Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

Cycling - Men's tandem
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Dates August 1 and 3
Competitors 10 (individuals) 5 (teams) from 5 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Maurice Perrin
Louis Chaillot
 France
2nd, silver medalist(s) Ernest Chambers
Stanley Chambers
 Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Harald Christensen
Willy Gervin
 Denmark

The men's tandem cycling event at the 1932 Summer Olympics. The format was a sprint of 2000 metres.[1]

Results

Winner of each of the two heats and the top two pairs in the repechage advanced to semifinal.

Heats

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Maurice Perrin
Louis Chaillot
 France13.2
2Ernest Chambers
Stanley Chambers
 Great Britain

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Bernard Leene
Jacques van Egmond
 Netherlands
-Harald Christensen
Willy Gervin
 Denmark[13.8]DQ

Repechage

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Harald Christensen
Willy Gervin
 Denmark
2Ernest Chambers
Stanley Chambers
 Great Britain
3Frank Testa
Royden Ingham
 United States

Winner of each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Semifinal

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Maurice Perrin
Louis Chaillot
 France12.1
2Harald Christensen
Willy Gervin
 Denmark

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Ernest Chambers
Stanley Chambers
 Great Britain14.9WO

Final

Match 1/2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Maurice Perrin
Louis Chaillot
 France
2nd, silver medalist(s)Ernest Chambers
Stanley Chambers
 Great Britain

No 3/4 race was run DEN was awarded bronze

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Harald Christensen
Willy Gervin
 Denmark

Key: DQ = disqualified; WO = walkover

References

  1. "Cycling at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
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