Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

Men's tandem
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue Vélodrome d'Anvers Zuremborg
Dates August 9–10
Competitors 22 from 6 nations
Medalists
  Thomas Lance, Harry Ryan
Great Britain
  William Smith, James Walker
South Africa
  Frans de Vreng and Piet Ikelaar
Netherlands
«1908 1924»
Cycling at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Individual time trial   men
Team time trial men
Track cycling
Sprint men
Tandem men
50 km men
Team pursuit men

The men's tandem event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Contents

Results

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1  Petrus Ikelaar and Franciscus de Vreng (NED) 12.6 Q
2  Henry Andersen and Axel Hansen (DEN)
3  William Ormston and Henry Lee (GBR)

Quarterfinal 2

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1  William Smith and James Walker (RSA) 13.0 Q
2  John Verhoeven and Gustave Daghelinckx (BEL)
3  Pieter Beets and Tjabel Boonstra (NED)

Quarterfinal 3

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1  Harry Ryan and Thomas Lance (GBR) 12.0 Q
2  Hendrik Goosen and George Thursfield (RSA)
3  Henri Bellivier and Georges Perrin (FRA)

Quarterfinal 4

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1  William Stewart and Cyril Alden (GBR) 15.6 Q
2  Frans Verscheuren and Frédéric Claessens (BEL) DNF

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1  Harry Ryan and Thomas Lance (GBR) 11.6 Q
2  Petrus Ikelaar and Franciscus de Vreng (NED)

Semifinal 2

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1  William Smith and James Walker (RSA) 12.6 Q
2  William Stewart and Cyril Alden (GBR)

Final

Place Cyclists Time
1  Harry Ryan and Thomas Lance (GBR) 11.2
2  William Smith and James Walker (RSA)

Bronze medal match

Place Cyclists Time
3  Petrus Ikelaar and Franciscus de Vreng (NED)
4  William Stewart and Cyril Alden (GBR) DNF

References