Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
# 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.

## 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 SimonLothar Stäber | 11.2 | Q |
| 2 | Australia | Ian BrowneGeoff Smith | N/A | R |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | Roland SurrugueMichel Scob | 11.0 | Q |
| – | Pakistan | Muhammad AshiqAbdul Razzaq Baloch | DNS | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | Boris VasilyevVladimir Leonov | 11.2 | Q |
| 2 | Netherlands | Rinus PaulMees Gerritsen | N/A | R |

**Heat 4**

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy | Giuseppe BeghettoSergio Bianchetto | 10.9 | Q |
| – | Hungary | R. BicskeiA. Meszaros | DNS | |

**Heat 5**

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Great Britain | David HandleyEric Thompson | 10.9 | Q |
| 2 | Mexico | Luis MuciñoJosé Luis Tellez | N/A | R |

**Heat 6**

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | Juraj MiklušicaDušan 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 HartmanDavid Sharp | 11.3 | Q |
| 2 | Switzerland | Peter VogelPeter Hirzel | N/A | R |

### Repechage heats

**Repechage heat 1**

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Netherlands | Rinus PaulMees Gerritsen | 11.5 | Q |
| 2 | Switzerland | Peter VogelPeter Hirzel | N/A | |

**Repechage heat 2**

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Australia | Ian BrowneGeoff Smith | 11.2 | Q |
| 2 | Mexico | Luis MuciñoJosé Luis Tellez | N/A | |

### Repechage final

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Netherlands | Rinus PaulMees Gerritsen | 11.0 | Q |
| 2 | Australia | Ian BrowneGeoff Smith | N/A | |

### Quarterfinals

**Quarterfinal 1**

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Italy | Giuseppe BeghettoSergio Bianchetto | 1 | 10.2 | 1 | 10.5 | — | — | Q |
| 2 | United States | Jack HartmanDavid Sharp | 2 | N/A | 2 | N/A | — | — | |

**Quarterfinal 2**

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Soviet Union | Boris VasilyevVladimir Leonov | 1 | 11.4 | 1 | 10.5 | — | — | Q |
| 2 | Great Britain | David HandleyEric Thompson | 2 | N/A | 2 | N/A | — | — | |

**Quarterfinal 3**

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Netherlands | Rinus PaulMees Gerritsen | 2 | N/A | 1 | 10.6 | 1 | 10.9 | Q |
| 2 | France | Roland SurrugueMichel Scob | 1 | 10.9 | 2 | N/A | 2 | N/A | |

**Quarterfinal 4**

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | United Team of Germany | Jürgen SimonLothar Stäber | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 10.8 | — | — | Q |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | Juraj MiklušicaDušan 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 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Italy | Giuseppe BeghettoSergio Bianchetto | 1 | 10.5 | 1 | 10.8 | — | — | Q |
| 2 | Netherlands | Rinus PaulMees Gerritsen | 2 | N/A | 2 | DNF | — | — | B |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | United Team of Germany | Jürgen SimonLothar Stäber | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 11.0 | — | — | Q |
| 2 | Soviet Union | Boris VasilyevVladimir 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 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time |
| | Soviet Union | Boris VasilyevVladimir Leonov | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover |
| 4 | Netherlands | Rinus PaulMees Gerritsen | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover |

**Gold medal final**

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time |
| | Italy | Giuseppe BeghettoSergio Bianchetto | 1 | 10.7 | 1 | 10.3 | — | — |
| | United Team of Germany | Jürgen SimonLothar 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 |
| 5 | David Handley Eric Thompson | Great Britain |
| 5 | Juraj Miklušica Dušan Škvarenina | Czechoslovakia |
| 5 | Jack Hartman David Sharp | United States |
| 9 | Ian Browne Geoff Smith | Australia |
| 10 | Peter Vogel Peter Hirzel | Switzerland |
| 10 | Luis Muciño José Luis Tellez | Mexico |
| 12 | Les Haupt Syd Byrnes | South Africa |
