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| Date | 28 June 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | TT Circuit Assen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1952 Dutch motorcycle Grand Prix was the third race of the 1952 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 28 June 1952 at the Assen circuit.
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 |  Umberto Masetti | Gilera | 16 | 1:41:28.9 | 8 |
| 2 |  Geoff Duke | Norton | 16 | +1.2 | 6 |
| 3 |  Ken Kavanagh | Norton | 16 | +1:08.2 | 4 |
| 4 |  Reg Armstrong | Norton | 3 | ||
| 5 |  Rod Coleman | AJS | 2 | ||
| 6 | Nello Pagani | Gilera | 1 | ||
| 7 | Leslie Graham | MV Agusta | |||
| 8 | Libero Liberati | Gilera | |||
| 9 | Jack Brett | AJS | |||
| 10 | Ken Mudford | Norton | |||
| 11 |  Louis van Rijswijk | Matchless | |||
| 12 | Geoff E. Read | Norton | |||
| 13 | Piet Bakker | BMW | |||
| 14 | Drikus Veer | Triumph | |||
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| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Geoff Duke | Norton | 12 | 1:19:31.9 | 8 |
| 2 |  Ray Amm | Norton | 12 | +14.3 | 6 |
| 3 | Rod Coleman | AJS | 12 | +15.7 | 4 |
| 4 | Reg Armstrong | Norton | 3 | ||
| 5 | Ken Kavanagh | Norton | 2 | ||
| 6 | Jack Brett | AJS | 1 | ||
| 7 | Leslie Graham | Velocette | |||
| 8 | Syd Lawton | AJS | |||
| 9 | Ken Mudford | AJS | |||
| 10 | Dene Hollier | Norton | |||
| 11 | Ken Harwood | AJS | |||
| 12 | Arthur Wheeler | Velocette | |||
| 13 | Louis van Rijswijk | Velocette | |||
| 14 | Bob Matthews | Velocette | |||
| 15 | Humphrey Ranson | AJS | |||
| 16 | Sid Mason | Velocette | |||
| 17 | Cees Fokke Bosch | AJS | |||
| 18 | Anton Elbersen | AJS | |||
| 19 |  P. Fernando | Norton | |||
| 20 | Gerrit Poel | Velocette | |||
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| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Enrico Lorenzetti | Moto Guzzi | 10 | 1:12:30.3 | 8 |
| 2 | Bruno Ruffo | Moto Guzzi | 10 | +0.6 | 6 |
| 3 | Fergus Anderson | Moto Guzzi | 10 | +51.8 | 4 |
| 4 | Arthur Wheeler | Moto Guzzi | 3 | ||
| 5 | Bill Webster | Velocette | 2 | ||
| 6 | Sieb Postma | Moto Guzzi | 1 | ||
| 7 | Hank Steman | Excelsior | |||
| 8 | Fron Purslow | Norton | |||
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| Pos. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Points |
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| 1 | Cecil Sandford | MV Agusta | 7 | 54:43.6 | 8 |
| 2 | Carlo Ubbiali | Mondial | 7 | +25.1 | 6 |
| 3 | Luigi Zinzani | Moto Morini | 7 | +38.4 | 4 |
| 4 | Guido Sala | MV Agusta | 7 | +1:31.3 | 3 |
| 5 | Angelo Copeta | MV Agusta | 7 | +3:17.3 | 2 |
| 6 | Lo Simons | Mondial | 7 | +5:44.0 | 1 |
| 7 | Dick Renooy | Eysink | |||
| 8 | Tonnie Heinemann | Eysink | |||
| 9 | H. D. van der Waerdt | Eysink | |||
| 10 | Mobi Vierdag | Eysink | |||
| 11 | Jan Rietveld | Eysink | |||
| 12 | W. Regtars | Puch | |||
| 13 | W. van der Eijk | Moto Morini | |||
| 23 starters, 13 finishers | |||||
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