Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
The men's 2000 metre tandem was one of seven track cycling events on the Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Each nation could enter up to 6 teams of 2.
Competition format
The tandem race was a sprint-style race with teams of 2 on tandem bicycles. The distance was 2000 metres, or approximately 3.3 laps of the 660-yard track. The time limit for the race was 4 minutes. The competition was held over three rounds. The first round consisted of 7 heats of 2 or 3 teams each, with the winning team in each heat as well as the fastest second-place team advancing to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals of 4 teams each; the winning team in each semifinal as well as the faster second-place team advanced to the final. The final featured 3 teams, so all finalists received medals.Results
First round
The fastest team in each of the seven heats and the fastest second-place team overall advanced to the semifinals.The competition was held on Monday, July 13, 1908 starting at 4.15 p.m. and at 5.15 p.m..
Heat 1
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Charlie Brooks William Isaacs | 3:09.4 | ||
| 2 | Alwin Boldt Hermann Martens | 5 lengths behind |
Heat 2
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Frederick Hamlin Horace Johnson | 3:14.8 | ||
| 2 | Marc Texier Pierre Texier | 4 lengths behind |
Heat 3
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Max Götze Otto Götze | 2:55.6 | ||
| 2 | Charles Avrillon Joseph Guyader | bare wheel | ||
| 3 | Cecil McKaig Edward Piercy | 2 lengths behind 2nd |
Heat 4
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Léon Coeckelberg Jean Patou | 2:25.0 | ||
| 2 | John Barnard Arthur Rushen | 1.2 lengths behind | ||
| 3 | Andrew Hansson Gustaf Westerberg | beaten off |
Heat 5
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | André Auffray Maurice Schilles | 3:11.4 | ||
| 2 | Philipus Frylink Floris Venter | 1 length behind |
Heat 6
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | François Bonnet Octave Lapize | 3:06.8 | ||
| 2 | R. Jolly J. Norman | 6 lengths behind |
Heat 7
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | John Matthews Leonard Meredith | 2:43.2 | ||
| 2 | Gaston Dreyfus André Poulain | 2 lengths behind | ||
| 3 | Frederick McCarthy William Morton | beaten off |
Semifinals
The fastest team in each heat as well as the fastest second-place team overall advanced to the final.The competition was held on Wednesday, July 15, 1908 starting at 5 p.m.
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Frederick Hamlin Horace Johnson | 2:42.2 | ||
| 2 | Charlie Brooks William Isaacs | 6 lengths behind | ||
| 3 | Max Götze Otto Götze | Unknown | ||
| 4 | Léon Coeckelberg Jean Patou | Unknown |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | André Auffray Maurice Schilles | 2:46.2 | ||
| 2 | John Matthews Leonard Meredith | 1 length behind | ||
| 3 | John Barnard Arthur Rushen | Unknown | ||
| 4 | François Bonnet Octave Lapize | Unknown |
Final
The final was held on Wednesday, July 15, 1908 at 5.45 p.m.| Rank | Cyclists | Nation | Time |
| André Auffray Maurice Schilles | 3:07.6 | ||
| Frederick Hamlin Horace Johnson | Unknown | ||
| Charlie Brooks William Isaacs | Unknown |