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Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

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Men's tandem
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueVélodrome d'Anvers Zuremborg
Dates9–10 August
Competitors22 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Thomas Lance, Harry Ryan
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) William Smith, James Walker
 South Africa
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Frans de Vreng and Piet Ikelaar
 Netherlands
← 1908
1924 →

The men's tandem event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1]

Results

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Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinal 1

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1  Piet Ikelaar and Frans de Vreng (NED) 12.6 Q
2  Henry Andersen and Axel Hansen (DEN)
3  William Ormston and Herbert Lee (GBR)

Quarterfinal 2

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1  William Smith and James Walker (RSA) 13.0 Q
2  John Verhoeven and Léonard Daghelinckx (BEL)
3  Pieter Beets and Tjabel Boonstra (NED)

Quarterfinal 3

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1  Harry Ryan and Thomas Lance (GBR) 12.0 Q
2  Sammy Goosen and George Thursfield (RSA)
3  Henri Bellivier and Georges Perrin (FRA)

Quarterfinal 4

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1  William Stewart and Cyril Alden (GBR) 15.6 Q
2  Frans Verschueren and Gustave Claessen (BEL) DNF

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1  Harry Ryan and Thomas Lance (GBR) 11.6 Q
2  Piet Ikelaar and Frans de Vreng (NED)

Semifinal 2

Place Cyclists Time Qual.
1  William Smith and James Walker (RSA) 12.6 Q
2  William Stewart and Cyril Alden (GBR)

Final

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Place Cyclists Time
1  Harry Ryan and Thomas Lance (GBR) 11.2
2  William Smith and James Walker (RSA)

Bronze medal match

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Place Cyclists Time
3  Piet Ikelaar and Frans de Vreng (NED)
4  William Stewart and Cyril Alden (GBR) DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games:Men's Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
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  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2007.