Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
| Men's tandem at the Games of the IV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | White City Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | July 13–15 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 34 from 7 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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| 660 yards | men |
| 5000 metres | men |
| 20 kilometres | men |
| 100 kilometres | men |
| Sprint | men |
| Tandem | men |
| Team pursuit | men |
The men's 2000 metre tandem was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The time limit for the race was 4 minutes.
Results
First round
The fastest team in each of the seven heats and the fastest second-place team overall advanced to the semifinals.
The competition was held on Monday, July 13, 1908 starting at 4.15 p.m. (first four heats) and at 5.15 p.m. (remaining three heats).
| Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Colin Brooks William Isaacs |
 Great Britain (GBR) |
3:09.4 |
| 2 | Alwin Boldt Hermann Martens |
 Germany (GER) |
5 lengths behind |
| Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Frederick Hamlin Horace Johnson |
Great Britain (GBR) |
3:14.8 |
| 2 | Marc Texier Pierre Texier |
 France (FRA) |
4 lengths behind |
| Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Max Götze Otto Götze[1] |
Germany (GER) |
2:55.6[2] |
| 2 | Charles Avrillon Joseph Guyader |
France (FRA) |
bare wheel |
| 3 | Cecil McKaig Edward Piercy |
Great Britain (GBR) |
2 lengths behind 2nd |
| Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Léon Coeckelberg Jean Patou |
 Belgium (BEL) |
2:25.0 |
| 2 | John Barnard Arthur Rushen |
Great Britain (GBR) |
1.2 lengths behind |
| 3 | Andrew Hansson Gustaf Westerberg |
 Sweden (SWE) |
beaten off |
| Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
| 1 | André Auffray Maurice Schilles |
France (FRA) |
3:11.4 |
| 2 | Philipus Frylink Floris Venter |
 South Africa (RSA) |
1 length behind |
| Heat 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
| 1 | François Bonnet Octave Lapize |
France (FRA) |
3:06.8 |
| 2 | R. Jolly J. Norman |
Great Britain (GBR) |
6 lengths behind |
| Heat 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
| 1 | John Matthews Leonard Meredith |
Great Britain (GBR) |
2:43.2 |
| 2 | Gaston Dreyfus André Poulain |
France (FRA) |
2 lengths behind |
| 3 | Frederick McCarthy William Morton |
 Canada (CAN) |
beaten off |
Semifinals
The fastest team in each heat as well as the fastest second-place team overall advanced to the final.
The competition was held on Wednesday, July 15, 1908 starting at 5 p.m.
| Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Frederick Hamlin Horace Johnson |
Great Britain (GBR) |
2:42.2 |
| 2 | Colin Brooks William Isaacs |
Great Britain (GBR) |
6 lengths behind |
| 3 | Max Götze Otto Götze[1] |
Germany (GER) |
Unknown |
| 4 | Léon Coeckelberg Jean Patou |
Belgium (BEL) |
Unknown |
| Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
| 1 | André Auffray Maurice Schilles |
France (FRA) |
2:46.2 |
| 2 | John Matthews Leonard Meredith |
Great Britain (GBR) |
1 length behind |
| 3 | John Barnard Arthur Rushen |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Unknown |
| 4 | François Bonnet Octave Lapize |
France (FRA) |
Unknown |
Final
The final was held on Wednesday, July 15, 1908 at 5.45 p.m.
| Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
| 1 | André Auffray Maurice Schilles |
France (FRA) |
3:07.6 |
| 2 | Frederick Hamlin Horace Johnson |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Unknown |
| 3 | Colin Brooks William Isaacs |
Great Britain (GBR) |
Unknown |
Notes
- ^ a b The official report shows as second team member Karl Neumer.
- ^ Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 10 January 2007. The Official Report gives a time of 2:05.6; however, from its descriptions of second place finishes that time would have resulted in Avrillon and Guyader advancing to the semifinals as the fastest losers. Wudarski gives a time of 2:55.6, which fits with other results and may indicate a transcription or typographical error in the Official Report.
Sources
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Cycling 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at [1].
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