Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Venues
Cycling at the Games of the XIV Olympiad

Road cycling	Windsor Great Park
Track cycling	Herne Hill Velodrome
Dates	7 August – 11 August
Cyclists	188 from 33 countries
Top ranked countries
France:		3 01 !	0 02 !	2 03 !
Italy:		2 01 !	1 02 !	0 03 !
Belgium:		1 01 !	1 02 !	1 03 !
« 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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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 Italy	Alan Bannister and Reg Harris Great Britain	Gaston Dron and René Faye France
1000m time trial	Jacques Dupont France	Pierre Nihant Belgium	Tommy Godwin Great Britain

Reg Harris wins the quarter final of the 1000m time trial

188 cyclists from 33 nations competed.^[1]

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

1 2 "Cycling at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 15 July 2014.

Events at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London

Athletics Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Lacrosse (demonstration) Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Art competitions (unofficial)

Cycling at the Summer Olympics

Editions	1896 1900 1904 1906 (Intercalated) 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 cyclists 2016 cyclists

Cylists	... Netherlands ... (incomplete list)

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