Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

Cycling - Men's tandem; at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Cycling Stadium, Berlin
Dates	7-8 August 1936
Competitors	22 from 11 nations
Medalists

The men's tandem cycling event at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place on 7 and 8 August and was one of six events at the 1936 Olympics.[1]

Results

Round 1

The winning pair of each heat advanced to the second round. The second-place and third-place pairs were relegated to the repechage for another chance at qualifying.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Frans Cools Roger Pirotte	Belgium	11.4	Q
2	Heino Dissing Bjørn Stiler	Denmark		R

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Pierre Georget Georges Maton	France	11.0	Q
2	Franz Dusika Alfred Mohr	Austria		R

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Bernard Leene Hendrik Ooms	Netherlands	11.2	Q
2	Karl Burkhart Fritz Ganz	Switzerland		R

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Carlo Legutti Bruno Loatti	Italy	11.6	Q
2	Ernest Chambers John Sibbit	Great Britain		R

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ernst Ihbe Carl Lorenz	Germany	11.6	Q
2	William Logan Al Sellinger	United States		R
3	Miklós Németh Ferenc Pelvássy	Hungary		R

Repechage

The winners of each repechage heat qualified for the second round. The losers were eliminated.

Repechage 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Heino Dissing Bjørn Stiler	Denmark	11.4	Q
2	Franz Dusika Alfred Mohr	Austria

Repechage 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	William Logan Al Sellinger	United States	12.0	Q
2	Karl Burkhart Fritz Ganz	Switzerland

Repechage 3

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ernest Chambers John Sibbit	Great Britain	–	Q
2	Miklós Németh Ferenc Pelvássy	Hungary	DNS

Round 2

The winners of each heat advanced to the semifinals. The losers were eliminated.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Pierre Georget Georges Maton	France	11.0	Q
2	Frans Cools Roger Pirotte	Belgium

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ernst Ihbe Carl Lorenz	Germany	11.8	Q
2	Heino Dissing Bjørn Stiler	Denmark

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Bernard Leene Hendrik Ooms	Netherlands	11.2	Q
2	Ernest Chambers John Sibbit	Great Britain

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Carlo Legutti Bruno Loatti	Italy	11.0	Q
2	William Logan Al Sellinger	United States

Semifinals

The semifinal winners advanced to the gold medal final. The losers competed in a bronze medal final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ernst Ihbe Carl Lorenz	Germany	11.4	Q
2	Pierre Georget Georges Maton	France		B

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Bernard Leene Hendrik Ooms	Netherlands	11.4	Q
2	Carlo Legutti Bruno Loatti	Italy		B

Finals

Both the gold and bronze medal finals were conducted as best-of-three competitions. In each case, the same team won both of the first two races, making a third race unnecessary.

Gold medal final

Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	W	L
	Ernst Ihbe Carl Lorenz	Germany	11.0	11.0	–	2	0
	Bernard Leene Hendrik Ooms	Netherlands			–	0	2

Bronze medal final

Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	W	L
	Pierre Georget Georges Maton	France	11.0	11.4	–	2	0
4	Carlo Legutti Bruno Loatti	Italy			–	0	2

References

"Cycling at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Tandem". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

1936 Official Report.

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[sports-reference-1] "Cycling at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Tandem". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2014.