| Men's tandem at the Games of the IV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | White City Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | July 13–15 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 34 from 7 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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Track cycling | |
| 660 yards | men |
| 5000 metres | men |
| 20 kilometres | men |
| 100 kilometres | men |
| Sprint | men |
| Tandem | men |
| Team pursuit | men |
The men's 2000 metre tandem was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Each nation could enter up to 6 teams of 2. [1]
The tandem race was a sprint-style race with teams of 2 on tandem bicycles. The distance was 2000 metres, or approximately 3.3 laps of the 660-yard track. The time limit for the race was 4 minutes. The competition was held over three rounds (heats, semifinals, and a final). The first round consisted of 7 heats of 2 or 3 teams each, with the winning team in each heat as well as the fastest second-place team advancing to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals of 4 teams each; the winning team in each semifinal as well as the faster second-place team advanced to the final. The final featured 3 teams, so all finalists received medals.
The fastest team in each of the seven heats and the fastest second-place team overall advanced to the semifinals.
The competition was held on Monday, July 13, 1908 starting at 4.15 p.m. (first four heats) and at 5.15 p.m. (remaining three heats).
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Brooks William Isaacs |  Great Britain (GBR) | 3:09.4 | Q |
| 2 | Alwin Boldt Max Triebsch |  Germany (GER) | 5 lengths behind |
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frederick Hamlin Horace Johnson | Great Britain (GBR) | 3:14.8 | Q |
| 2 | Marc Texier Paul Texier |  France (FRA) | 4 lengths behind |
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Götze Otto Götze [2] | Germany (GER) | 2:55.6 [3] | Q |
| 2 | Charles Avrillon Joseph Guyader | France (FRA) | bare wheel | |
| 3 | Cecil McKaig Edward Piercy | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 lengths behind 2nd |
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Léon Coeckelberg Jules Patou |  Belgium (BEL) | 2:25.0 | Q |
| 2 | John Barnard Arthur Rushen | Great Britain (GBR) | 1.2 lengths behind | q |
| 3 | Andrew Hansson Gustaf Westerberg |  Sweden (SWE) | beaten off |
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | André Auffray Maurice Schilles | France (FRA) | 3:11.4 | Q |
| 2 | Philipus Frylink Floris Venter | South Africa (RSA) | 1 length behind |
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | François Bonnet Octave Lapize | France (FRA) | 3:06.8 | Q |
| 2 | Robert Jolly John Norman | Great Britain (GBR) | 6 lengths behind |
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Matthews Leonard Meredith | Great Britain (GBR) | 2:43.2 | Q |
| 2 | Gaston Dreyfus André Poulain | France (FRA) | 2 lengths behind | |
| 3 | Frederick McCarthy William Morton |  Canada (CAN) | beaten off |
The fastest team in each heat as well as the fastest second-place team overall advanced to the final.
The competition was held on Wednesday, July 15, 1908 starting at 5 p.m.
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frederick Hamlin Horace Johnson | Great Britain (GBR) | 2:42.2 | Q |
| 2 | Charlie Brooks William Isaacs | Great Britain (GBR) | 6 lengths behind | q |
| 3 | Max Götze Otto Götze [2] | Germany (GER) | Unknown | |
| 4 | Léon Coeckelberg Jules Patou | Belgium (BEL) | Unknown |
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | André Auffray Maurice Schilles | France (FRA) | 2:46.2 | Q |
| 2 | John Matthews Leonard Meredith | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 length behind | |
| 3 | John Barnard Arthur Rushen | Great Britain (GBR) | Unknown | |
| 4 | François Bonnet Octave Lapize | France (FRA) | Unknown |
The final was held on Wednesday, July 15, 1908 at 5.45 p.m.
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
 | André Auffray Maurice Schilles | France (FRA) | 3:07.6 |
 | Frederick Hamlin Horace Johnson | Great Britain (GBR) | Unknown |
 | Charlie Brooks William Isaacs | Great Britain (GBR) | Unknown |
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