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.
Cycling at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |
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Venues | Windsor Great Park Herne Hill Velodrome |
Date | 7 –11 August 1948 |
Competitors | 188 from 33 nations |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Road race, Individual |
José Beyaert France |
Gerrit Voorting Netherlands |
Lode Wouters Belgium |
Road race, Team |
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 |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Pursuit, Team |
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 |
Mario Ghella Italy |
Reg Harris Great Britain |
Axel Schandorff Denmark |
Tandem |
Renato Perona and Ferdinando Teruzzi (ITA) |
Alan Bannister and Reg Harris (GBR) |
Gaston Dron and René Faye (FRA) |
Time trial |
Jacques Dupont France |
Pierre Nihant Belgium |
Tommy Godwin Great Britain |
188 cyclists from 33 nations competed.[1]
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Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |