The men's tandem cycling event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, took place from 26 to 27 August 1960 at the Olympic Velodrome. A total of 24 cyclists from 12 nations competed in the event.
Competition format
Heats: Fourteen teams were originally entered, and seven heats were scheduled. However, after two teams withdrew, some heats effectively became byes. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals, while the loser moved to the repechage. Repechage: A two-round repechage provided a second chance for teams that lost in the heats. One of the five teams that lost in the heats did not compete in the repechage. The remaining four teams were paired into two heats, with the winners advancing to the repechage final and the losers eliminated. The winner of the repechage final advanced to the quarterfinals, while the loser was eliminated. Quarterfinals: From this stage onward, each match was contested in a best-of-three format. The four quarterfinals included the seven heat winners and the one repechage winner. The winners advanced to the semifinals. Semifinals: The winners of the semifinals advanced to the gold medal final. The losers were originally scheduled to compete in a bronze medal final, but this was canceled due to an injury withdrawal. Finals: A gold medal final and a bronze medal final were planned, but only the gold medal final was held.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes 1 11.2 2 N/A
Heat 2
Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes 1 11.0
Heat 3
Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes 1 11.2 2 N/A
Heat 4
Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes 1 10.9
Heat 5
Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes 1 10.9 2 N/A
Heat 6
Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes 1 11.0 2 N/A
Heat 7
Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes 1 11.3 2 N/A
Repechage heats
Repechage heat 1
Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes 1 11.5 2 N/A
Repechage heat 2
Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes 1 11.2 2 N/A
Repechage final
Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes 1 11.0 2 N/A
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinal 1
Rank Nation Cyclists Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 1 10.2 1 10.5 colspan=2 rowspan=2 2 2 N/A 2 N/A
Quarterfinal 2
Rank Nation Cyclists Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 1 11.4 1 10.5 colspan=2 rowspan=2 2 2 N/A 2 N/A
Quarterfinal 3
Rank Nation Cyclists Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 2 N/A 1 10.6 1 10.9 2 1 10.9 2 N/A 2 N/A
Quarterfinal 4
Rank Nation Cyclists Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 1 11.0 1 10.8 colspan=2 rowspan=2 2 2 N/A 2 N/A
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
The Dutch team crashed during the second race and was unable to continue the contest.
Rank Nation Cyclists Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 1 10.5 1 10.8 colspan=2 rowspan=2 2 2 N/A 2
Semifinal 2
Rank Nation Cyclists Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 1 11.0 1 11.0 colspan=2 rowspan=2 2 2 N/A 2 N/A
Finals
Bronze medal final
The Dutch team did not start the bronze medal final after crashing during the semifinals.
Rank Nation Cyclists Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time colspan=6 rowspan=2 4
Gold medal final
Rank Nation Cyclists Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 10.7 1 10.3 colspan=2 rowspan=2 2 N/A 2 N/A
Final classification Rank Cyclists Nation Giuseppe BeghettoSergio Bianchetto Jürgen SimonLothar Stäber Boris VasilyevVladimir Leonov 4 Rinus PaulMees Gerritsen 5 Roland SurrugueMichel Scob David HandleyEric Thompson Juraj MiklušicaDušan Škvarenina Jack HartmanDavid Sharp 9 Ian BrowneGeoff Smith 10 Peter VogelPeter Hirzel Luis MuciñoJosé Luis Tellez 12 Les HauptSyd Byrnes
References