Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

The men's tandem was a cycling event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, held on 20 to 21 October 1968. There were 28 participants from 14 nations.

Competition format

This tandem bicycle competition involved a series of head-to-head matches. The 1968 competition involved six rounds: four main rounds (first round, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals) as well as a two-round repechage after the first round.Official Report, vol. 3, p. 625.

First round: The 14 teams were divided into 7 heats of 2 cyclists each. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinal (7 teams); the loser went to the repechage (7 teams). Repechage: This was a two-round repechage. The repechage began with 3 heats of 2 or 3 teams each. The top team in each heat advanced to the second round, while the other team or teams in each heat were eliminated. The second round of this repechage featured a single heats of 3 teams, with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals and the losers eliminated. Quarterfinals: Beginning with the quarterfinals, all matches were one-on-one competitions and were held in best-of-three format. There were 4 quarterfinals, with the winner of each advancing to the semifinals and the loser eliminated. Semifinals: The two semifinals provided for advancement to the gold medal final for winners and to the bronze medal final for losers. Finals: Both a gold medal final and a bronze medal final were held.

Results

First round

First round heat 1

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 Luigi BorghettiWalter Gorini 10.29 2 Juan ReyesUlises Váldez –

First round heat 2

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 Daniel MorelonPierre Trentin 10.39 2 Guillermo MendozaJulio Munguía –

First round heat 3

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 Daniel GoensRobert Van Lancker 10.40 2 Jack DisneyCharles Pranke –

First round heat 4

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 Miloš JelínekIvan Kučírek 10.14 2 Imants BodnieksIgor Tselovalnikov –

First round heat 5

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 Hans-Jürgen GeschkeWerner Otto 10.32 2 András BaranyeczTibor Lendvai –

First round heat 6

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 Jan JansenLeijn Loevesijn 9.96 2 Jørgen JensenPer Sarto Jørgensen –

First round heat 7

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 Klaus KobuschMartin Stenzel 10.27 2 Hilton ClarkeGordon Johnson –

Repechage heats

Repechage heat 1

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 Imants BodnieksIgor Tselovalnikov 10.33 2 Juan ReyesUlises Váldez – 3 Guillermo MendozaJulio Munguía –

Repechage heat 2

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 András BaranyeczTibor Lendvai 10.23 2 Jørgen JensenPer Sarto Jørgensen –

Repechage heat 3

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 Hilton ClarkeGordon Johnson 10.26 2 Jack DisneyCharles Pranke –

Repechage final

Rank Cyclists Nation Time Notes 1 Imants BodnieksIgor Tselovalnikov 10.32 2 András BaranyeczTibor Lendvai – 3 Hilton ClarkeGordon Johnson –

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Luigi BorghettiWalter Gorini 1 10.03 1 10.21 colspan=2 rowspan=2 2 Imants BodnieksIgor Tselovalnikov 2 – 2 –

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Daniel MorelonPierre Trentin 1 10.01 1 9.93 colspan=2 rowspan=2 2 Klaus KobuschMartin Stenzel 2 – 2 –

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Jan JansenLeijn Loevesijn 2 – 1 9.88 1 10.03 2 Miloš JelínekIvan Kučírek 1 10.63 2 – 2 –

Quarterfinal 4

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Daniel GoensRobert Van Lancker 1 10.25 2 – 1 10.06 2 Hans-Jürgen GeschkeWerner Otto 2 – 1 10.17 2 –

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Jan JansenLeijn Loevesijn 2 – 1 10.10 1 10.34 2 Luigi BorghettiWalter Gorini 1 9.96 2 – 2 –

Semifinal 2

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Notes Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Daniel MorelonPierre Trentin 1 10.24 1 10.60 colspan=2 rowspan=2 2 Daniel GoensRobert Van Lancker 2 – 2 –

Finals

Bronze medal match

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Daniel GoensRobert Van Lancker 1 10.60 1 11.20 colspan=2 rowspan=2 4 Luigi BorghettiWalter Gorini 2 – 2 –

Final

Rank Cyclists Nation Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Daniel MorelonPierre Trentin 1 10.03 1 9.83 colspan=2 rowspan=2 Jan JansenLeijn Loevesijn 2 – 2 –

Final classification Rank Name Nationality Daniel MorelonPierre Trentin Jan JansenLeijn Loevesijn Daniel GoensRobert Van Lancker 4 Walter GoriniLuigi Borghetti 5 Klaus KobuschMartin Stenzel Werner OttoHans-Jürgen Geschke Ivan KučírekMiloš Jelínek Igor TselovalnikovImants Bodnieks 9 András BaranyeczTibor Lendvai 10 Gordon JohnsonHilton Clarke 11 Juan ReyesUlises Váldez Per Sarto JørgensenJørgen Jensen Jack DisneyCharles Pranke Julio MunguíaGuillermo Mendoza

References