Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

Cycling - Men's tandem at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Cycling Stadium, Berlin
Dates	7-8 August 1936
Competitors	22 from 11 nations
Medalists
Ernst Ihbe, Carl Lorenz  Germany Bernard Leene, Hendrik Ooms  Netherlands Pierre Georget, Georges Maton  France

The men's tandem cycling event at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place on 7 and 8 August and was one of six events at the 1936 Olympics.^[1]

Results

Round 1

The winning pair of each heat advanced to the second round. The second-place and third-place pairs were relegated to the repechage for another chance at qualifying.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Frans Cools Roger Pirotte	Belgium	11.4	Q
2	Heino Dissing Bjørn Stiler	Denmark		R

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Pierre Georget Georges Maton	France	11.0	Q
2	Franz Dusika Alfred Mohr	Austria		R

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Bernard Leene Hendrik Ooms	Netherlands	11.2	Q
2	Karl Burkhart Fritz Ganz	Switzerland		R

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Carlo Legutti Bruno Loatti	Italy	11.6	Q
2	Ernest Chambers John Sibbit	Great Britain		R

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ernst Ihbe Carl Lorenz	Germany	11.6	Q
2	William Logan Al Sellinger	United States		R
3	Miklós Németh Ferenc Pelvássy	Hungary		R

Repechage

The winners of each repechage heat qualified for the second round. The losers were eliminated.

Repechage 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Heino Dissing Bjørn Stiler	Denmark	11.4	Q
2	Franz Dusika Alfred Mohr	Austria

Repechage 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	William Logan Al Sellinger	United States	12.0	Q
2	Karl Burkhart Fritz Ganz	Switzerland

Repechage 3

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ernest Chambers John Sibbit	Great Britain	–	Q
2	Miklós Németh Ferenc Pelvássy	Hungary	DNS

Round 2

The winners of each heat advanced to the semifinals. The losers were eliminated.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Pierre Georget Georges Maton	France	11.0	Q
2	Frans Cools Roger Pirotte	Belgium

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ernst Ihbe Carl Lorenz	Germany	11.8	Q
2	Heino Dissing Bjørn Stiler	Denmark

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Bernard Leene Hendrik Ooms	Netherlands	11.2	Q
2	Ernest Chambers John Sibbit	Great Britain

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Carlo Legutti Bruno Loatti	Italy	11.0	Q
2	William Logan Al Sellinger	United States

Semifinals

The semifinal winners advanced to the gold medal final. The losers competed in a bronze medal final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ernst Ihbe Carl Lorenz	Germany	11.4	Q
2	Pierre Georget Georges Maton	France		B

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Bernard Leene Hendrik Ooms	Netherlands	11.4	Q
2	Carlo Legutti Bruno Loatti	Italy		B

Finals

Both the gold and bronze medal finals were conducted as best-of-three competitions. In each case, the same team won both of the first two races, making a third race unnecessary.

Gold medal final

Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	W	L
	Ernst Ihbe Carl Lorenz	Germany	11.0	11.0	–	2	0
	Bernard Leene Hendrik Ooms	Netherlands			–	0	2

Bronze medal final

Rank	Name	Nation	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	W	L
	Pierre Georget Georges Maton	France	11.0	11.4	–	2	0
4	Carlo Legutti Bruno Loatti	Italy			–	0	2

References

1. "Cycling at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's Tandem". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

• 1936 Official Report.