Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

Cycling - Men's tandem
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Cycling Stadium, Berlin
Dates7-8 August 1936
Competitors22 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ernst Ihbe, Carl Lorenz
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bernard Leene, Hendrik Ooms
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pierre Georget, Georges Maton
 France
← 1932
1948 →

The men's tandem cycling event at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place on 7 and 8 August and was one of six events at the 1936 Olympics.[1]

Results

Round 1

The winning pair of each heat advanced to the second round. The second-place and third-place pairs were relegated to the repechage for another chance at qualifying.

Heat 1
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 Frans Cools
Roger Pirotte
 Belgium 11.4 Q
2 Heino Dissing
Bjørn Stiler
 Denmark R
Heat 2
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 Pierre Georget
Georges Maton
 France 11.0 Q
2 Franz Dusika
Alfred Mohr
 Austria R
Heat 3
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 Bernard Leene
Hendrik Ooms
 Netherlands 11.2 Q
2 Karl Burkhart
Fritz Ganz
 Switzerland R
Heat 4
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 Carlo Legutti
Bruno Loatti
 Italy 11.6 Q
2 Ernest Chambers
John Sibbit
 Great Britain R
Heat 5
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 Ernst Ihbe
Carl Lorenz
 Germany 11.6 Q
2 William Logan
Al Sellinger
 United States R
3 Miklós Németh
Ferenc Pelvássy
 Hungary R

Repechage

The winners of each repechage heat qualified for the second round. The losers were eliminated.

Repechage 1
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 Heino Dissing
Bjørn Stiler
 Denmark 11.4 Q
2 Franz Dusika
Alfred Mohr
 Austria
Repechage 2
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 William Logan
Al Sellinger
 United States 12.0 Q
2 Karl Burkhart
Fritz Ganz
 Switzerland
Repechage 3
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 Ernest Chambers
John Sibbit
 Great Britain Q
2 Miklós Németh
Ferenc Pelvássy
 Hungary DNS

Round 2

The winners of each heat advanced to the semifinals. The losers were eliminated.

Heat 1
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 Pierre Georget
Georges Maton
 France 11.0 Q
2 Frans Cools
Roger Pirotte
 Belgium
Heat 2
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 Ernst Ihbe
Carl Lorenz
 Germany 11.8 Q
2 Heino Dissing
Bjørn Stiler
 Denmark
Heat 3
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 Bernard Leene
Hendrik Ooms
 Netherlands 11.2 Q
2 Ernest Chambers
John Sibbit
 Great Britain
Heat 4
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 Carlo Legutti
Bruno Loatti
 Italy 11.0 Q
2 William Logan
Al Sellinger
 United States

Semifinals

The semifinal winners advanced to the gold medal final. The losers competed in a bronze medal final.

Semifinal 1
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 Ernst Ihbe
Carl Lorenz
 Germany 11.4 Q
2 Pierre Georget
Georges Maton
 France B
Heat 2
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
1 Bernard Leene
Hendrik Ooms
 Netherlands 11.4 Q
2 Carlo Legutti
Bruno Loatti
 Italy B

Finals

Both the gold and bronze medal finals were conducted as best-of-three competitions. In each case, the same team won both of the first two races, making a third race unnecessary.

Gold medal final
Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 W L
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ernst Ihbe
Carl Lorenz
 Germany 11.0 11.0 2 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bernard Leene
Hendrik Ooms
 Netherlands 0 2
Bronze medal final
Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 W L
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pierre Georget
Georges Maton
 France 11.0 11.4 2 0
4 Carlo Legutti
Bruno Loatti
 Italy 0 2

References

  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Tandem". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  • 1936 Official Report.