Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Sports event at the Olympic Games
Cycling at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |
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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
Road cycling
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Road race, Individual details | José Beyaert France | Gerrit Voorting Netherlands | Lode Wouters Belgium |
Road race, Team details | 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
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Pursuit, Team details | 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 details | Mario Ghella Italy | Reg Harris Great Britain | Axel Schandorff Denmark |
Tandem details | Renato Perona and Ferdinando Teruzzi (ITA) | Alan Bannister and Reg Harris (GBR) | Gaston Dron and René Faye (FRA) |
Time trial details | Jacques Dupont France | Pierre Nihant Belgium | Tommy Godwin Great Britain |
Participating nations
188 cyclists from 33 nations competed.[1]
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Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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
- ^ a b "Cycling at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
External links
- Official Olympic Report
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Events at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London
- Athletics
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Canoeing
- Cycling
- Diving
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Field hockey
- Football
- Gymnastics
- Lacrosse (demonstration)
- Modern pentathlon
- Rowing
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Swimming
- Water polo
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
- Art competitions (unofficial)