Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem explained

Event:	Men's cycling tandem
Games:	1960 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Velodrome, Rome
Date:	26-27 August 1960
Competitors:	24
Nations:	12
Gold:	Giuseppe Beghetto, Sergio Bianchetto
Goldnoc:	ITA
Silver:	Jürgen Simon, Lothar Stäber
Silvernoc:	EUA
Bronze:	Boris Vasilyev, Vladimir Leonov
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1956
Next:	1964

The men's tandem at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy was held from 26 to 27 August 1960. There were 24 participants from 12 nations.^[1]

Competition format

Tandem cycling features a series of one-on-one, head-to-head races between teams. The 1960 Olympic competition included six rounds: heats, a two-round repechage, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals.^[2]

• Heats: Because there were 14 teams entered, 7 heats were scheduled. The heats were not adjusted after 2 teams withdrew, essentially providing the teams in those heats with a bye. Otherwise, the winner of each heat advanced to the quarterfinals; the loser was relegated to the repechage.
• Repechage: There was a two-round repechage. One of the 5 teams that had lost in the heats did not contest the repechage. The remaining 4 teams paired off into two heats; the winner of each advanced to the repechage final while the loser was eliminated. The repechage final allowed the winner to advance to the quarterfinals; the loser was eliminated.
• Quarterfinals: Beginning with the quarterfinals, each match was best-of-three races. There were 4 quarterfinals contested by the 7 heat winners and 1 repechage winner. The winner of each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals.
• Semifinals: The winner of each semifinal advanced to the gold medal final. The loser of each was scheduled to compete in a bronze medal final, though this was cancelled due to an injury withdrawal.
• Finals: A gold medal final and a bronze medal final were scheduled, but only the gold medal final was held.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1			11.2
2			N/A

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1			11.0

Heat 3

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1			11.2
2			N/A

Heat 4

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1			10.9

Heat 5

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1			10.9
2			N/A

Heat 6

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1			11.0
2			N/A

Heat 7

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1			11.3
2			N/A

Repechage heats

Repechage heat 1

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1			11.5
2			N/A

Repechage heat 2

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1			11.2
2			N/A

Repechage final

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1			11.0
2			N/A

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
1			1	10.2	1	10.5	colspan=2 rowspan=2
2			2	N/A	2	N/A

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
1			1	11.4	1	10.5	colspan=2 rowspan=2
2			2	N/A	2	N/A

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
1			2	N/A	1	10.6	1	10.9
2			1	10.9	2	N/A	2	N/A

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
1			1	11.0	1	10.8	colspan=2 rowspan=2
2			2	N/A	2	N/A

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

The Dutch team crashed during the second race and were unable to continue the contest.

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
1			1	10.5	1	10.8	colspan=2 rowspan=2
2			2	N/A	2

Semifinal 2

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
1			1	11.0	1	11.0	colspan=2 rowspan=2
2			2	N/A	2	N/A

Finals

Bronze medal final

The Dutch team did not start the bronze medal final after crashing during the semifinals.

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
			colspan=6 rowspan=2
4

Gold medal final

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
			1	10.7	1	10.3	colspan=2 rowspan=2
			2	N/A	2	N/A

Final classification

Rank	Cyclists	Nation
4
5
9
10
12

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cycling at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130449/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/CYC/mens-tandem-sprint-2000-metres.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 28 July 2014 . sports-reference.com.
2. Official Report, p. 332.