Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

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.

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 CoolsRoger Pirotte 11.4 2 Heino DissingBjørn Stiler

Heat 2

Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 Pierre GeorgetGeorges Maton 11.0 2 Franz DusikaAlfred Mohr

Heat 3

Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 Bernard LeeneHendrik Ooms 11.2 2 Karl BurkhartFritz Ganz

Heat 4

Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 Carlo LeguttiBruno Loatti 11.6 2 Ernest ChambersJohn Sibbit

Heat 5

Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 Ernst IhbeCarl Lorenz 11.6 2 William LoganAl Sellinger 3 Miklós NémethFerenc Pelvássy

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 DissingBjørn Stiler 11.4 2 Franz DusikaAlfred Mohr

Repechage 2

Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 William LoganAl Sellinger 12.0 2 Karl BurkhartFritz Ganz

Repechage 3

Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 Ernest ChambersJohn Sibbit – 2 Miklós NémethFerenc Pelvássy

Round 2

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

Heat 1

Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 Pierre GeorgetGeorges Maton 11.0 2 Frans CoolsRoger Pirotte

Heat 2

Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 Ernst IhbeCarl Lorenz 11.8 2 Heino DissingBjørn Stiler

Heat 3

Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 Bernard LeeneHendrik Ooms 11.2 2 Ernest ChambersJohn Sibbit

Heat 4

Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 Carlo LeguttiBruno Loatti 11.0 2 William LoganAl Sellinger

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 IhbeCarl Lorenz 11.4 2 Pierre GeorgetGeorges Maton

Heat 2

Rank Name Nation Time Notes 1 Bernard LeeneHendrik Ooms 11.4 2 Carlo LeguttiBruno Loatti

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 Ernst IhbeCarl Lorenz 11.0 11.0 – 2 0 Bernard LeeneHendrik Ooms – 0 2

Bronze medal final

Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 W L Pierre GeorgetGeorges Maton 11.0 11.4 – 2 0 4 Carlo LeguttiBruno Loatti – 0 2

References

1936 Official Report.