Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's cycling at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Dates	July 28 - 31
Competitors	215 from 36 nations

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.

Medal summary

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
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
1000m time trial	Russell Mockridge  Australia	Marino Morettini  Italy	Raymond Robinson  South Africa
Sprint	Enzo Sacchi  Italy	Lionel Cox  Australia	Werner Potzernheim  Germany
Tandem	Australia (AUS) Lionel Cox Russell Mockridge	South Africa (RSA) Raymond Robinson Thomas Shardelow	Italy (ITA) Antonio Maspes Cesare Pinarello

Medal table

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	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
7	Germany (GER)	0	0	2	2

External links

• Official Olympic Report