Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

Cycling - Men's tandem
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueMelbourne
Dates3-6 December 1956
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
Cycling at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Road events
Individual road race men
Team road race men
Track events
1000m time trial men
Sprint men
Tandem men
Team pursuit men

These are the official results of the Men's Tandem at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, held from 3 to 6 December 1956.[1] There were 20 participants from 10 nations. The winner of each heat qualified for the quarterfinals, the losers for the repechages.

Final classification

Rank Name Nationality
1st, gold medalist(s) Anthony Marchant
Ian Browne
Australia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Ladislav Fouček
Václav Machek
Czechoslovakia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Cesare Pinarello
Giuseppe Ogna
Italy
4 Eric Thompson
Peter Brotherton
Great Britain
5 André Gruchet
Robert Vidal
France
Ritchie Johnston
Warren Johnston
New Zealand
Raymond Robinson
Thomas Shardelow
South Africa
Donald Ferguson
James Rossi
United States
9 Rostislav Vargashkin
Vladimir Leonov
Soviet Union
Fritz Neuser
Günther Ziegler
United Team of Germany

References

  1. "Cycling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Tandem". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 26 July 2014.

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