Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Cycling
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Olympic rings without rims.svg
Venues
Road cycling Käpylä and the surrounding area
Track cycling Helsinki Velodrome
Dates 28 July – 31 July
Cyclists 215 from 36 countries
Top ranked countries
 Italy: 1st  2nd  3rd  
 Australia: 1st  2nd  3rd  
 Belgium: 1st  2nd  3rd  
« 1948 1956 »

The cycling competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. 215 cyclists from 36 countries competed in the six events.[1]

Medal summary

Road cycling

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Road race, Individual
details
 André Noyelle (BEL)  Robert Grondelaers (BEL)  Edi Ziegler (GER)
Road race, Team
details
 Belgium (BEL)
Robert Grondelaers
André Noyelle
Lucien Victor
 Italy (ITA)
Dino Bruni
Gianni Ghidini
Vincenzo Zucconelli
 France (FRA)
Jacques Anquetil
Claude Rouer
Alfred Tonello

Track cycling

Event Gold Silver Bronze
1000m time trial
details
 Russell Mockridge (AUS)  Marino Morettini (ITA) 22x20px Raymond Robinson (RSA)
Pursuit, Team
details
 Italy (ITA)
Marino Morettini
Loris Campana
Mino de Rossi
Guido Messina
South Africa South Africa (RSA)
Alfred Swift
George Estman
Robert Fowler
Thomas Shardelow
 Great Britain (GBR)
Ronald Stretton
Donald Burgess
George Newberry
Alan Newton
Sprint
details
 Enzo Sacchi (ITA)  Lionel Cox (AUS)  Werner Potzernheim (GER)
Tandem
details
 Lionel Cox
and Russell Mockridge (AUS)
22x20px Raymond Robinson
and Thomas Shardelow (RSA)
 Antonio Maspes
and Cesare Pinarello (ITA)

Participating nations

215 cyclists from 36 nations competed.[1]

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Italy (ITA) 2 2 1 5
2  Australia (AUS) 2 1 0 3
 Belgium (BEL) 2 1 0 3
4 South Africa South Africa (RSA) 0 2 1 3
5  France (FRA) 0 0 1 1
 Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 1 1
7  Germany (GER) 0 0 2 2

References

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