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 1
RankNationCyclistsTime
1 QBernhard Leene
Daan van Dijk
12.0 seconds
2August Schaffer
Franz Dusika

;Match 2
RankNationCyclistsTime
1 QErnest Chambers
John Sibbit
13.2 seconds
2Henri Lemoine
Hubert Guyard

;Match 3
RankNationCyclistsTime
1 QHans Bernhardt
Karl Köther
12.4 seconds
2Ludwik Turowski
Stanisław Podgórski

;Match 4
RankNationCyclistsTime
1 QAdolfo Corsi
Francesco Malatesta
N/A
Bye-

Semifinals

;Semifinal 1
RankNationCyclistsTime
1 QErnest Chambers
John Sibbit
12.2 seconds
2Adolfo Corsi
Francesco Malatesta

;Semifinal 2
RankNationCyclistsTime
1 QBernhard Leene
Daan van Dijk
12.2 seconds
2Hans Bernhardt
Karl Köther

Medal matches

;Gold medal match
RankNationCyclistsTime
Bernhard Leene
Daan van Dijk
11.8 seconds
Ernest Chambers
John Sibbit

;Bronze medal match
RankNationCyclistsTime
1 Hans Bernhardt
Karl Köther
12.2 seconds
2 Adolfo Corsi
Francesco Malatesta