Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

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.

Men's cycling tandem at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Velodrome, Rome
Date	26-27 August 1960
Competitors	24 from 12 nations
Medalists
Giuseppe Beghetto, Sergio Bianchetto  Italy Jürgen Simon, Lothar Stäber  United Team of Germany Boris Vasilyev, Vladimir Leonov  Soviet Union

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.

• 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	United Team of Germany	Jürgen Simon Lothar Stäber	11.2	Q
2	Australia	Ian Browne Geoff Smith	N/A	R

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1	France	Roland Surrugue Michel Scob	11.0	Q
–	Pakistan	Muhammad Ashiq Abdul Razzaq Baloch	DNS

Heat 3

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1	Soviet Union	Boris Vasilyev Vladimir Leonov	11.2	Q
2	Netherlands	Rinus Paul Mees Gerritsen	N/A	R

Heat 4

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1	Italy	Giuseppe Beghetto Sergio Bianchetto	10.9	Q
–	Hungary	R. Bicskei A. Meszaros	DNS

Heat 5

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1	Great Britain	David Handley Eric Thompson	10.9	Q
2	Mexico	Luis Muciño José Luis Tellez	N/A	R

Heat 6

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1	Czechoslovakia	Juraj Miklušica Dušan Škvarenina	11.0	Q
2	South Africa	Les Haupt Syd Byrnes	N/A	R WD

Heat 7

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1	United States	Jack Hartman David Sharp	11.3	Q
2	Switzerland	Peter Vogel Peter Hirzel	N/A	R

Repechage heats

Repechage heat 1

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1	Netherlands	Rinus Paul Mees Gerritsen	11.5	Q
2	Switzerland	Peter Vogel Peter Hirzel	N/A

Repechage heat 2

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1	Australia	Ian Browne Geoff Smith	11.2	Q
2	Mexico	Luis Muciño José Luis Tellez	N/A

Repechage final

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Time	Notes
1	Netherlands	Rinus Paul Mees Gerritsen	11.0	Q
2	Australia	Ian Browne Geoff Smith	N/A

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
1	Italy	Giuseppe Beghetto Sergio Bianchetto	1	10.2	1	10.5	—		Q
2	United States	Jack Hartman David Sharp	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	Soviet Union	Boris Vasilyev Vladimir Leonov	1	11.4	1	10.5	—		Q
2	Great Britain	David Handley Eric Thompson	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	Netherlands	Rinus Paul Mees Gerritsen	2	N/A	1	10.6	1	10.9	Q
2	France	Roland Surrugue Michel Scob	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	United Team of Germany	Jürgen Simon Lothar Stäber	1	11.0	1	10.8	—		Q
2	Czechoslovakia	Juraj Miklušica Dušan Škvarenina	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	Italy	Giuseppe Beghetto Sergio Bianchetto	1	10.5	1	10.8	—		Q
2	Netherlands	Rinus Paul Mees Gerritsen	2	N/A	2	DNF			B

Semifinal 2

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Notes
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
1	United Team of Germany	Jürgen Simon Lothar Stäber	1	11.0	1	11.0	—		Q
2	Soviet Union	Boris Vasilyev Vladimir Leonov	2	N/A	2	N/A			B

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
	Soviet Union	Boris Vasilyev Vladimir Leonov	Walkover
4	Netherlands	Rinus Paul Mees Gerritsen

Gold medal final

Rank	Nation	Cyclists	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3
			Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
	Italy	Giuseppe Beghetto Sergio Bianchetto	1	10.7	1	10.3	—
	United Team of Germany	Jürgen Simon Lothar Stäber	2	N/A	2	N/A

Final classification

Rank	Cyclists	Nation
	Giuseppe Beghetto Sergio Bianchetto	Italy
	Jürgen Simon Lothar Stäber	United Team of Germany
	Boris Vasilyev Vladimir Leonov	Soviet Union
4	Rinus Paul Mees Gerritsen	Netherlands
5	Roland Surrugue Michel Scob	France
	David Handley Eric Thompson	Great Britain
	Juraj Miklušica Dušan Škvarenina	Czechoslovakia
	Jack Hartman David Sharp	United States
9	Ian Browne Geoff Smith	Australia
10	Peter Vogel Peter Hirzel	Switzerland
	Luis Muciño José Luis Tellez	Mexico
12	Les Haupt Syd Byrnes	South Africa