Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Cycling
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Cycling; at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venues	Käpylä and the surrounding area; Helsinki Velodrome
Date	28 –31 July 1952 (track); 2 August 1952 (road)
Competitors	215 from 36 nations

Three Belgian cyclists during the road race.

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

Games	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

Games	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)
Time trial	Russell Mockridge Australia	Marino Morettini Italy	Raymond Robinson South Africa

215 cyclists from 36 nations competed.^[1]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	2	2	1	5
2	Australia (AUS)	2	1	0	3
2	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
6	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	6	18

1 2 "Cycling: 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

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