# Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem

The men's tandem cycling event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, took place from 26 to 27 August 1960 at the Olympic Velodrome. A total of 24 cyclists from 12 nations competed in the event.

## Competition format

* Heats: Fourteen teams were originally entered, and seven heats were scheduled. However, after two teams withdrew, some heats effectively became byes. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the quarterfinals, while the loser moved to the repechage.
* Repechage: A two-round repechage provided a second chance for teams that lost in the heats. One of the five teams that lost in the heats did not compete in the repechage. The remaining four teams were paired into two heats, with the winners advancing to the repechage final and the losers eliminated. The winner of the repechage final advanced to the quarterfinals, while the loser was eliminated.
* Quarterfinals: From this stage onward, each match was contested in a best-of-three format. The four quarterfinals included the seven heat winners and the one repechage winner. The winners advanced to the semifinals.
* Semifinals: The winners of the semifinals advanced to the gold medal final. The losers were originally scheduled to compete in a bronze medal final, but this was canceled due to an injury withdrawal.
* Finals: A gold medal final and a bronze medal final were planned, but only the gold medal final was held.

## Results
### Heats
#### Heat 1

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| 1 | United Team of Germany | Jürgen SimonLothar Stäber | 11.2 | Q |
| 2 | Australia | Ian BrowneGeoff Smith | N/A | R |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| 1 | France | Roland SurrugueMichel Scob | 11.0 | Q |
| – | Pakistan | Muhammad AshiqAbdul Razzaq Baloch | DNS | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Soviet Union | Boris VasilyevVladimir Leonov | 11.2 | Q |
| 2 | Netherlands | Rinus PaulMees Gerritsen | N/A | R |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Italy | Giuseppe BeghettoSergio Bianchetto | 10.9 | Q |
| – | Hungary | R. BicskeiA. Meszaros | DNS | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Great Britain | David HandleyEric Thompson | 10.9 | Q |
| 2 | Mexico | Luis MuciñoJosé Luis Tellez | N/A | R |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | Juraj MiklušicaDušan Škvarenina | 11.0 | Q |
| 2 | South Africa | Les Haupt Syd Byrnes | N/A | R WD |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| 1 | United States | Jack HartmanDavid Sharp | 11.3 | Q |
| 2 | Switzerland | Peter VogelPeter Hirzel | N/A | R |

### Repechage heats
#### Repechage heat 1

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Netherlands | Rinus PaulMees Gerritsen | 11.5 | Q |
| 2 | Switzerland | Peter VogelPeter Hirzel | N/A | |

#### Repechage heat 2

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Australia | Ian BrowneGeoff Smith | 11.2 | Q |
| 2 | Mexico | Luis MuciñoJosé Luis Tellez | N/A | |

### Repechage final

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Netherlands | Rinus PaulMees Gerritsen | 11.0 | Q |
| 2 | Australia | Ian BrowneGeoff Smith | N/A | |

### Quarterfinals
#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Italy | Giuseppe BeghettoSergio Bianchetto | 1 | 10.2 | 1 | 10.5 | — | — | Q |
| 2 | United States | Jack HartmanDavid Sharp | 2 | N/A | 2 | N/A | — | — | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Soviet Union | Boris VasilyevVladimir Leonov | 1 | 11.4 | 1 | 10.5 | — | — | Q |
| 2 | Great Britain | David HandleyEric Thompson | 2 | N/A | 2 | N/A | — | — | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Netherlands | Rinus PaulMees Gerritsen | 2 | N/A | 1 | 10.6 | 1 | 10.9 | Q |
| 2 | France | Roland SurrugueMichel Scob | 1 | 10.9 | 2 | N/A | 2 | N/A | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | United Team of Germany | Jürgen SimonLothar Stäber | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 10.8 | — | — | Q |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | Juraj MiklušicaDušan Škvarenina | 2 | N/A | 2 | N/A | — | — | |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

The Dutch team crashed during the second race and was unable to continue the contest.
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Italy | Giuseppe BeghettoSergio Bianchetto | 1 | 10.5 | 1 | 10.8 | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | — | Q |
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#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Notes |
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Notes |
| 1 | United Team of Germany | Jürgen SimonLothar Stäber | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 11.0 | — | — | Q |
| 2 | Soviet Union | Boris VasilyevVladimir Leonov | 2 | N/A | 2 | N/A | — | — | B |

### Finals
#### Bronze medal final

The Dutch team did not start the bronze medal final after crashing during the semifinals.
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 |
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time |
| | Soviet Union | Boris VasilyevVladimir Leonov | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover |
| 4 | Netherlands | Rinus PaulMees Gerritsen | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover |

#### Gold medal final

| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 |
| Rank | Nation | Cyclists | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time |
| | Italy | Giuseppe BeghettoSergio Bianchetto | 1 | 10.7 | 1 | 10.3 | — | — |
| | United Team of Germany | Jürgen SimonLothar Stäber | 2 | N/A | 2 | N/A | — | — |

## Final classification

| Rank | Cyclists | Nation |
| | Giuseppe Beghetto Sergio Bianchetto | Italy |
| | Jürgen Simon Lothar Stäber | United Team of Germany |
| | Boris Vasilyev Vladimir Leonov | Soviet Union |
| 4 | Rinus Paul Mees Gerritsen | Netherlands |
| 5 | Roland Surrugue Michel Scob | France |
| 5 | David Handley Eric Thompson | Great Britain |
| 5 | Juraj Miklušica Dušan Škvarenina | Czechoslovakia |
| 5 | Jack Hartman David Sharp | United States |
| 9 | Ian Browne Geoff Smith | Australia |
| 10 | Peter Vogel Peter Hirzel | Switzerland |
| 10 | Luis Muciño José Luis Tellez | Mexico |
| 12 | Les Haupt Syd Byrnes | South Africa |