Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

Cycling - Men's tandem
at the Games of the X Olympiad
VenueRose Bowl, Pasadena
DatesAugust 1 and 3
Competitors10 (individuals) 5 (teams) from 5 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
Cycling at the
1932 Summer Olympics
Road events
Individual road race men
Team road race men
Track events
1000m time trial men
Sprint men
Tandem men
Team pursuit men

The men's tandem cycling event at the 1932 Summer Olympics. The format was a sprint of 2000 metres.[1]

Results

Winner of each of the two heats and the top two pairs in the repechage advanced to semifinal.

Heats

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Maurice Perrin
Louis Chaillot
France 13.2
2 Ernest Chambers
Stanley Chambers
Great Britain

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bernard Leene
Jacques van Egmond
Netherlands
- Harald Christensen
Willy Gervin
Denmark [13.8] DQ

Repechage

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Harald Christensen
Willy Gervin
Denmark
2 Ernest Chambers
Stanley Chambers
Great Britain
3 Frank Testa
Royden Ingham
United States

Winner of each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Semifinal

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Maurice Perrin
Louis Chaillot
France 12.1
2 Harald Christensen
Willy Gervin
Denmark

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ernest Chambers
Stanley Chambers
Great Britain 14.9 WO

Final

Match 1/2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Maurice Perrin
Louis Chaillot
France
2nd Ernest Chambers
Stanley Chambers
Great Britain

No 3/4 race was run DEN was awarded bronze

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
3rd Harald Christensen
Willy Gervin
Denmark

Key: DQ = disqualified; WO = walkover

References