Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem explained

Event:	Men's tandem
Games:	1924 Summer
Venue:	Vélodrome de Vincennes
Dates:	July 26–27
Competitors:	10
Nations:	5
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Lucien Choury, Jean Cugnot
Goldnoc:	FRA
Silver:	Edmund Hansen, Willy Hansen
Silvernoc:	DEN
Bronze:	Gerard Bosch van Drakestein, Maurice Peeters
Bronzenoc:	NED
Prev:	1920
Next:	1928

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 5000NaN0 loop.^[2]

Results

Source:^{[1] [3]}

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.
1		12.6	Q
2

Semifinal 2

Place	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1		14.0	Q

Semifinal 3

Place	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1		12.8	Q
2

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
		12.06

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . pl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090216130930/http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ . 2009-02-16 .
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417054320/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/CYC/ Cycling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132238/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/CYC/mens-tandem-sprint-2000-metres.html Cycling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Tandem Sprint, 2,000 Metres