Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Cycling at the Games of the XV Olympiad
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:			2	2	1
Australia:			2	1	0
Belgium:			2	1	0
« 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	André Noyelle  Belgium	Robert Grondelaers  Belgium	Edi Ziegler  Germany
Road race, Team	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
Pursuit, Team	Italy (ITA) Marino Morettini Loris Campana Mino de Rossi Guido Messina	South Africa (RSA) Alfred Swift George Estman Robert Fowler Thomas Shardelow	Great Britain (GBR) Ronald Stretton Donald Burgess George Newberry Alan Newton
Sprint	Enzo Sacchi  Italy	Lionel Cox  Australia	Werner Potzernheim  Germany
Tandem	Lionel Cox and Russell Mockridge (AUS)	Raymond Robinson and Thomas Shardelow (RSA)	Antonio Maspes and Cesare Pinarello (ITA)
1000m time trial	Russell Mockridge  Australia	Marino Morettini  Italy	Raymond Robinson  South Africa

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 (RSA)	0	2	1	3
5	Germany (GER)	0	0	2	2
6	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		6	6	6	18

References

External links

• Official Olympic Report