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Host City: München, West Germany
Venue(s): Cycling Stadium, Olympic Park, München
Date Started: September 1, 1972
Date Finished: September 2, 1972
Format: 1,000 metres.
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The defending champion, [Daniel Morelon] (FRA), was an overwhelming favorite. He had been World Champion in 1969-71 and had won the most important invitational, the Grand Prix de Paris, in 1970 and 1971. The field was enormous with 51 starters from 29 nations, and it took six separate rounds and repêchages just to sort out the quarter-finalists. From the quarter-finals onwards, all matches were best two of three races. Morelon took part in nine races and won them all, facing minimal challenges en route to the gold medal. In the semi-finals he took out the Netherlandsâ [Klaas Balk]. But the other semi saw an upset as the 1975 World Champion, [Omar Pkhakadze] (URS/GEO), lost in two straight races to Australian, [John Nicholson], who had been runner-up at the 1975 Grand Prix de Paris. For Morelon it was his third straight medal in the event and he would return in 1976 to win a fourth, placing second that year. He also added two more World Championships in 1973 and 1975.
Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
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1 | Daniel Morelon | 28 | France | FRA | Gold | |
2 | John Nicholson | 23 | Australia | AUS | Silver | |
3 | Omar Pkhak'adze | 28 | Soviet Union | URS | Bronze | |
4 | Klaas Balk | 23 | Netherlands | NED | ||
5T | Niels Fredborg | 25 | Denmark | DEN | ||
5T | Hans-Jürgen Geschke | 29 | East Germany | GDR | ||
5T | Massimo Marino | 18 | Italy | ITA | ||
5T | Peter van Doorn | 26 | Netherlands | NED | ||
2 h1 r7/10 | Karl Köther | 30 | West Germany | FRG | ||
2 h2 r7/10 | VladimÃr VaÄkáŠ| 23 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
2 h1 r6/10 | Ivan KuÄÃrek | 25 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
2 h2 r6/10 | Robert Maveau | 27 | Belgium | BEL | ||
2 h3 r6/10 | Leslie King | 22 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | ||
2 h4 r6/10 | Peder Pedersen | 26 | Denmark | DEN | ||
3 h1 r6/10 | Gérard Quintyn | 25 | France | FRA | ||
3 h2 r6/10 | Ezio Cardi | 23 | Italy | ITA | ||
3 h3 r6/10 | Serhiy Kravtsov | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
3 h4 r6/10 | Andrzej Bek | 21 | Poland | POL | ||
2 h1 r4/10 | Jeffrey Spencer | 21 | United States | USA | ||
2 h2 r4/10 | Benedykt Kocot | 18 | Poland | POL | ||
2 h3 r4/10 | Roger Young | 19 | United States | USA | ||
2 h4 r4/10 | Dieter Berkmann | 22 | West Germany | FRG | ||
2 h5 r4/10 | Honson Chin | 16 | Jamaica | JAM | ||
2 h6 r4/10 | Ernie Crutchlow | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
2 h7 r4/10 | Yoshikazu Cho | 18 | Japan | JPN | ||
2 h8 r4/10 | Carlos Reybaud | 22 | Argentina | ARG | ||
3 h6 r4/10 | Neville Hunte | 24 | Guyana | GUY | ||
3 h7 r4/10 | Ed McRae | 19 | Canada | CAN | ||
3 h8 r4/10 | Geoff Cooke | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
2 h1 r2/10 | Hector Edwards | 23 | Barbados | BAR | ||
2 h2 r2/10 | Werner Otto | 24 | East Germany | GDR | ||
2 h3 r2/10 | Taworn Tarwan | 24 | Thailand | THA | ||
2 h4 r2/10 | Félix Suárez | 21 | Spain | ESP | ||
2 h5 r2/10 | Jairo DÃaz | 27 | Colombia | COL | ||
2 h6 r2/10 | Kensley Reece | 27 | Barbados | BAR | ||
2 h7 r2/10 | Maurice Hugh-Sam | 17 | Jamaica | JAM | ||
2 h8 r2/10 | Yaichi Numata | 21 | Japan | JPN | ||
2 h10 r2/10 | Arturo Cambroni | 19 | Mexico | MEX | ||
2 h11 r2/10 | Jefrey Burnside | 21 | Bahamas | BAH | ||
2 h12 r2/10 | Carlos Galeano | 22 | Colombia | COL | ||
3 h2 r2/10 | Suriya Chiarasapawong | 23 | Thailand | THA | ||
3 h4 r2/10 | Shue Ming-Fa | 21 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | ||
3 h5 r2/10 | Winston Attong | 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | ||
3 h7 r2/10 | Daud Ibrahim | 25 | Malaysia | MAS | ||
AC h3 r2/10 | Manu Snellinx | 24 | Belgium | BEL | DQ | |
AC h9 r2/10 | VÃctor Limba | 24 | Argentina | ARG | DQ |