1952 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1952 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Host city Paris, France
Date(s)  (1952-08-26 - 1952-08-31)26–31 August 1952
Velodrome Parc des Princes
Events 5
1951
1953

The 1952 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Paris, France from 26 to 31 August 1952.[1] Five events for men were contested, 3 for professionals and 2 for amateurs.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint
Oscar Plattner
  Switzerland
Georges Senfftleben
 France
Jan Derksen
 Netherlands
Men's individual pursuit
Sydney Patterson
 Australia
Antonio Bevilacqua
 Italy
Lucien Gillen
 Luxembourg
Men's motor-paced
Adolph Verschueren
 Belgium
Walter Lohmann
 West Germany
Henri Lemoine
 France
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint
Enzo Sacchi
 Italy
Marino Morettini
 Italy
Cyril Peacock
 United Kingdom
Men's individual pursuit
Piet van Heusden
 Netherlands
Mino De Rossi
 Italy
Loris Campana
 Italy

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Italy 1 3 1 5
2  Netherlands 1 0 1 2
3  Australia 1 0 0 1
-  Belgium 1 0 0 1
-   Switzerland 1 0 0 1
6  France 0 1 1 2
7  West Germany 0 1 0 1
8  Great Britain 0 0 1 1
-  Luxembourg 0 0 1 1

See also

References

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