The men's tandem was a track cycling

Track cycling

Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....

 event held as part of the Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

The cycling competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only. The 4000m individual pursuit event was introduced at these Games.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-References:*...

 programme. It was held on 21 October 1964 at the Hachioji Velodrome

Hachioji Velodrome

was a temporary velodrome located in the Hachiōji, Tokyo area. Constructed between March and August 1964, it hosted the track cycling events for the 1964 Summer Olympics.-References:* Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 132-3....

. 13 pairs competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze

Heats

The 13 pairs competed in 6 heats of 2 cyclists (one of 3) in the heats. The winner of each heat advanced to the quarterfinals, with the defeated cyclists relegated to the repechage.

Heat 1
1.		11.00	QQ
2.			QRE
Heat 2
1.		10.97	QQ
2.			QRE
Heat 3
1.		10.67	QQ
2.			QRE
Heat 4
1.		11.18	QQ
2.			QRE
Heat 5
1.		10.81	QQ
2.			QRE
Heat 6
1.		11.29	QQ
2.			QRE
3.			QRE

Repechage, eliminations

Three heats of two or three cyclists each were held, with the winner of each moving to the finals of the repechage while the other 4 cyclists were eliminated.

Heat 1
1.		13.49	QRF
2.
3.
Heat 2
1.		10.77	QRF
2.
Heat 3
1.		11.03	QRF
2.

Repechage, finals

There was one heat of finals for the repechage, with the top two pairs advancing to the quarterfinals and the third pair eliminated.

Heat 1
1.		10.82	QQ
2.			QQ
3.

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals saw the 8 remaining pairs paired off into four heats. The winner of each match, which was in a best-of-three format, advanced, the loser was eliminated.

Quarterfinal 1
1.		10.67	10.84	—	QS
2.				—
Quarterfinal 2
1.		10.58	10.70	—	QS
2.				—
Quarterfinal 3
1.		10.82	10.84	—	QS
2.				—
Quarterfinal 4
1.			10.87	11.32	QS
2.		10.95

Semifinals

The semifinals were also raced in a best-of-three format. The winner of each semifinal advanced to the gold medal match, while the loser was sent to the bronze medal match.

Semifinal 1
1.			11.03	wo	QG
2.		10.90		DQ	QB
Semifinal 2
1.		10.78	10.65	—	QG
2.				—	QB

Finals

Gold medal match
			10.85	10.75
		10.80
Bronze medal match
		10.98	11.04	—
4.				—