Cycling - Men's tandem
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueMelbourne
Dates3-6 December 1956
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anthony Marchant, Ian Browne
 Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ladislav Fouček, Václav Machek
 Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cesare Pinarello, Giuseppe Ogna
 Italy
German and Soviet teams collided in the repechage round, which resulted in the last place for both teams, with three cyclists being hospitalized.[1]

The men's tandem was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, held from 3 to 6 December 1956.[2] There were 20 participants from 10 nations. The winner of each heat qualified for the quarterfinals, the losers for the repechages.

Final classification

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

References

  1. ↑ Men's Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres Round One Repechage. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ "Cycling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Tandem". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
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