Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team road race

Cycling - Men's team road race
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue Olympic Road Course, Windsor Great Park
194.633 km (120.9 mi)
Dates 13 August 1948
Competitors 96 (individuals) 25 (teams) from 25 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Lode Wouters
Leon De Lathouwer
Eugène Van Roosbroeck
 Belgium
2nd, silver medalist(s) Bob Maitland
Gordon Thomas
Ian Scott
 Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) José Beyaert
Alain Moineau
Jacques Dupont
 France

The men's team road race cycling event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on 13 August and was one of six events at the 1948 Olympics. Teams had four riders and the team time taken as sum of the team's three best finishers.[1]

The race was won by the Belgian team. However, the Belgian cyclists were not aware that there was a team competition, and returned to Belgium, missing the medal ceremony. Only in 2010 did they receive their medals.[2]

Results

Final

RankNameNationalityTime
1st, gold medalist(s)Lode Wouters
Leon De Lathouwer
Eugène Van Roosbroeck
Liévin Lerno
 Belgium15:58:17.4
2nd, silver medalist(s)Bob Maitland
Gordon Thomas
Ian Scott
Ernie Clements
 Great Britain16:03:31.6
3rd, bronze medalist(s)José Beyaert
Alain Moineau
Jacques Dupont
René Rouffeteau
 France16:08:19.4
4Adolfo Ferrari
Silvio Pedroni
Franco Fanti
Livio Isotti
 Italy16:13:05.2
5Nils Johansson
Harry Snell
Åke Olivestedt
Olle Wänlund
 Sweden16:20:26.6
6Jakob Schenk
Jean Brun
Walter Reiser
Giovanni Rossi
 Switzerland16:23:04.2
7Ceferino Peroné
Dante Benvenuti
Miguel Sevillano
Mario Mathieu
 Argentina16:39:46.2
ACJack Hoobin
Russell Mockridge
Jim Nestor
Ken Caves
 AustraliaDNF
Rudi Valenta
Hans Goldschmid
Josef Pohnetal
Siegmund Huber
 AustriaDNF
Florent Jodoin
Lance Pugh
Laurent Tessier
Lorne Atkinson
 CanadaDNF
Exequiel Ramírez
Mario Masanés
Rogelio Salcedo
Rafael Iturrate
 ChileDNF
Kristian Pedersen
Knud Andersen
Børge Saxil Nielsen
Rudolf Rasmussen
 DenmarkDNF
Erkki Koskinen
Paul Backman
Thorvald Högström
 FinlandDNF
Evangelos Kouvelis
Manthos Kaloudis
Petros Leonidis
 GreeceDNF
Eruch Mistry
Homi Powri
Malcolm Havladar
Raj Kumar Mehra
 IndiaDNF
Henri Kellen
Marcel Ernzer
Pitty Scheer
Robert Bintz
 LuxembourgDNF
Francisco Rodríguez
Gabino Rodríguez
Manuel Solis
Placido Herrera
 MexicoDNF
Gerrit Voorting
Evert Grift
Henk Faanhof
Piet Peters
 NetherlandsDNF
Aage Myhrvold
Erling Kristiansen
Leif Flengsrud
Lorang Christiansen
 NorwayDNF
Hernán Llerena
Luis Poggi
Pedro Mathey
 PeruDNF
George Estman
Dirkie Binneman
Wally Rivers
 South AfricaDNF
Ali Çetiner
Mustafa Osmanlı
Orhan Suda
Talat Tunçalp
 TurkeyDNF
Enrique Demarco
Luis López
Mario Figueredo
Waldemar Bernatzky
 UruguayDNF
Chester Nelsen
Ed Lynch
Frank Brilando
Wendell Rollins
 United StatesDNF
Aleksandar Strain
Aleksandar Zorić
August Prosenik
Milan Poredski
 YugoslaviaDNF

References

  1. "Cycling at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Road Race, Team". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  2. "Belgische goudenmedaillewinnaar van Spelen 1948 overleden" [Belgian golden medal winner of Games 1948 passed away]. Sporza (in Dutch). 29 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
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