Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Cycling
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Olympic rings without rims.svg
Venues Windsor Great Park
Herne Hill Velodrome
Date7 –11 August 1948
Competitors188 from 33 nations
  1936
1952  

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

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Road race, Individual
details
José Beyaert
Flag of France.svg  France
Gerrit Voorting
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Lode Wouters
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Road race, Team
details
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)
Léon Delathouwer
Eugène van Roosbroeck
Lode Wouters
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Robert John Maitland
Ian Scott
Gordon Thomas
Ernie Clements
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
José Beyaert
Jacques Dupont
Alain Moineau

Track cycling

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Pursuit, Team
details
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Fernand Decanali
Pierre Adam
Serge Blusson
Charles Coste
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)
Rino Pucci
Arnaldo Benfenati
Guido Bernardi
Anselmo Citterio
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Wilfred Waters
Robert Geldard
Tommy Godwin
David Ricketts
Sprint
details
Mario Ghella
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Reg Harris
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Axel Schandorff
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Tandem
details
Flag of Italy.svg  Renato Perona
and Ferdinando Teruzzi  (ITA)
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Alan Bannister
and Reg Harris  (GBR)
Flag of France.svg  Gaston Dron
and René Faye  (FRA)
Time trial
details
Jacques Dupont
Flag of France.svg  France
Pierre Nihant
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Tommy Godwin
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain

Participating nations

Reg Harris wins the quarter-final of the 1000m time trial Reg Harris wins quarter final of 1000m cycle race, Olympic Games, London, 1948.jpg
Reg Harris wins the quarter-final of the 1000m time trial

188 cyclists from 33 nations competed. [1]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of France.svg  France 3025
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2103
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1113
4Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 0325
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0101
6Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0011
Totals (6 entries)66618

References

  1. 1 2 "Cycling at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2014.