Cycling at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

Cycling - Men's tandem
at the Games of the X Olympiad
VenueRose Bowl, Pasadena
DatesAugust 1 and 3
Competitors10 (individuals) 5 (teams) from 5 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maurice Perrin
Louis Chaillot
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ernest Chambers
Stanley Chambers
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Harald Christensen
Willy Gervin
 Denmark
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The men's tandem cycling event at the 1932 Summer Olympics. The format was a sprint of 2000 metres.[1]

Results

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

Heats

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Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Maurice Perrin
Louis Chaillot
 France 13.2 Q
2 Ernest Chambers
Stanley Chambers
 Great Britain

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bernard Leene
Jacques van Egmond
 Netherlands Q
- Harald Christensen
Willy Gervin
 Denmark [13.8] DSQ

Repechage

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Harald Christensen
Willy Gervin
 Denmark Q
2 Ernest Chambers
Stanley Chambers
 Great Britain Q
3 Frank Testa
Royden Ingham
 United States

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

Semifinal

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Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Maurice Perrin
Louis Chaillot
 France 12.1 Q
2 Harald Christensen
Willy Gervin
 Denmark

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ernest Chambers
Stanley Chambers
 Great Britain 14.9 WO, Q

Final

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Match 1/2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maurice Perrin
Louis Chaillot
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ernest Chambers
Stanley Chambers
 Great Britain

No 3/4 race was run DEN was awarded bronze

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Harald Christensen
Willy Gervin
 Denmark

Key: DSQ = disqualified; WO = walkover

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2014.