Cycling Track — Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres, Men (discontinued)

Times held 14
Total participants 257
Total countries 28

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1906 Tandem Sprint (2,000 metres), Men Intercalated 12 4
1908 Tandem Sprint (2,000 metres), Men Olympic 34 7
1920 Tandem Sprint (2,000 metres), Men Olympic 22 6
1924 Tandem Sprint (2,000 metres), Men Olympic 10 5
1928 Tandem Sprint (2,000 metres), Men Olympic 14 7
1932 Tandem Sprint (2,000 metres), Men Olympic 10 5
1936 Tandem Sprint (2,000 metres), Men Olympic 22 11
1948 Tandem Sprint (2,000 metres), Men Olympic 20 10
1952 Tandem Sprint (2,000 metres), Men Olympic 28 14
1956 Tandem Sprint (2,000 metres), Men Olympic 20 10
1960 Tandem Sprint (2,000 metres), Men Olympic 24 12
1964 Tandem Sprint (2,000 metres), Men Olympic 26 13
1968 Tandem Sprint (2,000 metres), Men Olympic 28 14
1972 Tandem Sprint (2,000 metres), Men Olympic 28 14

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1906 Great BritainGBR GermanyGER GermanyGER
1908 FranceFRA Great BritainGBR Great BritainGBR
1920 Great BritainGBR South AfricaRSA NetherlandsNED
1924 FranceFRA DenmarkDEN NetherlandsNED
1928 NetherlandsNED Great BritainGBR GermanyGER
1932 FranceFRA Great BritainGBR DenmarkDEN
1936 GermanyGER NetherlandsNED FranceFRA
1948 ItalyITA Great BritainGBR FranceFRA
1952 AustraliaAUS South AfricaRSA ItalyITA
1956 AustraliaAUS CzechoslovakiaTCH ItalyITA
1960 ItalyITA Unified Team of GermanyGER Soviet UnionURS
1964 ItalyITA Soviet UnionURS Unified Team of GermanyGER
1968 FranceFRA NetherlandsNED BelgiumBEL
1972 Soviet UnionURS East GermanyGDR PolandPOL

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
France FRA 4 0 2 6
Italy ITA 3 0 2 5
Great Britain GBR 2 4 1 7
Australia AUS 2 0 0 2
Germany GER 1 2 3 6
Netherlands NED 1 2 2 5
Soviet Union URS 1 1 1 3
South Africa RSA 0 2 0 2
Denmark DEN 0 1 1 2
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 0 1
East Germany GDR 0 1 0 1
Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
Poland POL 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Sergio Bianchetto ITA 2 0 0 2
Bernard Leene NED 1 1 0 2
André Auffray FRA 1 0 0 1
Giuseppe Beghetto ITA 1 0 0 1
Joey Browne AUS 1 0 0 1
Louis Chaillot FRA 1 0 0 1
Lucien Choury FRA 1 0 0 1
Lionel Cox AUS 1 0 0 1
Jean Cugnot FRA 1 0 0 1
Angelo Damiano ITA 1 0 0 1
Ernst Ihbe GER 1 0 0 1
Thomas Lance GBR 1 0 0 1
Carl Lorenz GER 1 0 0 1
Tony Marchant AUS 1 0 0 1
Johnnie Matthews GBR 1 0 0 1
Russell Mockridge AUS 1 0 0 1
Daniel Morelon FRA 1 0 0 1
Renato Perona ITA 1 0 0 1
Maurice Perrin FRA 1 0 0 1
Arthur Rushen GBR 1 0 0 1
Harry Ryan GBR 1 0 0 1
Maurice Schillès FRA 1 0 0 1
Vladimir Semenets URS 1 0 0 1
Ferdinando Terruzzi ITA 1 0 0 1
Pierre Trentin FRA 1 0 0 1
Igor Tselovalnikov URS
UKR
1 0 0 1
Daan van Dijk NED 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Argentina ARG 1948 Summer Olympics Óscar Giacché / Miguel Passi 10 See all
Australia AUS 1952 Summer Olympics Lionel Cox / Russell Mockridge 1 Gold See all
1956 Summer Olympics Joey Browne / Tony Marchant 1 Gold
Austria AUT 1906 Intercalated Games Alois Wutte / Otto Meixner 2 h1 r1/2 See all
Belgium BEL 1968 Summer Olympics Daniel Goens / Robert Van Lancker 3 Bronze See all
Canada CAN 1908 Summer Olympics Fred McCarthy / Walt Andrews 3 h7 r1/3 See all
Colombia COL 1972 Summer Olympics Rafael Narváez / Jairo Díaz 3 h3 r2/5 See all
Cuba CUB 1968 Summer Olympics Juan Reyes / Ulises Valdés 2 h1 r2/5 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1956 Summer Olympics Ladislav Fouček / Václav Machek 2 Silver See all
Denmark DEN 1924 Summer Olympics Willy Falck Hansen / Edmund Hansen 2 Silver See all
East Germany GDR 1972 Summer Olympics Werner Otto / Hans-Jürgen Geschke 2 Silver See all
Finland FIN 1952 Summer Olympics Olavi Linnonmaa / Ensio Nieminen 2 h1 r2/5 See all
France FRA 1908 Summer Olympics Maurice Schillès / André Auffray 1 Gold See all
1924 Summer Olympics Lucien Choury / Jean Cugnot 1 Gold
1932 Summer Olympics Maurice Perrin / Louis Chaillot 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Daniel Morelon / Pierre Trentin 1 Gold
Germany GER 1936 Summer Olympics Ernst Ihbe / Carl Lorenz 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 1906 Intercalated Games Johnnie Matthews / Arthur Rushen 1 Gold See all
1920 Summer Olympics Harry Ryan / Thomas Lance 1 Gold
Greece GRE 1906 Intercalated Games Ioannis Avelas / Nikolaos Mavrogenis 3 h1 r1/2 See all
1906 Intercalated Games Konstantinos Tzortzakis / Aristidis Almpanopoulos 3 h2 r1/2
Hungary HUN 1924 Summer Olympics János Grimm / Ferenc Uhereczky =4 See all
Italy ITA 1948 Summer Olympics Ferdinando Terruzzi / Renato Perona 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Giuseppe Beghetto / Sergio Bianchetto 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Angelo Damiano / Sergio Bianchetto 1 Gold
Jamaica JAM 1972 Summer Olympics Howard Fenton / Honson Chin 2 h2 r2/5 See all
Japan JPN 1952 Summer Olympics Kihei Tomioka / Tamotsu Chikanari 2 h3 r2/5 See all
Mexico MEX 1960 Summer Olympics Luis Muciño / José Luis Téllez 2 h2 r2/5 See all
1964 Summer Olympics José Mercado / José Luis Téllez 2 h1 r2/5
Netherlands NED 1928 Summer Olympics Bernard Leene / Daan van Dijk 1 Gold See all
New Zealand NZL 1952 Summer Olympics Colin Dickinson / Malcolm Simpson =5 See all
1956 Summer Olympics Ritchie Johnston / Warren Johnston =5
Poland POL 1972 Summer Olympics Andrzej Bek / Benedykt Kocot 3 Bronze See all
South Africa RSA 1920 Summer Olympics Bill Smith / James Walker 2 Silver See all
1952 Summer Olympics Ray Robinson / Tommy Shardelow 2 Silver
Soviet Union URS 1972 Summer Olympics Vladimir Semenets / Igor Tselovalnikov 1 Gold See all
Sweden SWE 1908 Summer Olympics Andrew Hansson / Gustaf Westerberg 3 h4 r1/3 See all
Switzerland SUI 1948 Summer Olympics Jean Roth / Max Aeberli 4 See all
United States USA 1932 Summer Olympics Frank Testa / Buck Ingham 5 See all
1936 Summer Olympics Buster Logan / Al Sellinger =5
1948 Summer Olympics Marvin Thomson / Al Stiller =5
1956 Summer Olympics Jim Rossi / Don Ferguson =5
1960 Summer Olympics Jack Hartman / David Sharp =5
West Germany FRG 1968 Summer Olympics Klaus Kobusch / Majo Stenzel =5 See all
1972 Summer Olympics Jürgen Barth / Rainer Müller =5