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Cycling at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games:

Men's Tandem Sprint, 2,000 metres Round One Repêchage

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Melbourne, Australia
Venue(s): Olympic Park Velodrome, Melbourne, Victoria
Date Started: December 3, 1956
Date Finished: December 3, 1956
Format: Winner of each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Gold: AUS Australia
Silver: TCH Czechoslovakia
Bronze: ITA Italy

Round One Repêchage Heat One

Rank Team NOC T
1 Great Britain GBR 11.0 QU
2 United States USA at inches

Round One Repêchage Heat Two

Rank Team NOC T
1 Czechoslovakia TCH 11.2 QU
2 Australia AUS at inches

Round One Repêchage Heat Three

Rank Team NOC
AC Germany GER DNF
AC Soviet Union URS DNF

Round One Repêchage Heat Three Re-run

Rank Team NOC T
1 Australia AUS 11.0 QU
2 United States USA at 1 length QU
3 Germany GER