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Cycling - Men's tandem at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	Melbourne
Dates	3-6 December 1956
Competitors	20 from 10 nations
Medalists
Anthony Marchant, Ian Browne  Australia Ladislav Fouček, Václav Machek  Czechoslovakia Cesare Pinarello, Giuseppe Ogna  Italy
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Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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Track events
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The men's tandem was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, held from 3 to 6 December 1956. There were 20 participants from 10 nations. The winner of each heat qualified for the quarterfinals, the losers for the repechages.

Final classification

Rank	Name	Nationality
	Anthony Marchant Ian Browne	Australia
	Ladislav Fouček Václav Machek	Czechoslovakia
	Cesare Pinarello Giuseppe Ogna	Italy
4	Eric Thompson Peter Brotherton	Great Britain
5	André Gruchet Robert Vidal	France
	Ritchie Johnston Warren Johnston	New Zealand
	Raymond Robinson Thomas Shardelow	South Africa
	Donald Ferguson James Rossi	United States
9	Rostislav Vargashkin Vladimir Leonov	Soviet Union
	Fritz Neuser Günther Ziegler	United Team of Germany

References

1. Men's Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres Round One Repechage. sports-reference.com
2. "Cycling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's Tandem". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2014.

External links

• Official Report

• Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
• Cycling at the Summer Olympics – Men's tandem
• Track cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics