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Tandem Sprint (2,000 metres), Men

Date	9 – 10 August 1920
Status	Olympic
Location	Garden City Velodroom, Wilrijk, Antwerpen
Participants	22 from 6 countries

The tandem match sprint heats were held in late afternoon of the first day of cycling competition. The semi-finals and final of the tandems took place the next day. The final was all English-speaking, between a British and South African pair. The Brits trailed behind the Springboks for four laps, but jumped at the bell and won by one length. Harry Ryan had won four National Cycling Union championships by 1920, and he later became a prominent cycling official. Thomas Lance became a bookmaker in Brighton.

Pos	Pair	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Harry Ryan / Thomas Lance	GBR	– (3 h1)	12.0 (1 h3)	11.6 (1 h1)	Gold
2	Bill Smith / James Walker	RSA	13.0 (1 h2)	12.6 (1 h2)	– (2 h1)	Silver
3	Piet Ikelaar / Frans de Vreng	NED	12.6 (1 h1)	– (2 h1)	– (1 h2)	Bronze
4	Jock Stewart / Albert Alden	GBR	– (3 h1)	12.0 (1 h3)	11.6 (1 h1)
2 h1 r1/3	Henry Brask Andersen / Axel Hornemann Hansen	DEN	– (2 h1)	–	–
2 h2 r1/3	John Slaets / Léonard Daghelinckx	BEL	– (2 h2)	–	–
2 h3 r1/3	Sammy Goosen / George Thursfield	RSA	13.0 (1 h2)	12.6 (1 h2)	– (2 h1)
3 h1 r1/3	William Ormston / Herbert Lee	GBR	– (3 h1)	12.0 (1 h3)	11.6 (1 h1)
3 h2 r1/3	Piet Beets / Tjabel Boonstra	NED	12.6 (1 h1)	– (2 h1)	– (1 h2)
3 h3 r1/3	Henri Bellivier / Georges Perrin	FRA	– (3 h3)	–	–
AC h4 r1/3	Frans Verschueren / Frédéric Claessens	BEL	– (2 h2)	–	–		DNF

Round One

Date	9 August 1920
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to the semi-finals. The quarter-finals were ridden over 1,200 metres.

Heat #1

Pos	Pair	NOC	200 Sprint Time	Race Time	Margin
1	Piet Ikelaar / Frans de Vreng	NED	12.6	1:23.6	–	QOR
2	Henry Brask Andersen / Axel Hornemann Hansen	DEN	–	–	1ｽ lengths behind
3	William Ormston / Herbert Lee	GBR	–	–	2 lengths behind

Heat #2

Pos	Pair	NOC	200 Sprint Time	Race Time	Margin
1	Bill Smith / James Walker	RSA	13.0	1:21.2	–	Q
2	John Slaets / Léonard Daghelinckx	BEL	–	–	ｽ length behind
3	Piet Beets / Tjabel Boonstra	NED	–	–	2 lengths behind

Heat #3

Pos	Pair	NOC	200 Sprint Time	Race Time	Margin
1	Harry Ryan / Thomas Lance	GBR	12.0	1:20.6	–	QOR
2	Sammy Goosen / George Thursfield	RSA	–	–	ｽ wheel behind
3	Henri Bellivier / Georges Perrin	FRA	–	–	ｽ wheel behind

Heat #4

Pos	Pair	NOC	200 Sprint Time	Race Time	Margin
1	Jock Stewart / Albert Alden	GBR	15.6	3:06.4	–	Q
DNF	Frans Verschueren / Frédéric Claessens	BEL	–	–	–

Semi-Finals

Date	10 August 1920
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to the finals. The semi-finals were ridden over 1,200 metres.

Heat #1

Pos	Pair	NOC	200 Sprint Time	Race Time	Margin
1	Harry Ryan / Thomas Lance	GBR	11.6	1:37.6	–	QOR
2	Piet Ikelaar / Frans de Vreng	NED	–	–	2-3 lengths behind

Heat #2

Pos	Pair	NOC	200 Sprint Time	Race Time	Margin
1	Bill Smith / James Walker	RSA	12.6	1:29.6	–	Q
2	Jock Stewart / Albert Alden	GBR	–	–	5 lengths behind

Final Round

Date	10 August 1920
Format	2,000 metres.

Heat 1/2

Pos	Pair	NOC	200 Sprint Time	Race Time	Margin
1	Harry Ryan / Thomas Lance	GBR	11.2	2:49.2	–	OR
2	Bill Smith / James Walker	RSA	–	–	1 length behind

Heat 3/4

Pos	Pair	NOC	200 Sprint Time	Race Time	Margin
1	Piet Ikelaar / Frans de Vreng	NED	–	–	–
DNF	Jock Stewart / Albert Alden	GBR	–	–	–