Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
| Men's tandem at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
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| Venue | Vélodrome de Vincennes | |||||||||
| Dates | July 26–27 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 5 nations | |||||||||
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Lucien Choury, Jean Cugnot France
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Edmund Hansen, Willy Hansen Denmark
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Gerard Bosch van Drakestein, Maurice Peeters Netherlands
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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.
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The five pairs were divided into three heats, with the French team getting a bye while the other two heats featured two pairs.
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.
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