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 Kuiper |  NED |
Clyde Sefton |  AUS |
— | — |
| 100 kilometres Team Time Trial, Men | Soviet Union |  URS |
Poland |  POL |
— | — |
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 |