Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

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

Men's tandem at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Competitors	14 from 7 nations
Medalists
Netherlands Bernhard Leene, Daan van Dijk  Great Britain Ernest Chambers, John Sibbit  Germany Hans Bernhardt, Karl Köther
← 1924 1932 →

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  Netherlands Bernhard Leene Daan van Dijk 12.0 seconds 2  Austria August Schaffer Franz Dusika

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

Match 3 Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m) 1 Q  Germany Hans Bernhardt Karl Köther 12.4 seconds 2  Poland Ludwik Turowski Stanisław Podgórski

Match 4 Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m) 1 Q  Italy Adolfo Corsi Francesco Malatesta N/A – Bye[5]

Semifinals

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

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

Medal matches

Gold medal match Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m)  Netherlands Bernhard Leene Daan van Dijk 11.8 seconds  Great Britain Ernest Chambers John Sibbit

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