Cycling Road at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Dates 29 August – 7 September 1972
Medal Events 2

The road cycling program was the same as in 1960-68 with an individual road race and a team time trial. The individual road race was a mass start race of 200 km., over a loop course starting and finishing at the Grünwald. The team time trial was 100 km., with four-man teams, raced over the München-Lindau Autobahn. The Soviet Union won the team time trial, while Dutch cyclist Hennie Kuiper won gold in the road race. Kuiper would turn professional and had an excellent and long career in the pro peloton.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Road Race, Individual, Men Olympic 7 September 1972 163 48
100 kilometres Team Time Trial, Men Olympic 29 August 1972 140 35
217 (217/0) 50 (50/0)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Road Race, Individual, Men Hennie KuiperNED Clyde SeftonAUS
100 kilometres Team Time Trial, Men Soviet UnionURS PolandPOL

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Netherlands NED 1 0 0 1
Soviet Union URS 1 0 0 1
Australia AUS 0 1 0 1
Poland POL 0 1 0 1