Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

Cycling - Men's tandem at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Melbourne
Dates	3-6 December 1956
Competitors	20 from 10 nations
Medalists
Anthony Marchant, Ian Browne Australia   Ladislav Fouček, Václav Machek Czechoslovakia   Cesare Pinarello, Giuseppe Ogna Italy

Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Road events
Individual road race		men
Team road race		men
Track events
1000m time trial		men
Sprint		men
Tandem		men
Team pursuit		men

These are the official results of the Men's Tandem at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, held from 3 to 6 December 1956.^[1] There were 20 participants from 10 nations. The winner of each heat qualified for the quarterfinals, the losers for the repechages.

Final classification

Rank	Name	Nationality
	Anthony Marchant Ian Browne	Australia
	Ladislav Fouček Václav Machek	Czechoslovakia
	Cesare Pinarello Giuseppe Ogna	Italy
4	Eric Thompson Peter Brotherton	Great Britain
5	André Gruchet Robert Vidal	France
	Ritchie Johnston Warren Johnston	New Zealand
	Raymond Robinson Thomas Shardelow	South Africa
	Donald Ferguson James Rossi	United States
9	Rostislav Vargashkin Vladimir Leonov	Soviet Union
	Fritz Neuser Günther Ziegler	Germany

References

1. "Cycling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Tandem". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 26 July 2014.

External links

• Official Report