title: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics
text: # Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics
  
  The cycling competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. 215 cyclists from 36 countries competed in the six events.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Road cycling
  
  | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Road race, Individual details | André Noyelle Belgium | Robert Grondelaers Belgium | Edi Ziegler Germany |
  | Road race, Team details | Belgium (BEL) Robert Grondelaers André Noyelle Lucien Victor | Italy (ITA) Dino Bruni Gianni Ghidini Vincenzo Zucconelli | France (FRA) Jacques Anquetil Claude Rouer Alfred Tonello |
  
  ### Track cycling
  
  | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Pursuit, Team details | Italy (ITA) Marino Morettini Loris Campana Mino de Rossi Guido Messina | South Africa (RSA) Alfred Swift George Estman Robert Fowler Thomas Shardelow | Great Britain (GBR) Ronald Stretton Donald Burgess George Newberry Alan Newton |
  | Sprint details | Enzo Sacchi Italy | Lionel Cox Australia | Werner Potzernheim Germany |
  | Tandem details | Lionel Cox and Russell Mockridge (AUS) | Raymond Robinson and Thomas Shardelow (RSA) | Antonio Maspes and Cesare Pinarello (ITA) |
  | Time trial details | Russell Mockridge Australia | Marino Morettini Italy | Raymond Robinson South Africa |
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  215 cyclists from 36 nations competed.
  
  | Argentina (6)  Australia (6)  Austria (4)  Belgium (11)  Bulgaria (5)  Canada (2)  Chile (4)  Czechoslovakia (6)  Denmark (13) | Finland (11)  France (10)  Germany (5)  Great Britain (12)  Guatemala (5)  Hungary (6)  India (5)  Italy (11)  Japan (4) | Jamaica (1)  Liechtenstein (2)  Luxembourg (4)  Mexico (4)  Netherlands (6)  New Zealand (2)  Norway (3)  Pakistan (2)  Romania (5) | South Africa (5)  South Korea (3)  Vietnam (4)  Soviet Union (10)  Sweden (8)  Switzerland (10)  United States (9)  Uruguay (7)  Venezuela (4) |
  | - | - | - | - |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
  | 2 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | 2 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | 4 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | 5 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
  