1952 Summer Olympics / Cycling

Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Helsinki
Competition venue	Helsingin Velodromi Käpylä , Pakila , Maunula
Nations	36
Athletes	215 (215 )
date	July 28 to 31, 1952
decisions	6th
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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
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
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

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Cycling - Tandem (men)

space	country	Athletes
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
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

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Cycling - road racing (men)

space	country	athlete	time
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
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
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