Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics explained

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.^[1]

Medal summary

Road cycling

Individual road race			no medal awarded [2]
Team time trial	Valery Yardy Gennady Komnatov Valery Likhachov Boris Shukov	Ryszard Szurkowski Edward Barcik Lucjan Lis Stanisław Szozda	no medal awarded [3]

Track cycling

Individual pursuit
Team pursuit	Günther Schumacher Jürgen Colombo Günter Haritz Udo Hempel	Uwe Unterwalder Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Herbert Richter	William Moore Michael Bennett Ian Hallam Ronald Keeble
Sprint
Tandem
Time trial

Participating nations

359 cyclists from 54 nations competed.

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References

• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cycling at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417054235/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/CYC/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 August 2014 . sports-reference.com.
2. was disqualified after he tested positive for coramine. Fourth-place finisher was not awarded the bronze medal because he had not been tested for drugs.
3. were disqualified when Aad van den Hoek tested positive for coramine. The fourth-placed Belgian team were not awarded the bronze medal because they had not been tested for drugs.