Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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| Venues | Windsor Great Park Herne Hill Velodrome |
| Date | 7 –11 August 1948 |
| Competitors | 188 from 33 nations |
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.[1] 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 summary
[edit]Road cycling
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road race, Individual |
José Beyaert France
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Gerrit Voorting Netherlands
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Lode Wouters Belgium
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| Road race, Team |
Belgium (BEL) Léon Delathouwer Eugène van Roosbroeck Lode Wouters |
 Great Britain (GBR)Robert John Maitland Ian Scott Gordon Thomas Ernie Clements |
France (FRA) José Beyaert Jacques Dupont Alain Moineau |
Track cycling
[edit]| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Sprint |
Mario Ghella Italy
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Reg Harris Great Britain
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Axel Schandorff Denmark
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| Tandem |
Renato Perona and Ferdinando Teruzzi (ITA) |
Alan Bannister and Reg Harris (GBR) |
Gaston Dron and René Faye (FRA) |
| Time trial |
Jacques Dupont France
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Pierre Nihant Belgium
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Tommy Godwin Great Britain
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Participating nations
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188 cyclists from 33 nations competed.[1]
Argentina (12)
Australia (6)
Austria (8)
Belgium (12)
Canada (6)
Republic of China (1)
Cuba (1)
Denmark (11)
Finland (5)
France (11)
Great Britain (10)
Greece (3)
Guyana (1)
India (9)
Italy (12)
South Korea (2)
Luxembourg (4)
Mexico (5)
Netherlands (9)
New Zealand (1)
Norway (4)
Pakistan (2)
Peru (3)
South Africa (3)
Sweden (4)
Switzerland (11)
Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Turkey (4)
United States (9)
Uruguay (9)
Venezuela (1)
Yugoslavia (4)
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Cycling at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
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