Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit

Men's team pursuit at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Dates	July 28–29
Competitors	89 from 22 nations
Medalists
Guido Messina, Loris Campana, Marino Morettini, Mino De Rossi   Alfred Swift, George Estman, Robert Fowler, Thomas Shardelow   Alan Newton, Donald Burgess, George Newberry, Ronald Stretton

These are the official results of the Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, held on July 28 and July 29, 1952. There were 89 participant from 22 nations. In the first round each team raced alone, with the first eight teams qualifying for the quarterfinals.^[1]

Final classification

RANK	NAME CYCLISTS	TEAM
	Guido Messina Loris Campana Marino Morettini Mino De Rossi	Italy (ITA)
	Alfred Swift George Estman Robert Fowler Thomas Shardelow	South Africa (RSA)
	Alan Newton Donald Burgess George Newberry Ronald Stretton	Great Britain (GBR)
4.	Claude Brugerolles Henri Andrieux Jean-Marie Joubert Pierre Michel	France (FRA)
5.	Gabriel Glorieux José Pauwels Paul De Paepe Robert Raymond	Belgium (BEL)
6.	Bent Jørgensen Jean Hansen Knud Andersen Preben Lundgren Kristensen Henning R. Larsen	Denmark (DEN)
7.	Adrie Voorting Daan de Groot Jan Plantaz Jules Maenen	Netherlands (NED)
8.	Hans Pfenninger Heinrich Müller Max Wirth Oskar von Büren	Switzerland (SUI)
9.	Oscar Giacché Oscar Pezoa Pedro Salas Rodolfo Caccavo	Argentina (ARG)
10.	Imre Furmen István Lang István Pásztor István Schillerwein	Hungary
11.	Arne Johansson Bengt Fröbom Owe Nordqvist Stig Andersson	Sweden (SWE)
12.	Atilio François Juan de Armas Luis Ángel de los Santos Luis Serra	Uruguay (URU)
13.	Arthur Mannsbarth Franz Wimmer Kurt Nemetz Walter Bortel	Austria (AUT)
14.	Nikolai Matvejev Valentin Mikhaylov Vasily Fedin Viktor Meshkov	Soviet Union (URS)
15.	Aimo Jokinen Nils Henriksson Paul Nyman Urho Sirén	Finland (FIN)
16.	Boyan Kotsev Dimitar Bobchev Ilya Velchev Milcho Rusev	Bulgaria (BUL)
17.	Jim Nevin Ken Caves Peter Nelson Peter Pryor	Australia (AUS)
18.	Donald Sheldon James Lauf Steven Hromjak Thomas Montemage	United States (USA)
19.	Kihei Tomioka Masazumi Tajima Tadashi Kato Tamotsu Chikanari	Japan (JPN)
20.	Andoni Ituarte Danilo Heredia Luis Toro Ramón Echegaray	Venezuela (VEN)
21.	Armando Castillo Carlos Sandoval Fernando Marroquin Juan Montoya	Guatemala (GUA)
22.	Netai Bysack Raj Kumar Mehra Suprovat Chakravarty Tarit Kumar Sett	India (IND)

References

1. "Cycling: Men's Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-12-29.

External links

• Official Report