Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

The men's tandem event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Men's tandem at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Vélodrome de Vincennes
Dates	July 26–27
Competitors	10 from 5 nations
Medalists
Lucien Choury, Jean Cugnot  France Edmund Hansen, Willy Hansen  Denmark Gerard Bosch van Drakestein, Maurice Peeters  Netherlands

Video

The field consisted of 5 pairs of cyclists, each pair from a different country.[1] The Vélodrome de Vincennes track was a 500-metre (1,640 ft) loop.[2]

Results

Source:[1][3]

Semifinals

The five pairs were divided into three heats, with the French team getting a bye while the other two heats featured two pairs.

Semifinal 1

Place	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1	Gerard Bosch van Drakestein (NED)  Maurice Peeters (NED)	12.6	Q
2	János Grimm (HUN)  Ferenc Uhereczky (HUN)

Semifinal 2

Place	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1	Lucien Choury (FRA)  Jean Cugnot (FRA)	14.0	Q

Semifinal 3

Place	Cyclists	Time	Qual.
1	Edmund Hansen (DEN)  Willy Hansen (DEN)	12.8	Q
2	Frederick Habberfield (GBR)  Thomas Harvey (GBR)

Final

The final three pairs competed for the three medals. The French led most of the way, with the Dutch taking a brief lead before veering off. Bosch later explained that Peeters had finished a bottle of cognac before the final.[3]

Place	Cyclists	Time
	Lucien Choury (FRA)  Jean Cugnot (FRA)	12.06
	Edmund Hansen (DEN)  Willy Hansen (DEN)
	Gerard Bosch van Drakestein (NED)  Maurice Peeters (NED)

References

1. Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2009-02-16.
2. Cycling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games
3. Cycling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Tandem Sprint, 2,000 Metres