Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

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.

Cycling - Men's tandem at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue	Herne Hill Velodrome, London
Dates	7–11 August 1948
Competitors	20 from 10 nations
Medalists
Ferdinando Terruzzi, Renato Perona  Italy Reg Harris, Alan Bannister  Great Britain René Faye, Gaston Dron  France

Results

First round

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

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

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

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

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)
	Ferdinando Terruzzi Renato Perona	Italy		4:38.8	3:55.1
	Reg Harris Alan Bannister	Great Britain	3:56.6

Bronze medal race

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

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality
	Ferdinando Terruzzi Renato Perona	Italy
	Reg Harris Alan Bannister	Great Britain
	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

External links

• Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 4 September 2016.