Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
Introduction The '''men's tandem''' at the '''1928 Summer Olympics''' took place at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.This track cycling event consisted of multiple rounds. The event was a single elimination tournament, with a third-place race between the semifinal losers.The Dutch entrants for this race were Bernhard Leene and Daan van Dijk. They beat the Austrian team in the first round, and competed against the German team in the semi-final. After two rounds, the Dutch team fell, and the race was restarted. This second time, the Dutch team won with a small margin.In the final, the Dutch team faced the British team, John Sibbit and Ernest Chambers. The British team led the race until the final corner, when the Dutch team overtook them.
Match round Source:===Round 1===;Match 1 Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m) 1 '''Q'''  Bernhard Leene  Daan van Dijk 12.0 seconds 2  August Schaffer  Franz Dusika ;Match 2 Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m) 1 '''Q'''  Ernest Chambers  John Sibbit 13.2 seconds 2  Henri Lemoine  Hubert Guyard ;Match 3 Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m) 1 '''Q'''  Hans Bernhardt  Karl Köther 12.4 seconds 2  Ludwik Turowski  Stanisław Podgórski ;Match 4 Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m) 1 '''Q'''  Adolfo Corsi  Francesco Malatesta N/A –  ''Bye'' ===Semifinals===;Semifinal 1 Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m) 1 '''Q'''  Ernest Chambers  John Sibbit 12.2 seconds 2  Adolfo Corsi  Francesco Malatesta ;Semifinal 2 Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m) 1 '''Q'''  Bernhard Leene  Daan van Dijk 12.2 seconds 2  Hans Bernhardt  Karl Köther ===Medal matches===;Gold medal match Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m)Image:Gold medal icon.svg  Bernhard Leene  Daan van Dijk11.8 secondsImage:Silver medal icon.svg  Ernest Chambers  John Sibbit ;Bronze medal match Rank Nation Cyclists Time (last 200m) 1 (Image:Bronze medal icon.svg)  Hans Bernhardt  Karl Köther 12.2 seconds 2 (4th)  Adolfo Corsi  Francesco Malatesta
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