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Road Race, Individual, Men

Date	2 August 1952 — 11:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Käpylä, Helsinki
Participants	111 from 30 countries
Format	190.4 km. mass start race. 17 laps of 11.2 lap course.

The 1952 Olympic road race was contested over 17 laps of an 11.2 km. course, which was on Koskelantie Street in Käpyla. The course was not overly difficult in terms of climbs, but had few flat sections, consisting of rolling hills throughout. The Belgian riders rode as a team and on the 11th lap, they broke away, accompanied by Edi Ziegler of Germany, and Jules Maenen of the Netherlands. Maenen held on for three laps but was dropped by the Belgians – André Noyelle, Robert Grondelaers, and Lucien Victor. At the start of the final lap, Noyelle dropped the other three leaders and opened up a big lead quickly. He held on to win the gold medal. With five kilometers remaining, Grondelaers broke Ziegler and Victor, and rode on to the silver medal. The Belgian medal sweep was ruined when Ziegler outsprinted Victor.

Pos	Bib	Competitor	NOC	Time	Margin
1	–	André Noyelle	BEL	5-06:03.4	–	Gold
2	–	Robert Grondelaers	BEL	–	at 0:47.8	Silver
3	–	Edi Ziegler	GER	–	at 1:44.1	Bronze
4	–	Lucien Victor	BEL	–	at 1:48.6
5	–	Dino Bruni	ITA	–	at 4:50.6
6	–	Vincenzo Zucconelli	ITA	–	at 5:13.1
7	–	Gianni Ghidini	ITA	–	at 5:13.4
8	–	Oskar Zeißner	GER	–	at 5:15.1
9	–	Hans Andresen	DEN	–	at 5:15.1
10	–	Arend van 't Hof	NED	–	at 5:15.6
11	–	André Moes	LUX	–	at 5:15.6
12	–	Jacques Anquetil	FRA	–	at 5:15.6
13	–	Alfred Tonello	FRA	–	at 5:16.6
14	–	Roger Ludwig	LUX	–	at 5:16.6
15	–	Bruno Monti	ITA	–	at 5:31.6
16	–	Yngve Lundh	SWE	–	at 6:11.8
17	–	Rolf Graf	SUI	–	at 6:41.9
18	–	Stig Mårtensson	SWE	–	at 6:56.6
19	–	Jørgen Frank Rasmussen	DEN	–	at 8:06.0
20	–	Josef Schraner	SUI	–	at 9:02.7
21	–	Allan Carlsson	SWE	–	at 10:15.7
22	–	Jan Plantaz	NED	–	at 10:15.7
23	–	Claude Rouer	FRA	–	at 10:15.7
24	–	Odd Berg	NOR	–	at 11:26.8
25	–	Erling Kristiansen	NOR	–	at 11:26.8
26	–	Desmond Robinson	GBR	–	at 12:05.5
27	–	Brian Robinson	GBR	–	at 12:05.5
28	–	Lorang Christiansen	NOR	–	at 13:57.9
29	–	Constantin Stănescu	ROU	–	at 13:58.0
30	–	Alois Lampert	LIE	–	at 14:03.2
31	–	Graham Vines	GBR	–	at 16:29.8
32	–	Don Sheldon	USA	–	at 16:29.9
33	–	Virgilio Pereyra	URU	–	at 16:30.0
34	–	Peter Pryor	AUS	–	at 16:30.1
35	–	Jim Nevin	AUS	–	at 16:30.2
36	–	Tom O'Rourke	USA	–	at 16:30.3
37	–	Wedell Østergaard	DEN	–	at 16:30.7
38	–	Luis Ángel de los Santos	URU	–	at 16:30.9
39	–	Hugo Machado	URU	–	at 17:30.3
40	–	Yevgeny Klevtsov	URS	–	at 17:30.6
41	–	Marin Niculescu	ROU	–	at 17:30.7
42	–	Raino Koskenkorva	FIN	–	at 17:31.2
43	–	Ewald Hasler	LIE	–	at 17:31.4
44	–	Victor Georgescu	ROU	–	at 18:24.1
45	–	Ángel Romero	MEX	–	at 18:30.5
46	–	Petar Georgiev	BUL	–	at 18:30.6
47	–	Lưu Quan	VNM	–	at 18:30.7
48	–	Paul Maue	GER	–	at 18:41.1
49	–	Adrie Voorting	NED	–	at 18:41.2
50	–	Fausto Lurati	SUI	–	at 18:54.6
51	–	Nicolas Morn	LUX	–	at 20:21.6
52	–	Helge Hansen	DEN	–	at 21:05.4
DNF	–	Ken Caves	AUS	–	–
DNF	–	Peter Nelson	AUS	–	–
DNF	–	Rik Van Looy	BEL	–	–
DNF	–	Milko Rusev	BUL	–	–
DNF	–	Iliya Velchev	BUL	–	–
DNF	–	Boyan Kotsev	BUL	–	–
DNF	–	Hernán Masanés	CHI	–	–
DNF	–	Héctor Mellado	CHI	–	–
DNF	–	Hugo Miranda	CHI	–	–
DNF	–	Jimmy Swift	RSA	–	–
DNF	–	Bobby Fowler	RSA	–	–
DNF	–	Jules Maenen	NED	–	–
DNF	–	Netai Bysack	IND	–	–
DNF	–	Suprovat Chakravarty	IND	–	–
DNF	–	Raj Kumar Mehra	IND	–	–
DNF	–	Pradip Bose	IND	–	–
DNF	–	Les Ingman	GBR	–	–
DNF	–	Franz Wimmer	AUT	–	–
DNF	–	Walter Bortel	AUT	–	–
DNF	–	Kihei Tomioka	JPN	–	–
DNF	–	Tadashi Kato	JPN	–	–
DNF	–	Masazumi Tajima	JPN	–	–
DNF	–	Gwon Ik-Hyeon	KOR	–	–
DNF	–	Im Sang-Jo	KOR	–	–
DNF	–	Kim Ho-Sun	KOR	–	–
DNF	–	Ricardo García	MEX	–	–
DNF	–	Francisco Lozano	MEX	–	–
DNF	–	Julio Cepeda	MEX	–	–
DNF	–	Jean Schmit	LUX	–	–
DNF	–	Anatoly Kolesov	URS	–	–
DNF	–	Vladimir Kryuchkov	URS	–	–
DNF	–	Muhammad Naqi Mallick	PAK	–	–
DNF	–	Imtiaz Bhatti	PAK	–	–
DNF	–	Roland Bezamat	FRA	–	–
DNF	–	Petre Nuță	ROU	–	–
DNF	–	Lars Nordwall	SWE	–	–
DNF	–	Walter Becker	GER	–	–
DNF	–	Paul Nyman	FIN	–	–
DNF	–	Ruben Forsblom	FIN	–	–
DNF	–	Kobi Scherer	SUI	–	–
DNF	–	Jan Veselý	TCH	–	–
DNF	–	Stanislav Svoboda	TCH	–	–
DNF	–	Karel Nesl	TCH	–	–
DNF	–	Milan Perič	TCH	–	–
DNF	–	István Lang	HUN	–	–
DNF	–	István Schillerwein	HUN	–	–
DNF	–	Lajos Látó	HUN	–	–
DNF	–	Julio Sobrera	URU	–	–
DNF	–	Châu Phươc Vình	VNM	–	–
DNF	–	Nguyễn Đức Hiền	VNM	–	–
DNF	–	Lê Văn Phươc	VNM	–	–
DNF	–	Ronald Rhoads	USA	–	–
DQ	–	Tamotsu Chikanari	JPN	–	–
DQ	–	Nikolay Bobarenko	URS	–	–
DQ	–	David Rhoads	USA	–	–
DQ	–	Arthur Mannsbarth	AUT	–	–
DQ	–	Paul Backman	FIN	–	–
DQ	–	Héctor Droguett	CHI	–	–
DQ	–	George Estman	RSA	–	–