Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

Men's tandem
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueVélodrome de Vincennes
DatesJuly 26–27
Competitors10 from 5 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
Cycling at the
1924 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 1924 Summer Olympics.

The field consisted of 5 pairs of cyclists, each pair from a different country.[1] The Vélodrome de Vincennes track was a 500-metre (1,640 ft) loop.[2]

Results

Source:[1][3]

Semifinals

The five pairs were divided into three heats, with the French team getting a bye while the other two heats featured two pairs.

Semifinal 1
Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1  Gerard Bosch van Drakestein (NED)
 Maurice Peeters (NED)
12.6 Q
2  János Grimm (HUN)
 Ferenc Uhereczky (HUN)
Semifinal 2
Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1  Lucien Choury (FRA)
 Jean Cugnot (FRA)
14.0 Q
Semifinal 3
Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1  Edmund Hansen (DEN)
 Willy Hansen (DEN)
12.8 Q
2  Frederick Habberfield (GBR)
 Thomas Harvey (GBR)

Final

The final three pairs competed for the three medals. The French led most of the way, with the Dutch taking a brief lead before veering off. Bosch later explained that Peeters had finished a bottle of cognac before the final.[3]

Place Cyclists Time
1st  Lucien Choury (FRA)
 Jean Cugnot (FRA)
12.06
2nd  Edmund Hansen (DEN)
 Willy Hansen (DEN)
3rd  Gerard Bosch van Drakestein (NED)
 Maurice Peeters (NED)

References