The Men's Individual Road Race

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.-Medal summary:-Medal table:...

at the 1952 Summer Olympics

1952 Summer Olympics

The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...

was held on 2 August, the 2nd last day of the Olympics on a 11,2 km course. The course was circled seventeen times, so the total length of the competition was 190,4 km.

There were 154 entries from 31 nations and 112 participants from 30 nations. Of the 112 starters 52 rode the distance to the end. Out of 27 teams only 13 completed the course. Losses by the way were due less to the heat and punctures than to the stiff pace set from the beginning and the ruling by the commissaire

Commissaire (cycling)

A commissaire is an official in competitive cycling, usually seen with a copy of the racing rules, a stopwatch and a clipboard. Commissaires are similar to judges or referees in other sports — a commissaire is the person in charge of the race and the Chief Commissaire has the power to shut...

s that an outlapped competitor must withdraw from the race.

Final Classification

RANK			5:06:03.4
		5:06:51.2
		5:07:47.5
4.		5:07:52.0
5.		5:10:54.0
6.		5:11:16.5
7.		5:11:16.8
8.		5:11:18.5
9.		5:11:18.5
10.		5:11:19.0
11.		5:11:19.0
12.		5:11:19.0
13.		5:11:20.0
14.		5:11:20.0
15.		5:11.35.0
16.		5:12:15.2
17.		5:12:45.3
18.		5:13:00.0
19.		5:14:09.4
20.		5:15:06.1
21.		5:16:19.1
22.		5:16:19.1
23.		5:16:19.1
24.		5:17:30.2
25.		5:17:30.2
26.		5:18:08.9
27.		5:18:08.9
28.		5:20:01.3
29.		5:20:01.4
30.		5:20:06.6
31.		5:22:33.2
32.		5:22:33.3
33.		5:22:33.4
34.		5:22:33.5
35.		5:22:33.6
36.		5:22:33.7
37.		5:22:34.1
38.		5:22:34.3
39.		5:23:33.7
40.		5:23:34.0
41.		5:23:34.1
42.		5:23:34.6
43.		5:23:34.8
44.		5:24:27.5
45.		5:24:33.9
46.		5:24:34.0
47.		5:24:34.1
48.		5:24:44.5
49.		5:24:44.6
50.		5:24:58.0
51.		5:26:25.0
52.		5:27:08.8

Did not finish

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