Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
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 1Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time |
1 Q | Bernhard Leene Daan van Dijk | 12.0 seconds | |
2 | August Schaffer Franz Dusika |
;Match 2
Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time |
1 Q | Ernest Chambers John Sibbit | 13.2 seconds | |
2 | Henri Lemoine Hubert Guyard |
;Match 3
Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time |
1 Q | Hans Bernhardt Karl Köther | 12.4 seconds | |
2 | Ludwik Turowski Stanisław Podgórski |
;Match 4
Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time |
1 Q | Adolfo Corsi Francesco Malatesta | N/A | |
– | Bye | - |
Semifinals
;Semifinal 1Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time |
1 Q | Ernest Chambers John Sibbit | 12.2 seconds | |
2 | Adolfo Corsi Francesco Malatesta |
;Semifinal 2
Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time |
1 Q | Bernhard Leene Daan van Dijk | 12.2 seconds | |
2 | Hans Bernhardt Karl Köther |
Medal matches
;Gold medal matchRank | Nation | Cyclists | Time |
Bernhard Leene Daan van Dijk | 11.8 seconds | ||
Ernest Chambers John Sibbit |
;Bronze medal match
Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time |
1 | Hans Bernhardt Karl Köther | 12.2 seconds | |
2 | Adolfo Corsi Francesco Malatesta |