Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
# Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

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.

## 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**

**Repechage 1**

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

**Repechage**

**Repechage 2**

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

**Repechage**

**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 |
