Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
# 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.

## 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 |
| 5 | Hans Andresen Evan Klamer | Denmark |
| 5 | Klaas Buchly Tinus van Gelder | Netherlands |
| 5 | Marvin Thomson Al Stiller | United States |
| 9 | Kurt Nemetz Erich Welt | Austria |
| 10 | Oscar Giacché Miguel Passi | Argentina |
