Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

Men's cycling tandem
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Velodrome, Rome
Date26-27 August 1960
Competitors24 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giuseppe Beghetto, Sergio Bianchetto  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jürgen Simon, Lothar Stäber  United Team of Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Boris Vasilyev, Vladimir Leonov  Soviet Union
← 1956
1964 →

The men's tandem at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy was held from 26 to 27 August 1960. There were 24 participants from 12 nations.[1]

Competition format

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Tandem cycling features a series of one-on-one, head-to-head races between teams. The 1960 Olympic competition included six rounds: heats, a two-round repechage, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals.[2]

  • Heats: Because there were 14 teams entered, 7 heats were scheduled. The heats were not adjusted after 2 teams withdrew, essentially providing the teams in those heats with a bye. Otherwise, the winner of each heat advanced to the quarterfinals; the loser was relegated to the repechage.
  • Repechage: There was a two-round repechage. One of the 5 teams that had lost in the heats did not contest the repechage. The remaining 4 teams paired off into two heats; the winner of each advanced to the repechage final while the loser was eliminated. The repechage final allowed the winner to advance to the quarterfinals; the loser was eliminated.
  • Quarterfinals: Beginning with the quarterfinals, each match was best-of-three races. There were 4 quarterfinals contested by the 7 heat winners and 1 repechage winner. The winner of each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals.
  • Semifinals: The winner of each semifinal advanced to the gold medal final. The loser of each was scheduled to compete in a bronze medal final, though this was cancelled due to an injury withdrawal.
  • Finals: A gold medal final and a bronze medal final were scheduled, but only the gold medal final was held.

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes
1  United Team of Germany 11.2 Q
2  Australia N/A R

Heat 2

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Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes
1  France 11.0 Q
 Pakistan DNS

Heat 3

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Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes
1  Soviet Union 11.2 Q
2  Netherlands N/A R

Heat 4

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Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes
1  Italy 10.9 Q
 Hungary
  • R. Bicskei
  • A. Meszaros
DNS

Heat 5

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Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes
1  Great Britain 10.9 Q
2  Mexico N/A R

Heat 6

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Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes
1  Czechoslovakia 11.0 Q
2  South Africa N/A R WD

Heat 7

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Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes
1  United States 11.3 Q
2  Switzerland N/A R

Repechage heats

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Repechage heat 1

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Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes
1  Netherlands 11.5 Q
2  Switzerland N/A

Repechage heat 2

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Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes
1  Australia 11.2 Q
2  Mexico N/A

Repechage final

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Rank Nation Cyclists Time Notes
1  Netherlands 11.0 Q
2  Australia N/A

Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Nation Cyclists Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1  Italy 1 10.2 1 10.5 Q
2  United States 2 N/A 2 N/A

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Nation Cyclists Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1  Soviet Union 1 11.4 1 10.5 Q
2  Great Britain 2 N/A 2 N/A

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Nation Cyclists Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1  Netherlands 2 N/A 1 10.6 1 10.9 Q
2  France 1 10.9 2 N/A 2 N/A

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Nation Cyclists Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1  United Team of Germany 1 11.0 1 10.8 Q
2  Czechoslovakia 2 N/A 2 N/A

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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The Dutch team crashed during the second race and were unable to continue the contest.

Rank Nation Cyclists Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1  Italy 1 10.5 1 10.8 Q
2  Netherlands 2 N/A 2 DNF B

Semifinal 2

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Rank Nation Cyclists Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1  United Team of Germany 1 11.0 1 11.0 Q
2  Soviet Union 2 N/A 2 N/A B

Finals

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Bronze medal final

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The Dutch team did not start the bronze medal final after crashing during the semifinals.

Rank Nation Cyclists Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Soviet Union Walkover
4  Netherlands

Gold medal final

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Rank Nation Cyclists Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy 1 10.7 1 10.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United Team of Germany 2 N/A 2 N/A

Final classification

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Rank Cyclists Nation
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giuseppe Beghetto
Sergio Bianchetto
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jürgen Simon
Lothar Stäber
 United Team of Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Boris Vasilyev
Vladimir Leonov
 Soviet Union
4 Rinus Paul
Mees Gerritsen
 Netherlands
5 Roland Surrugue
Michel Scob
 France
David Handley
Eric Thompson
 Great Britain
Juraj Miklušica
Dušan Škvarenina
 Czechoslovakia
Jack Hartman
David Sharp
 United States
9 Ian Browne
Geoff Smith
 Australia
10 Peter Vogel
Peter Hirzel
 Switzerland
Luis Muciño
José Luis Tellez
 Mexico
12 Les Haupt
Syd Byrnes
 South Africa

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 332.