Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

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Men's cycling tandem
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Velodrome, Rome
Date26-27 August 1960
Competitors24 from 12 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Giuseppe Beghetto, Sergio Bianchetto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Jürgen Simon, Lothar Stäber Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Boris Vasilyev, Vladimir Leonov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1956
1964  

The men's tandem at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy was held from 26 to 27 August 1960. There were 24 participants from 12 nations. [1]

Competition format

Tandem cycling features a series of one-on-one, head-to-head races between teams. The 1960 Olympic competition included six rounds: heats, a two-round repechage, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. [2]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankNationCyclistsTimeNotes
1Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 11.2Q
2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia N/AR

Heat 2

RankNationCyclistsTimeNotes
1Flag of France.svg  France 11.0Q
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan DNS

Heat 3

RankNationCyclistsTimeNotes
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 11.2Q
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands N/AR

Heat 4

RankNationCyclistsTimeNotes
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10.9Q
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
  • R. Bicskei
  • A. Meszaros
DNS

Heat 5

RankNationCyclistsTimeNotes
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 10.9Q
2Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico N/AR

Heat 6

RankNationCyclistsTimeNotes
1Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 11.0Q
2Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa N/ARWD

Heat 7

RankNationCyclistsTimeNotes
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11.3Q
2Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland N/AR

Repechage heats

Repechage heat 1

RankNationCyclistsTimeNotes
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 11.5Q
2Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland N/A

Repechage heat 2

RankNationCyclistsTimeNotes
1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 11.2Q
2Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico N/A

Repechage final

RankNationCyclistsTimeNotes
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 11.0Q
2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia N/A

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

RankNationCyclistsRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 110.2110.5Q
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2N/A2N/A

Quarterfinal 2

RankNationCyclistsRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 111.4110.5Q
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2N/A2N/A

Quarterfinal 3

RankNationCyclistsRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2N/A110.6110.9Q
2Flag of France.svg  France 110.92N/A2N/A

Quarterfinal 4

RankNationCyclistsRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 111.0110.8Q
2Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2N/A2N/A

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

The Dutch team crashed during the second race and were unable to continue the contest.

RankNationCyclistsRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 110.5110.8Q
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2N/A2DNFB

Semifinal 2

RankNationCyclistsRace 1Race 2Race 3Notes
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
1Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 111.0111.0Q
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2N/A2N/AB

Finals

Bronze medal final

The Dutch team did not start the bronze medal final after crashing during the semifinals.

RankNationCyclistsRace 1Race 2Race 3
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Walkover
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Gold medal final

RankNationCyclistsRace 1Race 2Race 3
RankTimeRankTimeRankTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 110.7110.3
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 2N/A2N/A

Final classification

RankCyclistsNation
Gold medal icon.svg Giuseppe Beghetto
Sergio Bianchetto
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Jürgen Simon
Lothar Stäber
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Boris Vasilyev
Vladimir Leonov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
4 Rinus Paul
Mees Gerritsen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
5 Roland Surrugue
Michel Scob
Flag of France.svg  France
David Handley
Eric Thompson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Juraj Miklušica
Dušan Škvarenina
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
Jack Hartman
David Sharp
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
9 Ian Browne
Geoff Smith
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
10 Peter Vogel
Peter Hirzel
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Luis Muciño
José Luis Tellez
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico
12 Les Haupt
Syd Byrnes
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa

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