Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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The cycling competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual road race	André Noyelle Belgium (BEL)	Robert Grondelaers Belgium (BEL)	Edi Ziegler Germany (GER)
Team road race	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 (AUS)	Marino Morettini Italy (ITA)	Raymond Robinson South Africa (RSA)
Sprint	Enzo Sacchi Italy (ITA)	Lionel Cox Australia (AUS)	Werner Potzernheim Germany (GER)
Tandem	Australia (AUS) Lionel Cox Russell Mockridge	South Africa (RSA) Raymond Robinson Thomas Shardelow	Italy (ITA) Antonio Maspes Cesare Pinarello
Team pursuit	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

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

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