1952 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1952 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Paris, France
Date(s)	(1952-08-26 - 1952-08-31)26–31 August 1952
Velodrome	Parc des Princes
Events	5
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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 details	Oscar Plattner  Switzerland	Georges Senfftleben  France	Jan Derksen  Netherlands
Men's individual pursuit details	Sid Patterson  Australia	Antonio Bevilacqua  Italy	Lucien Gillen  Luxembourg
Men's motor-paced details	Adolph Verschueren  Belgium	Walter Lohmann  West Germany	Henri Lemoine  France
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint details	Enzo Sacchi  Italy	Marino Morettini  Italy	Cyril Peacock  Great Britain
Men's individual pursuit details	Piet van Heusden  Netherlands	Mino De Rossi  Italy	Loris Campana  Italy

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	1	3	1	5
2	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	1	2
3	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
6	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
7	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
8	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		5	5	5	15

See also

• 1952 UCI Road World Championships

References