title: Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
text: # Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
  
  The men's tandem event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
  
  The field consisted of 5 pairs of cyclists, each pair from a different country. The Vélodrome de Vincennes track was a 500-metre (1,640 ft) loop.
  
  ## Results
  
  Source:
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  The five pairs were divided into three heats, with the French team getting a bye while the other two heats featured two pairs.
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Place | Cyclists | Time | Qual. |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Gerard Bosch van Drakestein (NED) Maurice Peeters (NED) | 12.6 | Q |
  | 2 | János Grimm (HUN) Ferenc Uhereczky (HUN) | | |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Place | Cyclists | Time | Qual. |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Lucien Choury (FRA) Jean Cugnot (FRA) | 14.0 | Q |
  
  **Semifinal 3**
  
  | Place | Cyclists | Time | Qual. |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Edmund Hansen (DEN) Willy Hansen (DEN) | 12.8 | Q |
  | 2 | Frederick Habberfield (GBR) Thomas Harvey (GBR) | | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final three pairs competed for the three medals. The French led most of the way, with the Dutch taking a brief lead before veering off. Bosch later explained that Peeters had finished a bottle of cognac before the final.
  
  | Cyclists | Time |
  | - | - |
  | Lucien Choury (FRA) Jean Cugnot (FRA) | 12.06 |
  | Edmund Hansen (DEN) Willy Hansen (DEN) | |
  | Gerard Bosch van Drakestein (NED) Maurice Peeters (NED) | |
  