Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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The cycling competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only.
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[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 |  West Germany |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Denmark |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 France |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Norway |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Australia |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 |  East Germany |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |  Poland |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Switzerland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  Great Britain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual road race | Hennie Kuiper Netherlands (NED) |
Clyde Sefton Australia (AUS) |
no medal awarded [1] |
| Team time trial | Soviet Union (URS) Valery Yardy Gennady Komnatov Valery Likhachov Boris Shukov |
Poland (POL) Ryszard Szurkowski Edward Barcik Lucjan Lis Stanisław Szozda |
no medal awarded [2] |
| 1000m time trial | Niels Fredborg Denmark (DEN) |
Daniel Clark Australia (AUS) |
Jürgen Schütze East Germany (GDR) |
| Sprint | Daniel Morelon France (FRA) |
John Nicholson Australia (AUS) |
Omar Pkhakadze Soviet Union (URS) |
| Tandem | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Semenets Igor Tselovalnykov |
East Germany (GDR) Jürgen Geschke Werner Otto |
Poland (POL) Andrzej Bek Benedykt Kocot |
| Individual pursuit | Knut Knudsen Norway (NOR) |
Xaver Kurmann Switzerland (SUI) |
Hans Lutz West Germany (FRG) |
| Team pursuit | West Germany (FRG) Günther Schumacher Jürgen Colombo Günter Haritz Udo Hempel |
East Germany (GDR) Uwe Unterwalder Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Herbert Richter |
Great Britain (GBR) William Moore Michael Bennett Ian Hallam Ronald Keeble |
[edit] Notes
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Jaime Huelamo (ESP) was disqualified after he tested positive for coramine. Fourth-place finisher 
Bruce Biddle (NZL) was not awarded the bronze medal because he had not been tested for drugs. - ^ Netherlands were disqualified when Aad van der Hoeck tested positive for coramine. The fourth-placed Belgian team were not awarded the bronze medal because they had not been tested for drugs.
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