Cycling - Men's tandem at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Herne Hill Velodrome, London | |||||||||
Dates | 7–11 August 1948 | |||||||||
Competitors | 20 from 10 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics | |
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Road events | |
Individual road race | men |
Team road race | men |
Track events | |
1000m time trial | men |
Sprint | men |
Tandem | men |
Team pursuit | men |
The men's tandem cycling event at the 1948 Summer Olympics took place between 7 and 11 August and was one of six events at the 1948 Olympics.[1]
Results
[edit]First round
[edit]The first round took place on 7 August. The winners from each heat advanced to the quarterfinals. The losing pairs competed in the repechage round.
Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Jean Roth Max Aeberli |
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4:24.6 |
2 | Klaas Buchly Tinus van Gelder |
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Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Hans Andresen Evan Klamer |
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4:53.6 |
2 | Louis Van Schill Roger De Pauw |
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Heat 3
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Ferdinando Terruzzi Renato Perona |
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4:58.4 |
2 | Oscar Giacché Miguel Passi |
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Heat 4
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | René Faye Gaston Dron |
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4:34.8 |
2 | Marvin Thomson Al Stiller |
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Heat 5
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Reg Harris Alan Bannister |
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5:37.9 |
2 | Kurt Nemetz Erich Welt |
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Repechage
[edit]The repechage round took place on 7 August. The winners from each plus the fastest losing team advanced to the quarterfinals.
Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Louis Van Schill Roger De Pauw |
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3:05.6 |
2 | Klaas Buchly Tinus van Gelder |
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3 | Oscar Giacché Miguel Passi |
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Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Marvin Thomson Al Stiller |
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3:54.5 |
2 | Kurt Nemetz Erich Welt |
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Quarterfinals
[edit]The quarterfinal round took place on 9 August. The winners from each heat advanced to the semifinals.
Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Reg Harris Alan Bannister |
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7:57.8 |
2 | Klaas Buchly Tinus van Gelder |
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Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | René Faye Gaston Dron |
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5:26.3 |
2 | Hans Andresen Evan Klamer |
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Heat 3
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Jean Roth Max Aeberli |
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3:58.5 |
2 | Marvin Thomson Al Stiller |
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Heat 4
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Ferdinando Terruzzi Renato Perona |
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4:35.6 |
2 | Louis Van Schill Roger De Pauw |
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Semifinals
[edit]The semifinal round took place on 9 August. The winners from each heat competed for the gold medal. The remaining teams competed for the bronze.
Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Reg Harris Alan Bannister |
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6:06.4 |
2 | René Faye Gaston Dron |
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Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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1 | Ferdinando Terruzzi Renato Perona |
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4:36.9 |
2 | Jean Roth Max Aeberli |
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Final
[edit]The final races took place on 11 August and consisted of two best-of-three series. Italy won the gold medal series against the British team 2–1, while France took home the bronze against Switzerland by winning their series 2–0.
Gold medal race
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (Race 1) | Time (Race 2) | Time (Race 3) |
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Ferdinando Terruzzi Renato Perona |
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4:38.8 | 3:55.1 | |
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Reg Harris Alan Bannister |
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3:56.6 |
Bronze medal race
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (Race 1) | Time (Race 2) |
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René Faye Gaston Dron |
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3:59.9 | 2:56.2 |
4 | Jean Roth Max Aeberli |
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Final standings
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Cycling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Tandem". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
External links
[edit]- Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 4 September 2016.