Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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]

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
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Three Belgian cyclists during the road race.

Medal summary

Road cycling

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Road race, Individual details	André Noyelle  Belgium	Robert Grondelaers  Belgium	Edi Ziegler  Germany
Road race, Team details	Belgium (BEL) Robert Grondelaers André Noyelle Lucien Victor	Italy (ITA) Dino Bruni Gianni Ghidini Vincenzo Zucconelli	France (FRA) Jacques Anquetil Claude Rouer Alfred Tonello

Track cycling

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pursuit, Team details	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 details	Enzo Sacchi  Italy	Lionel Cox  Australia	Werner Potzernheim  Germany
Tandem details	Lionel Cox and Russell Mockridge (AUS)	Raymond Robinson and Thomas Shardelow (RSA)	Antonio Maspes and Cesare Pinarello (ITA)
Time trial details	Russell Mockridge  Australia	Marino Morettini  Italy	Raymond Robinson  South Africa

Participating nations

215 cyclists from 36 nations competed.^[1]

•  Argentina (6)
•  Australia (6)
•  Austria (4)
•  Belgium (11)
•  Bulgaria (5)
•  Canada (2)
•  Chile (4)
•  Czechoslovakia (6)
•  Denmark (13)
•  Finland (11)
•  France (10)
•  Germany (5)
•  Great Britain (12)
•  Guatemala (5)
•  Hungary (6)
•  India (5)
•  Italy (11)
•  Japan (4)
•  Jamaica (1)
•  Liechtenstein (2)
•  Luxembourg (4)
•  Mexico (4)
•  Netherlands (6)
•  New Zealand (2)
•  Norway (3)
•  Pakistan (2)
•  Romania (5)
•  South Africa (5)
•  South Korea (3)
•  Vietnam (4)
•  Soviet Union (10)
•  Sweden (8)
•  Switzerland (10)
•  United States (9)
•  Uruguay (7)
•  Venezuela (4)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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	Germany (GER)	0	0	2	2
6	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	6	18