Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem explained

Event:	Men's tandem
Games:	1928 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Competitors:	14
Nations:	7
Gold:	Bernhard Leene, Daan van Dijk
Silver:	Ernest Chambers, John Sibbit
Bronze:	Hans Bernhardt, Karl Köther
Prev:	1924
Next:	1932

The men's tandem at the 1928 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.^[1]

This track cycling event consisted of multiple rounds. The event was a single elimination tournament, with a third-place race between the semifinal losers.

The Dutch entrants for this race were Bernhard Leene and Daan van Dijk. They beat the Austrian team in the first round, and competed against the German team in the semi-final. After two rounds, the Dutch team fell, and the race was restarted. This second time, the Dutch team won with a small margin.

In the final, the Dutch team faced the British team, John Sibbit and Ernest Chambers. The British team led the race until the final corner, when the Dutch team overtook them.^[2]

Match round

Source:^{[3] [4]}

Round 1

Match 1

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time (last 200m)
1 Q		Bernhard Leene Daan van Dijk	12.0 seconds
2		August Schaffer Franz Dusika

Match 2

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time (last 200m)
1 Q		Ernest Chambers John Sibbit	13.2 seconds
2		Henri Lemoine Hubert Guyard

Match 3

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time (last 200m)
1 Q		Hans Bernhardt Karl Köther	12.4 seconds
2		Ludwik Turowski Stanisław Podgórski

Match 4

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time (last 200m)
1 Q		Adolfo Corsi Francesco Malatesta	N/A
–	Bye^[5]

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time (last 200m)
1 Q		Ernest Chambers John Sibbit	12.2 seconds
2		Adolfo Corsi Francesco Malatesta

Semifinal 2

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time (last 200m)
1 Q		Bernhard Leene Daan van Dijk	12.2 seconds
2		Hans Bernhardt Karl Köther

Medal matches

Gold medal match

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time (last 200m)
		Bernhard Leene Daan van Dijk	11.8 seconds
		Ernest Chambers John Sibbit

Bronze medal match

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time (last 200m)
1		Hans Bernhardt Karl Köther	12.2 seconds
2 (4th)		Adolfo Corsi Francesco Malatesta

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cycling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Tandem . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418131949/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/CYC/mens-tandem-sprint-2000-metres.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 13 June 2014 . sports-reference.com.
2. http://www.sportgeschiedenis.nl/2007/06/24/nederlands-goud-12.aspx Description of the race
3. Web site: 1928 Summer Olympics official report . https://web.archive.org/web/20080408184510/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1928/1928.pdf . dead . 2008-04-08 .
4. Web site: Cycling - Track 1928 . 14 July 2012 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110127/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/cyt1928.html . dead .
5. Canada withdrew.