1972 Summer Olympics / Cycling - Tandem (Men)

sport	Cycling
discipline	Tandem 2000 m
gender	Men
Attendees	28 athletes from 14 countries
Competition location	Olympic cycling stadium
Competition phase	September 3-4, 1972
Medalist Vladimir Semenez / Igor Zelowalnikow ( URS ) Jürgen Geschke / Werner Otto ( GDR ) Andrzej Bek / Benedykt Kocot ( POL )
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Cycling competitions at the 1972 Olympic Games
Road cycling
Road racing	Men
Team time trial	Men
Track cycling
sprint	Men
tandem	Men
One's pursuit	Men
Team pursuit	Men
Time trial	Men

The men's tandem race over 2000 meters at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich took place from September 3rd to 4th. There were 14 pairs at the start. Olympic champions were Wladimir Semenez and Igor Zelowalnikow from the Soviet Union, silver went to the duo Jürgen Geschke and Werner Otto from the GDR and bronze went to Andrzej Bek and Benedykt Kocot from Poland.

Results

First round

Run	Athletes	nation	time	qualification
1	Jürgen Geschke / Werner Otto	GDR	11.66 s	Quarter finals
1	David Rowe / Geoff Cooke	Great Britain		Reunion
2	Jürgen Barth / Rainer Müller	BR Germany	11.27 s	Quarter finals
2	Manu Snellinx / Noël Soetaert	Belgium		Reunion
3	Daniel Morelon / Pierre Trentin	France	10.42 s	Quarter finals
3	Yaichi Numata / Yoshikazu Cho	Japan		Reunion
4th	Vladimir Semenez / Igor Zelowalnikow	Soviet Union	10.37 s	Quarter finals
4th	Jeffrey Spencer / Ralph Therrio	United States		Reunion
5	Klaas Balk / Peter van Doorn	Netherlands	10.55 s	Quarter finals
5	Jairo Díaz / Rafael Narváez	Colombia		Reunion
6th	Andrzej Bek / Benedykt Kocot	Poland	10.56 s	Quarter finals
6th	Dino Verzini / Giorgio Rossi	Italy		Reunion
7th	Ivan Kučírek / Vladimír Popelka	Czechoslovakia	10.97 s	Quarter finals
7th	Honson Chin / Howard Fenton	Jamaica		Reunion

Reunion

The three winners of the runs qualified for a decision run.

Run	Athletes	nation	time
1	David Rowe / Geoff Cooke	Great Britain	no time
1	Yaichi Numata / Yoshikazu Cho	Japan
2	Dino Verzini / Giorgio Rossi	Italy	11.20 s
2	Honson Chin / Howard Fenton	Jamaica
3	Manu Snellinx / Noël Soetaert	Belgium	10.97 s
3	Jeffrey Spencer / Ralph Therrio	United States
3	Jairo Díaz / Rafael Narváez	Colombia

Decision run

rank	Athletes	nation	time
1	Manu Snellinx / Noël Soetaert	Belgium	10.94 s
2	Dino Verzini / Giorgio Rossi	Italy
3	David Rowe / Geoff Cooke	Great Britain

Final round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	September 3
	Gift / Otto	2
					September 4th
	Snellinx / Soetaert	0
					Gift / Otto	2
					Bek / Kocot	0
	Bek / Kocot	2
									September 4th
	Barth / Müller	0
									Gift / Otto	1
									Semenez / Zelowalnikow	2
	Morelon / Trentin	2
	Balk / van Doorn	0
					Morelon / Trentin	0			3rd place
					Semenez / Zelowalnikow	2
	Semenez / Zelowalnikow	2							Bek / Kocot	2
	Kucírek / Popelka	0							Morelon / Trentin	0

Bottom line

rank	Athletes	nation
1	Vladimir Semenez / Igor Zelowalnikow	Soviet Union
2	Jürgen Geschke / Werner Otto	GDR
3	Andrzej Bek / Benedykt Kocot	Poland
4th	Daniel Morelon / Pierre Trentin	France
5	Manu Snellinx / Noël Soetaert	Belgium
6th	Jürgen Barth / Rainer Müller	BR Germany
7th	Klaas Balk / Peter van Doorn	Netherlands
8th	Ivan Kučírek / Vladimír Popelka	Czechoslovakia
9	Dino Verzini / Giorgio Rossi	Italy
10	David Rowe / Geoff Cooke	Great Britain
11	Honson Chin / Howard Fenton	Jamaica
12	Yaichi Numata / Yoshikazu Cho	Japan
13	Jeffrey Spencer / Ralph Therrio	United States
14th	Jairo Díaz / Rafael Narváez	Colombia

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