion (also racing in Munich) at the 1971 world championships and won 50 races in 1971 and 1972.[1]

Cameroon, Jamaica, Malawi, and Togo each made their debut in the men's individual road race; East Germany competed separately for the first time. Great Britain made its ninth appearance in the event, the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date.

Competition format and course

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The mass-start race was on a 200 kilometre course. It was a "relatively easy and flat" course.[6]

Schedule

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All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 7 September 1972 10:00 Final

Results

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The field was relatively tight until lap 6, when a pack of 35 cyclists broke away to form a lead group. Kuiper made his move in the last lap, gaining significant separation from the pack.[7]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hennie Kuiper  Netherlands 4:14:37
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Clyde Sefton  Australia 4:15:04
DSQ Jaime Huélamo  Spain 4:15:04[t 1]
4 Bruce Biddle  New Zealand 4:15:04[t 1]
5 Phil Bayton  Great Britain + 30"
6 Phil Edwards  Great Britain + 30"
7 Wilfried Trott  West Germany + 30"
8 Francesco Moser  Italy + 36"
9 Miguel Samacá  Colombia + 36"
10 Jesús Sarabia  Mexico + 36"
11 Piet van Katwijk  Netherlands + 36"
12 Cees Priem  Netherlands + 36"
13 Freddy Maertens  Belgium + 36"
14 Roman Humenberger  Austria + 36"
15 Régis Ovion  France + 36"
16 Francisco Elorriaga  Spain + 36"
17 Tore Milsett  Norway + 36"
18 Jiří Prchal  Czechoslovakia + 36"
19 Bruno Hubschmid  Switzerland + 36"
20 Iwan Schmid  Switzerland + 36"
21 Jørgen Marcussen  Denmark + 36"
22 Erwin Tischler  West Germany + 36"
23 András Takács  Hungary + 36"
24 Ueli Sutter  Switzerland + 36"
25 Fedor den Hertog  Netherlands + 36"
26 Fernando Cruz  Colombia + 36"
27 Erny Kirchen  Luxembourg + 36"
28 Ove Jensen  Denmark + 36"
29 Graeme Jose  Australia + 44"
30 Karl-Heinz Oberfranz  East Germany + 2' 32"
31 Ryszard Szurkowski  Poland + 2' 32"
32 John Trevorrow  Australia + 2' 32"
33 Wolfgang Wesemann  East Germany + 2' 32"
34 Valery Likhachov  Soviet Union + 2' 32"
35 Anatoly Starkov  Soviet Union + 2' 32"
36 Lucjan Lis  Poland + 2' 32"
37 José Viejo  Spain + 2' 32"
38 Liam Horner  Ireland + 2' 32"
39 Bernard Bourreau  France + 2' 32"
40 Kieron McQuaid  Ireland + 2' 32"
41 Jiří Háva  Czechoslovakia + 2' 32"
42 Lennart Fagerlund  Sweden + 2' 32"
43 Radoš Čubrić  Yugoslavia + 2' 32"
44 Sven-Åke Nilsson  Sweden + 2' 32"
45 Gustaaf Hermans  Belgium + 2' 32"
46 Johann Summer  Austria + 2' 32"
47 Petr Matoušek  Czechoslovakia + 2' 32"
48 Henning Jørgensen  Denmark + 2' 32"
49 Walter Riccomi  Italy + 2' 32"
50 Paul Brydon  New Zealand + 2' 32"
51 Jože Valenčič  Yugoslavia + 2' 32"
52 Brian Chewter  Canada + 2' 32"
53 Tekeste Woldu  Ethiopia + 2' 32"
54 Tomás Nistal  Spain + 2' 32"
55 Wolfgang Steinmayr  Austria + 2' 32"
56 Lucien Didier  Luxembourg + 2' 32"
57 Alfred Gaida  West Germany + 2' 32"
58 Donald Allan  Australia + 2' 32"
59 Lucien De Brauwere  Belgium + 2' 32"
60 Teodor Vasile  Romania + 2' 32"
61 John Howard  United States + 2' 32"
62 Tom Morris  Canada + 2' 32"
63 John Allis  United States + 2' 32"
64 Tibor Debreceni  Hungary + 2' 32"
65 Marcel Duchemin  France + 2' 32"
66 Juan Morales  Colombia + 2' 32"
67 Imre Géra  Hungary + 2' 32"
68 Peter Weibel  West Germany + 2' 32"
69 Peter Doyle  Ireland + 2' 32"
70 Thorleif Andresen  Norway + 2' 32"
71 Rudolf Mitteregger  Austria + 2' 32"
72 Gilles Durand  Canada + 2' 36"
73 Ali Hüryılmaz  Turkey + 2' 36"
74 Walter Tardáguila  Uruguay + 2' 51"
75 Gregorio Aldo Arencibia  Cuba + 4' 17"
76 Stanisław Szozda  Poland + 6' 04"
Roberto Breppe  Argentina DNF
Kensley Reece  Barbados DNF
Hector Edwards  Barbados DNF
Orlando Bates  Barbados DNF
Frans Van Looy  Belgium DNF
Luiz Carlos Flores  Brazil DNF
Miguel Silva Júnior  Brazil DNF
Lindsay Gauld  Canada DNF
Joseph Evouna  Cameroon DNF
Joseph Kono  Cameroon DNF
Nicolas Owona  Cameroon DNF
Jean Bernard Djambou  Cameroon DNF
Shue Ming-fa  Republic of China DNF
Fabio Acevedo  Colombia DNF
Raúl Marcelo Vázquez  Cuba DNF
José Prieto  Cuba DNF
Pedro Rodríguez  Cuba DNF
Alois Holík  Czechoslovakia DNF
Eigil Sørensen  Denmark DNF
Fisihasion Ghebreyesus  Ethiopia DNF
Rissom Gebre Meskei  Ethiopia DNF
Suleman Abdul Rahman  Ethiopia DNF
Ole Wackström  Finland DNF
Mauno Uusivirta  Finland DNF
Harry Hannus  Finland DNF
Tapani Vuorenhela  Finland DNF
Raymond Martin  France DNF
Dieter Gonschorek  East Germany DNF
Wolfram Kühn  East Germany DNF
David Lloyd  Great Britain DNF
John Clewarth  Great Britain DNF
József Peterman  Hungary DNF
Noel Teggart  Ireland DNF
Aldo Parecchini  Italy DNF
Franco Ongarato  Italy DNF
Howard Fenton  Jamaica DNF
Michael Lecky  Jamaica DNF
Radcliffe Lawrence  Jamaica DNF
Xavier Mirander  Jamaica DNF
Tarek Abou Al Dahab  Lebanon DNF
Paul Kind  Liechtenstein DNF
Grimon Langson  Malawi DNF
Raphael Kazembe  Malawi DNF
Abdul Bahar-ud-Din Rahum  Malaysia DNF
Daud Ibrahim  Malaysia DNF
Omar Haji Saad  Malaysia DNF
Saad Fadzil  Malaysia DNF
Agustín Alcántara  Mexico DNF
Francisco Vázquez  Mexico DNF
Francisco Huerta  Mexico DNF
Robert Oliver  New Zealand DNF
Vern Hanaray  Malaysia NZL
Arve Haugen  Norway DNF
Jan Henriksen  Norway DNF
Carlos Espinoza  Peru DNF
Enrique Allyón  Peru DNF
Fernando Cuenca  Peru DNF
Gilberto Chocce  Peru DNF
Maximo Junta  Philippines DNF
Jan Smyrak  Poland DNF
Daniele Cesaretti  San Marino DNF
Valery Yardy  Soviet Union DNF
Ivan Trifonov  Soviet Union DNF
Leif Hansson  Sweden DNF
Bernt Johansson  Sweden DNF
Hugo Schär  Switzerland DNF
Panya Singprayool-Dinmuong  Thailand DNF
Pramote Sangskulrote  Thailand DNF
Sataporn Kantasa-Ard  Thailand DNF
Sivaporn Ratanapool  Thailand DNF
Charles Leodo  Togo DNF
Gbedikpe Emmanuel Amouzou  Togo DNF
Tompson Mensah  Togo DNF
Anthony Sellier  Trinidad and Tobago DNF
Clive Saney  Trinidad and Tobago DNF
Patrick Gellineau  Trinidad and Tobago DNF
Vernon Stauble  Trinidad and Tobago DNF
Haluk Günözgen  Turkey DNF
Mevlüt Bora  Turkey DNF
Rıfat Çalışkan  Turkey DNF
Alberto Rodríguez  Uruguay DNF
Emile Waldteufel  United States DNF
Robert Schneider  United States DNF
Jorge Jukich  Uruguay DNF
Mario Margalef  Uruguay DNF
Eugen Pleško  Yugoslavia DNF
Janez Zakotnik  Yugoslavia DNF

Note:

  1. ^ a b  Jaime Huélamo (ESP) was disqualified after he tested positive for nikethamide (Coramine). Biddle was not awarded the bronze medal as he had not been tested for drugs.

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Road Race, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Jaime Huélamo Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  3. ^ Historical Dictionary of Cycling By Bill Mallon, Jeroen Heijmans. Scarecrow Press. 2011.
  4. ^ AAP (8 September 1972). "Rebel cyclists sent marching". The Age. Melbourne. p. 15. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  5. ^ AP (8 September 1972). "7 I.R.A. cyclists 'invade' Olympics; Rebels Say Their Team Is Better Than the Regulars, Then Try to Prove It". New York Times. p. 23, Sports. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  6. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 211.
  7. ^ Sports-reference