| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Ryan / Thomas Lance |  GBR | Gold | ||
| 2 | Bill Smith / James Walker |  RSA | Silver | ||
| 3 | Piet Ikelaar / Frans de Vreng |  NED | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Jock Stewart / Albert Alden | GBR | |||
| 2 h1 r1/3 | Henry Brask Andersen / Axel Hornemann Hansen |  DEN | |||
| 2 h2 r1/3 | John Slaets / Léonard Daghelinckx |  BEL | |||
| 2 h3 r1/3 | Sammy Goosen / George Thursfield | RSA | |||
| 3 h1 r1/3 | William Ormston / Herbert Lee | GBR | |||
| 3 h2 r1/3 | Piet Beets / Tjabel Boonstra | NED | |||
| 3 h3 r1/3 | Henri Bellivier / Georges Perrin |  FRA | |||
| DNF h4 r1/3 | Frans Verschueren / Frédéric Claessens | BEL |
| Date | 9 August 1920 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each heat advanced to the semi-finals. The quarter-finals were ridden over 1,200 metres. |
| Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | Race Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piet Ikelaar / Frans de Vreng | NED | 12.6 | 1:23.6 | ||
| 2 | Henry Brask Andersen / Axel Hornemann Hansen | DEN | at 1½ lengths | – | ||
| 3 | William Ormston / Herbert Lee | GBR | at 2 lengths | – |
| Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | Race Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Smith / James Walker | RSA | 13.0 | 1:21.2 | ||
| 2 | John Slaets / Léonard Daghelinckx | BEL | at ½ length | – | ||
| 3 | Piet Beets / Tjabel Boonstra | NED | at 2 lengths | – |
| Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | Race Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Ryan / Thomas Lance | GBR | 12.0 | 1:20.6 | ||
| 2 | Sammy Goosen / George Thursfield | RSA | at ½ wheel | – | ||
| 3 | Henri Bellivier / Georges Perrin | FRA | at ½ wheel | – |
| Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | Race Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jock Stewart / Albert Alden | GBR | 15.6 | 3:06.4 | ||
| Frans Verschueren / Frédéric Claessens | BEL | – | – |
| Date | 10 August 1920 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each heat advanced to the finals. The semi-finals were ridden over 1,200 metres. |
| Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | Race Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Ryan / Thomas Lance | GBR | 11.6 | 1:37.6 | ||
| 2 | Piet Ikelaar / Frans de Vreng | NED | at 2½ lengths | – |
| Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | Race Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Smith / James Walker | RSA | 12.6 | 1:29.6 | ||
| 2 | Jock Stewart / Albert Alden | GBR | at 5 lengths | – |
| Date | 10 August 1920 |
|---|---|
| Format | 2,000 metres. |
| Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | Race Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Ryan / Thomas Lance | GBR | 11.2 | 2:49.2 | ||
| 2 | Bill Smith / James Walker | RSA | at 1 length | – |
| Pos | Pair | NOC | Time | Race Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piet Ikelaar / Frans de Vreng | NED | – | – | ||
| Jock Stewart / Albert Alden | GBR | – | – |
