title: Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics
text: # Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics
  
  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. 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 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.
  
  | Argentina (12)  Australia (6)  Austria (8)  Belgium (12)  Canada (6)  Republic of China (1)  Cuba (1)  Denmark (11)  Finland (5)  France (11) | Great Britain (10)  Greece (3)  Guyana (1)  India (9)  Italy (12)  Luxembourg (4)  Mexico (5)  Netherlands (9)  New Zealand (1)  Norway (4)  Pakistan (2) | Peru (3)  South Africa (3)  South Korea (2)  Sweden (4)  Switzerland (11)  Trinidad and Tobago (1)  Turkey (4)  United States (9)  Uruguay (9)  Venezuela (1)  Yugoslavia (4) |
  | - | - | - |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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) | Totals (6 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
  