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| Race 5 of 8 races in the 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 20 July 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Solitude | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1952 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 July 1952 at the Solitude circuit.
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 |  Reg Armstrong | Norton | 18 | 1:32:35.7 | 8 |
| 2 |  Ken Kavanagh | Norton | 18 | +0.4 | 6 |
| 3 |  Syd Lawton | Norton | 18 | +0.4 | 4 |
| 4 | Leslie Graham | MV Agusta | 3 | ||
| 5 |  Auguste Goffin | Norton | 2 | ||
| 6 |  Hans Baltisberger | BMW | 1 | ||
| 7 | Tony McAlpine | Norton | |||
| 8 | Karl Rührschneck | Norton | |||
| 9 | Siegfried Fuss | Norton | |||
| 10 | Rudi Knees | Norton | |||
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| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Reg Armstrong | Norton | 14 | 1:13:49.9 | 8 |
| 2 | Ken Kavanagh | Norton | 14 | +0.1 | 6 |
| 3 | Bill Lomas | AJS | 14 | +28.1 | 4 |
| 4 | Syd Lawton | Norton | 3 | ||
| 5 | Ewald Kluge | DKW | 2 | ||
| 6 | Ernie Ring | AJS | 1 | ||
| 7 | Auguste Goffin | Norton | |||
| 8 | Robert Zeller | AJS | |||
| 9 |  Ken Mudford | AJS | |||
| 10 | Bill Petch | AJS | |||
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| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Rudi Felgenheier | DKW | 12 | 1:05:51.3 | 8 |
| 2 | Heinrich Thorn-Prikker | Moto Guzzi | 12 | +51.2 | 6 |
| 3 | Hermann Gablenz | Horex | 12 | +2:24.5 | 4 |
| 4 | Ewald Kluge | DKW | 3 | ||
| 5 | Gotthilf Gehring | Moto Guzzi | 2 | ||
| 6 | Arthur Wheeler | Moto Guzzi | 1 | ||
| 7 | Bruno Böhrer | Parilla | |||
| 8 |  Alex Mayer | Moto Guzzi | |||
| 9 | Rupert Hollaus | Moto Guzzi | |||
| 10 |  Lanfranco Baviera | Moto Guzzi | |||
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| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Points |
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| 1 | Werner Haas | NSU | 10 | 58:28.8 | 8 |
| 2 | Carlo Ubbiali | Mondial | 10 | +0.7 | 6 |
| 3 | Cecil Sandford | MV Agusta | 10 | +13.1 | 4 |
| 4 | Angelo Copeta | MV Agusta | 10 | +58.2 | 3 |
| 5 | Hubert Luttenberger | NSU | 10 | +1:58.0 | 2 |
| 6 | Luigi Zinzani | Moto Morini | 10 | +3:53.6 | 1 |
| 7 | Alex Mayer | Mondial | |||
| 8 | Rudi Meister | Mondial | |||
| 9 | Karl Lottes | MV Agusta | |||
| 10 |  Alfonso Mila | Montesa | |||
| 32 starters, 10 finishers | |||||
| Source: [2] [1] | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Cyril Smith | Bob Clements | Norton | 10 | 59:17.0 | 8 |
| 2 | Ernesto Merlo | Dino Magri | Gilera | 10 | +0.3 | 6 |
| 3 |  Jacques Drion | Bob Onslow | Norton | 10 | +1:48.0 | 4 |
| 4 | Marcel Masuy | Denis Jenkinson | Norton | 3 | ||
| 5 | Julien Deronne | Edouard Texidor | Norton | 2 | ||
| 6 | Wilhelm Noll | Fritz Cron | BMW | 1 | ||
| 7 | Georg Eberlein | Ernst Sauer | BMW | |||
| 8 | Franz Mohr | Günter Müller | BMW | |||
| 9 | Friedrich Staschel | Günter Beer | BMW | |||
| 10 | Jean Murit | André Emo | Norton | |||
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