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| Race 4 of 8 races in the 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 6 July 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1952 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 1952 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 6 July 1952 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 |  Umberto Masetti | Gilera | 15 | 1h 13m 40s | 8 |
| 2 |  Geoff Duke | Norton | 15 | + 2s | 6 |
| 3 |  Ray Amm | Norton | 15 | + 3s | 4 |
| 4 | Jack Brett | AJS | 3 | ||
| 5 |  Rod Coleman | AJS | 2 | ||
| 6 | Nello Pagani | Gilera | 1 | ||
| 7 |  Auguste Goffin | Norton | |||
| 8 | Robin Sherry | Norton | |||
| 9 |  Louis van Rijswijk | Norton | |||
| 10 | Francis Basso | Norton | |||
| 11 | Humphrey Ranson | Norton | |||
| 12 | Edouard Texidor | Norton | |||
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| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Geoff Duke | Norton | 11 | 56m 57s | 8 |
| 2 | Ray Amm | Norton | 11 | + 7s | 6 |
| 3 |  Reg Armstrong | Norton | 11 | + 44s | 4 |
| 4 | Jack Brett | AJS | 3 | ||
| 5 | Bill Lomas | AJS | 2 | ||
| 6 | Leslie Graham | Velocette | 1 | ||
| 7 | Syd Lawton | AJS | |||
| 8 | Auguste Goffin | Norton | |||
| 9 | Tommy Wood | Norton | |||
| 10 |  Ernie Ring | AJS | |||
| 11 | Robin Sherry | Norton | |||
| 12 | Bill Hall | Velocette | |||
| 13 | Tony McAlpine | Norton | |||
| 14 | Ken Mudford | AJS | |||
| 15 |  D. Stevenson | AJS | |||
| 16 | Les Dear | AJS | |||
| 17 | Jack Raffeld | AJS | |||
| 18 | Francis Basso | AJS | |||
| 19 | Robin Fitton | Norton | |||
| 20 | A. van Fleteren | AJS | |||
| 21 | Lo Simons | Velocette | |||
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| Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Eric Oliver | Stanley Price | Norton | 8 | 46m 53s | 8 |
| 2 | Albino Milani | Giuseppe Pizzocri | Gilera | 8 | + 1s | 6 |
| 3 | Cyril Smith |  Bob Clements | Norton | 8 | + 17s | 4 |
| 4 | Ernesto Merlo | Dino Magri | Gilera | 3 | ||
| 5 | Marcel Masuy | Denis Jenkinson | Norton | 2 | ||
| 6 |  Jacques Drion | Bob Onslow | Norton | 1 | ||
| 7 | Frans Vanderschrick | Jean-Marie Stas | Norton | |||
| 8 | Julien Deronne | Bruno Leys | Norton | |||
| 9 | Jackie Beeton | ? | Norton | |||
| 10 | Hank Steman | ? | Norton | |||
| 11 | Len Taylor | Peter Glover | Norton | |||
| 12 | Hermann Böhm | ? | Norton | |||
| 13 | Adhémar Maréchal | ? | Norton | |||
| 14 | Loni Neussner | ? | BMW | |||
| 15 | A. Winny | ? | Norton | |||
| 16 | R. Rosvort | ? | Norton | |||
| 17 | Luigi Marcelli | ? | Gilera | |||
| 18 | Alphonse Vervroegen | Pierre Vervroegen | F.N. | |||
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