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Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

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Men's individual road race
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
The race
VenueKäpylä, Finland
Date2 August 1952
Competitors111 from 30 nations
Winning time5:06:03.4
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) André Noyelle
 Belgium
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Robert Grondelaers
 Belgium
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Edi Ziegler
 Germany
← 1948
1956 →

The men's individual road race at the 1952 Summer Olympics was held on 2 August, the 2nd last day of the Olympics on an 11,2 km course running counter-clockwise from Käpylä through Pakila and Maunula and back to Käpylä. The course was circled seventeen times, so the total length of the competition was 190,4 km. About half of the road was hard-surfaced, the other half sand-surfaced. There were 154 entries from 31 nations and 111 participants from 30 nations.[1] Each nation could enter up to four cyclists; nations entering at least three cyclists had the scores of their best three finishers summed for the team road race event. The individual event was won by André Noyelle of Belgium, the nation's first victory in the men's individual road race. His teammate Robert Grondelaers took silver. Edi Ziegler earned Germany's first medal in the event since 1896 with his bronze.

Background

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This was the fourth appearance of the event, previously held in 1896 and then at every Summer Olympics since 1936. It replaced the individual time trial event that had been held from 1912 to 1932 (and which would be reintroduced alongside the road race in 1996). France had won the last two Olympic road races. Gianni Ghidini of Italy was the 1951 world champion.[2]

Japan, Romania, the Soviet Union, and Vietnam each made their debut in the men's individual road race. Great Britain made its fourth appearance in the event, the only nation to have competed in each appearance to date.

Competition format and course

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The mass-start race was on a course that covered 17 laps of an 11.2 kilometres circuit on Koskelantie Street in Käpylä, for a total of 190.4 kilometres. The course was "not overly difficult in terms of climbs, but had few flat sections, consisting of rolling hills throughout."[2] Lapped cyclists were eliminated and could not finish.[3]

Schedule

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All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 2 August 1952 11:00 Final

Results

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Mårtensson made an early attack, taking a 45-second lead during lap 6, but was caught by the peloton in lap 8. By halfway, there was a clear lead group of nine cyclists. The Belgian riders Noyelle, Grondelaers, and Victor broke away during lap 11, with Ziegler and Maenan joining them. Maenan fell away from the front pack at lap 14. Noyelle made his break at the start of lap 17, taking an easy lead to win the race. Grondelaers separated from the other two remaining leaders with five kilometres to go, taking silver. The bronze came down to a sprint between Ziegler and Victor, with the German winning to prevent a Belgian medal sweep.

Behind the lead pack, a bad crash in lap 9 resulted in about 20 cyclists falling, with many unable to continue due to damage to their bicycles. The remaining second group of 11 cyclists continued until lap 15, when Bruni separated into clear fifth place and the other 10 cyclists finished close together.[2][3]

Rank Cyclist Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) André Noyelle  Belgium 5:06:03.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Robert Grondelaers  Belgium 5:06:51.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Edi Ziegler  Germany 5:07:47.5
4 Lucien Victor  Belgium 5:07:52.0
5 Dino Bruni  Italy 5:10:54.0
6 Vincenzo Zucconelli  Italy 5:11:16.5
7 Gianni Ghidini  Italy 5:11:16.8
8 Oskar Zeissner  Germany 5:11:18.5
9 Hans Andresen  Denmark 5:11:18.5
10 Arend van 't Hoft  Netherlands 5:11:19.0
11 André Moes  Luxembourg 5:11:19.0
12 Jacques Anquetil  France 5:11:19.0
13 Alfred Tonello  France 5:11:20.0
14 Roger Ludwig  Luxembourg 5:11:20.0
15 Bruno Monti  Italy 5:11.35.0
16 Yngve Lundh  Sweden 5:12:15.2
17 Rolf Graf  Switzerland 5:12:45.3
18 Stig Mårtensson  Sweden 5:13:00.0
19 Jørgen Frank Rasmussen  Denmark 5:14:09.4
20 Josef Schraner  Switzerland 5:15:06.1
21 Allan Carlsson  Sweden 5:16:19.1
22 Jan Plantaz  Netherlands 5:16:19.1
23 Claude Rouer  France 5:16:19.1
24 Odd Berg  Norway 5:17:30.2
25 Erling Kristiansen  Norway 5:17:30.2
26 Desmond Robinson  Great Britain 5:18:08.9
27 Brian Robinson  Great Britain 5:18:08.9
28 Lorang Christiansen  Norway 5:20:01.3
29 Constantin Stănescu  Romania 5:20:01.4
30 Alois Lampert  Liechtenstein 5:20:06.6
31 Graham Vines  Great Britain 5:22:33.2
32 Donald Sheldon  United States 5:22:33.3
33 Virgilio Pereyra  Uruguay 5:22:33.4
34 Peter Pryor  Australia 5:22:33.5
35 Jim Nevin  Australia 5:22:33.6
36 Thomas O'Rourke  United States 5:22:33.7
37 Wedell Østergaard  Denmark 5:22:34.1
38 Luis Angel de los Santos  Uruguay 5:22:34.3
39 Hugo Machado  Uruguay 5:23:33.7
40 Yevgeny Klevtsov  Soviet Union 5:23:34.0
41 Marin Niculescu  Romania 5:23:34.1
42 Raino Koskenkorva  Finland 5:23:34.6
43 Ewald Hasler  Liechtenstein 5:23:34.8
44 Victor Georgescu  Romania 5:24:27.5
45 Ángel Romero  Mexico 5:24:33.9
46 Petar Georgiev  Bulgaria 5:24:34.0
47 Luu Quan  Vietnam 5:24:34.1
48 Paul Maue  Germany 5:24:44.5
49 Adrie Voorting  Netherlands 5:24:44.6
50 Fausto Lurati  Switzerland 5:24:58.0
51 Nicolas Morn  Luxembourg 5:26:25.0
52 Helge Hansen  Denmark 5:27:08.8
Ken Caves  Australia DNF
Peter Nelson  Australia DNF
Walter Bortel  Austria DNF
Franz Wimmer  Austria DNF
Arthur Mannsbarth  Austria DNF
Rik Van Looy  Belgium DNF
Boyan Kotsev  Bulgaria DNF
Ilya Velchev  Bulgaria DNF
Milcho Rosev  Bulgaria DNF
Hernán Masanés  Chile DNF
Héctor Droguett  Chile DNF
Héctor Mellado  Chile DNF
Hugo Miranda  Chile DNF
Jan Veselý  Czechoslovakia DNF
Karel Nesl  Czechoslovakia DNF
Milan Perič  Czechoslovakia DNF
Stanislav Svoboda  Czechoslovakia DNF
Paul Backman  Finland DNF
Paul Nyman  Finland DNF
Ruben Forsblom  Finland DNF
Roland Bezamat  France DNF
Walter Becker  Germany DNF
Leslie Ingman  Great Britain DNF
István Lang  Hungary DNF
István Schillerwein  Hungary DNF
Lajos Látó  Hungary DNF
Raj Kumar Mehra  India DNF
Netai Bysack  India DNF
Pradip Bode  India DNF
Suprovat Chakravarty  India DNF
Kihei Tomioka  Japan DNF
Masazumi Tajima  Japan DNF
Tadashi Kato  Japan DNF
Tamotsu Chikanari  Japan DNF
Gwon Ik-Hyeon  South Korea DNF
Im Sang-Jo  South Korea DNF
Kim Ho-Sun  South Korea DNF
Jean Schmit  Luxembourg DNF
Francisco Lozano  Mexico DNF
Julio Cepeda  Mexico DNF
Ricardo García  Mexico DNF
Jules Maenen  Netherlands DNF
Muhammad Naqi Mallick  Pakistan DNF
Imtiaz Bhatti  Pakistan DNF
Petre Nuță  Romania DNF
George Estman  South Africa DNF
Alfred Swift  South Africa DNF
Robert Fowler  South Africa DNF
Anatoly Kolesov  Soviet Union DNF
Nikolay Bobarenko  Soviet Union DNF
Vladimir Kryuchkov  Soviet Union DNF
Lars Nordwall  Sweden DNF
Kobi Scherer  Switzerland DNF
David Rhoads  United States DNF
Ronald Rhoads  United States DNF
Julio Sobrera  Uruguay DNF
Chau Phuoc Vinh  Vietnam DNF
Nguyen Duc Hien  Vietnam DNF
Le Van Phuoc  Vietnam DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Cycling: Men's individual road race". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Road Race, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b Official Report, p. 542.

Notes

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