1952 Summer Olympics / Cycling
Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics |
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venue | Helsinki |
Competition venue |
Helsingin Velodromi Käpylä , Pakila , Maunula |
Nations | 36 |
Athletes | 215 (215 ) |
date | July 28 to 31, 1952 |
decisions | 6th |
← London 1948 |
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki , six cycling competitions were held.
Competitions
train
The track cycling competitions took place on the Helsingin Velodromi , a 400-meter-long, open cement cycling track that had already been built for the games originally planned for 1940 .
sprint
space | country | athlete | time |
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1 | ITA | Enzo Sacchi | 12.0 s |
2 | OUT | Lionel Cox | k. A. |
3 | GER | Werner Potzernheim | k. A. |
Other participants from German-speaking countries:
- Kurt Nemetz (15.)
- Fritz Siegenthaler (16.)
1000 m time trial
space | country | athlete | time |
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1 | OUT | Russell Mockridge | 1: 11.1 min ( OR ) |
2 | ITA | Marino Morettini | 1: 12.7 min |
3 | RSA | Raymond Robinson | 1: 13.0 min |
Participants from German-speaking countries:
- Kurt Nemetz (21.)
- Fredy Arber (15.)
tandem
space | country | Athletes |
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1 | OUT |
Lionel Cox / Russell Mockridge |
2 | RSA |
Raymon Robinson / Tommy Shardelow |
3 | ITA |
Antonio Maspes / Cesare Pinarello |
Participants from German-speaking countries:
- Kurt Nemetz and Walter Bortel (11.)
- Fredy Arber and Fritz Siegenthaler (8.)
4000 m team pursuit
space | country | Athletes | time |
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1 | ITA |
Loris Campana Mino De Rossi Guido Messina Marino Morettini |
4: 46.1 min |
2 | RSA |
George Estman Robert Fowler Tommy Shardelow Jimmy Swift |
4: 53.6 min |
3 | GBR |
Don Burgess George Newberry Alan Newton Ronald Stretton |
4: 51.5 min |
Participants from German-speaking countries:
- Arthur Mannsbarth , Franz Wimmer , Kurt Nemetz and Walter Bortel (13.)
- Hans Pfenninger , Heinrich Müller , Max Wirth and Oskar von Büren (8.)
Road Race (190.4 km)
Individual evaluation
space | country | athlete | time |
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1 | BEL | André Noyelle | 5:06:03, 6 h |
2 | BEL | Robert Grondelaers | 5:06:51.2 h |
3 | GER | Edi Ziegler | 5: 07: 47.5 h |
4th | BEL | Lucien Victor | 5: 07: 52.0 h |
5 | ITA | Dino Bruni | 5: 10: 54.0 h |
6th | ITA | Vincenzo Zucconelli | 5: 11: 16.5 h |
7th | ITA | Gianni Ghidini | 5: 11: 16.8 h |
8th | GER | Oskar Zeissner | 5: 11: 18.5 h |
Other participants from German-speaking countries:
- Oskar Zeissner (8th), Paul Maue (48th) and Walter Becker (race not finished)
- Alois Lampert (30.) and Ewald Hasler (43.)
- André Moes (11th), Roger Ludwig (14th), Nicolas Morn (51st) and Jean Schmit (race not finished)
- Rolf Graf (17th), Josef Schraner (20th), Fausto Lurati (50th) and Kobi Scherer (race not finished)
Team ranking
space | country | Athletes | time |
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1 | BEL |
Robert Grondelaers André Noyelle Lucien Victor |
15: 20: 46.6 h |
2 | ITA |
Dino Bruni Gianni Ghidini Vincenzo Zucconelli |
15: 33: 27.3 h |
3 | FRA |
Jacques Anquetil Claude Rouer Alfred Tonello |
15: 38: 58.1 h |
Participants from German-speaking countries:
- Edi Ziegler, Oskar Zeissner, Paul Maue and Walter Becker (-), 5th place
- Alois Lampert and Ewald Hasler, with only two drivers, not in the ranking
- André Moes, Roger Ludwig, Nicolas Morn and Jean Schmit (-), 7th place
- Walter Bortel (-), Franz Wimmer (-) and Arthur Mannsbarth (-), race not finished
- Rolf Graf, Josef Schraner, Fausto Lurati and Kobi Scherer (-), rank 9
Medal table
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
2 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Belgium | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
4th | South African Union | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
5 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
7th | BR Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Web links
- Cycling at the 1952 Olympic Games in the SportsReference database