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Men's cycling team pursuit at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Munich, West Germany
Date	2–4 September 1972
Competitors	90 from 22 nations
Medalists
Jürgen Colombo, Günter Haritz, Udo Hempel, Günther Schumacher, Peter Vonhof  West Germany Thomas Huschke, Heinz Richter, Herbert Richter, Uwe Unterwalder  East Germany Michael Bennett, Ian Hallam, Ronald Keeble, William Moore  Great Britain
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These are the official results of the men's team pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, held from 2 to 4 September 1972. There were 90 participants from 22 nations.^[1]

The team pursuit competition consisted of a qualifying round and a 3-round knockout tournament, including a bronze medal race. Each race, in both the qualifying round and the knock-out rounds, consisted of two teams of 4 cyclists each starting from opposite sides of the track. The teams raced for 4,000 metres, attempting to finish with the fastest time (measured by the third rider) and, if possible, catch the other team. For the qualifying round, the eight fastest times overall (regardless of whether the team finished first or second in its heat, though any team that was overtaken was eliminated) earned advancement to the knockout rounds. In the knockout rounds, the winner of each heat advanced to the next round. Teams could change members between rounds.^[2]