Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men's cycling at the Games of the XIV Olympiad

The cycling competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. The track cycling events were held at the Herne Hill Velodrome in south London. The road race events were held in Windsor Great Park, south of Windsor.

Medal table

1	France	3	0	2	5
2	Italy	2	1	0	3
3	Belgium	1	1	1	3
4	Great Britain	0	3	2	5
5	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
6	Denmark	0	0	1	1

Medal summary

Reg Harris wins the quarter final of the 1000m time trial

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Road race, Individual	José Beyaert  France	Gerrit Voorting  Netherlands	Lode Wouters  Belgium
Road race, Team	Belgium (BEL) Léon Delathouwer Eugène van Roosbroeck Lode Wouters	Great Britain (GBR) Robert John Maitland Ian Scott Gordon Thomas	France (FRA) José Beyaert Jacques Dupont Alain Moineau
1000m time trial	Jacques Dupont  France	Pierre Nihant  Belgium	Tommy Godwin  Great Britain
Sprint	Mario Ghella  Italy	Reg Harris  Great Britain	Axel Schandorff  Denmark
Tandam	Italy (ITA) Renato Perona Ferdinando Teruzzi	Great Britain (GBR) Alan Bannister Reg Harris	France (FRA) Gaston Dron René Faye
Pursuit, Team	France (FRA) Fernand Decanali Pierre Adam Serge Blusson Charles Coste	Italy (ITA) Rino Pucci Arnaldo Benfenati Guido Bernardi Anselmo Citterio	Great Britain (GBR) Wilfred Waters Robert Geldard Tommy Godwin David Ricketts

References

• Official Olympic Report