Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

First round

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
1	Jean Roth Max Aeberli	Switzerland	4:24.6
2	Klaas Buchly Tinus van Gelder	Netherlands

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Hans Andresen Evan Klamer	Denmark	4:53.6
2	Louis Van Schill Roger De Pauw	Belgium

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Ferdinando Terruzzi Renato Perona	Italy	4:58.4
2	Oscar Giacché Miguel Passi	Argentina

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	René Faye Gaston Dron	France	4:34.8
2	Marvin Thomson Al Stiller	United States

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Reg Harris Alan Bannister	Great Britain	5:37.9
2	Marvin Thomson Al Stiller	Austria

Repechage

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
1	Louis Van Schill Roger De Pauw	Belgium	3:05.6
2	Klaas Buchly Tinus van Gelder	Netherlands
3	Oscar Giacché Miguel Passi	Argentina

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Marvin Thomson Al Stiller	United States	3:54.5
2	Kurt Nemetz Erich Welt	Austria

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinal round took place on 9 August. The winners from each heat advanced to the semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Reg Harris Alan Bannister	Great Britain	7:57.8
2	Klaas Buchly Tinus van Gelder	Netherlands

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	René Faye Gaston Dron	France	5:26.3
2	Hans Andresen Evan Klamer	Denmark

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Jean Roth Max Aeberli	Switzerland	3:58.5
2	Marvin Thomson Al Stiller	United States

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Ferdinando Terruzzi Renato Perona	Italy	4:35.6
2	Louis Van Schill Roger De Pauw	Belgium

Semifinals

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
1	Reg Harris Alan Bannister	Great Britain	6:06.4
2	René Faye Gaston Dron	France

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Ferdinando Terruzzi Renato Perona	Italy	4:36.9
2	Jean Roth Max Aeberli	Switzerland

Final

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)
	Ferdinando Terruzzi Renato Perona	Italy		4:38.8	3:55.1
	Reg Harris Alan Bannister	Great Britain	3:56.6

Bronze medal race

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (Race 1)	Time (Race 2)
	René Faye Gaston Dron	France	3:59.9	2:56.2
4	Jean Roth Max Aeberli	Switzerland