Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

Men's tandem
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Competitors14 from 7 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
Cycling at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Road cycling
Individual road race   men
Team road race men
Track cycling
Time trial men
Team pursuit men
Sprint men
Tandem men

The men's tandem at the 1928 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.[1]

This track cycling event consisted of multiple rounds. The event was a single elimination tournament, with a third-place race between the semifinal losers.

The Dutch entrants for this race were Bernhard Leene and Daan van Dijk. They beat the Austrian team in the first round, and competed against the German team in the semi-final. After two rounds, the Dutch team fell, and the race was restarted. This second time, the Dutch team won with a small margin.

In the final, the Dutch team faced the British team, John Sibbit and Ernest Chambers. The British team led the race until the final corner, when the Dutch team overtook them.[2]

Match round

Source:[3][4]

Round 1

Match 1
Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m)
1 Q Netherlands Bernhard Leene
Daan van Dijk
12.0 seconds
2 Austria August Schaffer
Franz Dusika

Match 2
Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m)
1 Q Great Britain Ernest Chambers
John Sibbit
13.2 seconds
2 France Henri Lemoine
Hubert Guyard

Match 3
Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m)
1 Q Germany Hans Bernhardt
Karl Köther
12.4 seconds
2 Poland Ludwik Turowski
Stanisław Podgórski

Match 4
Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m)
1 Q Italy Adolfo Corsi
Francesco Malatesta
N/A
Bye[5]

Semifinals

Semifinal 1
Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m)
1 Q Great Britain Ernest Chambers
John Sibbit
12.2 seconds
2 Italy Adolfo Corsi
Francesco Malatesta

Semifinal 2
Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m)
1 Q Netherlands Bernhard Leene
Daan van Dijk
12.2 seconds
2 Germany Hans Bernhardt
Karl Köther

Medal matches

Gold medal match
Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m)
Netherlands Bernhard Leene
Daan van Dijk
11.8 seconds
Great Britain Ernest Chambers
John Sibbit

Bronze medal match
Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m)
1 () Germany Hans Bernhardt
Karl Köther
12.2 seconds
2 (4th) Italy Adolfo Corsi
Francesco Malatesta

References