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Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

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Cycling - Men's tandem
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueHerne Hill Velodrome, London
Dates7–11 August 1948
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ferdinando Terruzzi, Renato Perona
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Reg Harris, Alan Bannister
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) René Faye, Gaston Dron
 France
← 1936
1952 →

The men's tandem cycling event at the 1948 Summer Olympics took place between 7 and 11 August and was one of six events at the 1948 Olympics.[1]

Results

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First round

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The first round took place on 7 August. The winners from each heat advanced to the quarterfinals. The losing pairs competed in the repechage round.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Jean Roth
Max Aeberli
 Switzerland 4:24.6
2 Klaas Buchly
Tinus van Gelder
 Netherlands

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Hans Andresen
Evan Klamer
 Denmark 4:53.6
2 Louis Van Schill
Roger De Pauw
 Belgium

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Ferdinando Terruzzi
Renato Perona
 Italy 4:58.4
2 Oscar Giacché
Miguel Passi
 Argentina

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 René Faye
Gaston Dron
 France 4:34.8
2 Marvin Thomson
Al Stiller
 United States

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Reg Harris
Alan Bannister
 Great Britain 5:37.9
2 Kurt Nemetz
Erich Welt
 Austria

Repechage

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The repechage round took place on 7 August. The winners from each plus the fastest losing team advanced to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Louis Van Schill
Roger De Pauw
 Belgium 3:05.6
2 Klaas Buchly
Tinus van Gelder
 Netherlands
3 Oscar Giacché
Miguel Passi
 Argentina

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Marvin Thomson
Al Stiller
 United States 3:54.5
2 Kurt Nemetz
Erich Welt
 Austria

Quarterfinals

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The quarterfinal round took place on 9 August. The winners from each heat advanced to the semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Reg Harris
Alan Bannister
 Great Britain 7:57.8
2 Klaas Buchly
Tinus van Gelder
 Netherlands

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 René Faye
Gaston Dron
 France 5:26.3
2 Hans Andresen
Evan Klamer
 Denmark

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Jean Roth
Max Aeberli
 Switzerland 3:58.5
2 Marvin Thomson
Al Stiller
 United States

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Ferdinando Terruzzi
Renato Perona
 Italy 4:35.6
2 Louis Van Schill
Roger De Pauw
 Belgium

Semifinals

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The semifinal round took place on 9 August. The winners from each heat competed for the gold medal. The remaining teams competed for the bronze.

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Reg Harris
Alan Bannister
 Great Britain 6:06.4
2 René Faye
Gaston Dron
 France

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time
1 Ferdinando Terruzzi
Renato Perona
 Italy 4:36.9
2 Jean Roth
Max Aeberli
 Switzerland

Final

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The final races took place on 11 August and consisted of two best-of-three series. Italy won the gold medal series against the British team 2–1, while France took home the bronze against Switzerland by winning their series 2–0.

Gold medal race

Rank Name Nationality Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2) Time (Race 3)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ferdinando Terruzzi
Renato Perona
 Italy 4:38.8 3:55.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Reg Harris
Alan Bannister
 Great Britain 3:56.6

Bronze medal race

Rank Name Nationality Time (Race 1) Time (Race 2)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) René Faye
Gaston Dron
 France 3:59.9 2:56.2
4 Jean Roth
Max Aeberli
 Switzerland

Final standings

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Rank Name Nationality
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ferdinando Terruzzi
Renato Perona
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Reg Harris
Alan Bannister
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) René Faye
Gaston Dron
 France
4 Jean Roth
Max Aeberli
 Switzerland
5 Louis Van Schill
Roger De Pauw
 Belgium
Hans Andresen
Evan Klamer
 Denmark
Klaas Buchly
Tinus van Gelder
 Netherlands
Marvin Thomson
Al Stiller
 United States
9 Kurt Nemetz
Erich Welt
 Austria
10 Oscar Giacché
Miguel Passi
 Argentina

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Tandem". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
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