Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
Appearance
Men's tandem at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Vélodrome de Vincennes | |||||||||
Dates | July 26–27 | |||||||||
Competitors | 10 from 5 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics | |
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Road cycling | |
Individual time trial | men |
Team time trial | men |
Track cycling | |
Sprint | men |
Tandem | men |
50 km | men |
Team pursuit | men |
The men's tandem event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
The field consisted of 5 pairs of cyclists, each pair from a different country.[1] The Vélodrome de Vincennes track was a 500-metre (1,640 ft) loop.[2]
Results
Semifinals
The five pairs were divided into three heats, with the French team getting a bye while the other two heats featured two pairs.
- Semifinal 1
Place | Cyclists | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Gerard Bosch van Drakestein (NED) Maurice Peeters (NED) |
12.6 | Q |
2 | János Grimm (HUN) Ferenc Uhereczky (HUN) |
- Semifinal 2
Place | Cyclists | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Lucien Choury (FRA) Jean Cugnot (FRA) |
14.0 | Q |
- Semifinal 3
Place | Cyclists | Time | Qual. |
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1 | Edmund Hansen (DEN) Willy Hansen (DEN) |
12.8 | Q |
2 | Frederick Habberfield (GBR) Thomas Harvey (GBR) |
Final
The final three pairs competed for the three medals. The French led most of the way, with the Dutch taking a brief lead before veering off. Bosch later explained that Peeters had finished a bottle of cognac before the final.[3]
Place | Cyclists | Time |
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Lucien Choury (FRA) Jean Cugnot (FRA) |
12.06 | |
Edmund Hansen (DEN) Willy Hansen (DEN) |
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Gerard Bosch van Drakestein (NED) Maurice Peeters (NED) |
References
- ^ a b Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2009-02-16.
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