Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race


The Men's Individual Road Race at the 1948 Summer Olympics was held on an 11.45 km course. The course was circled seventeen times, so the total length of the competition was 194.6 km. There were 141 entries from 31 nations and 101 participants from 29 nations. Of the 101 starters 28 rode the distance to the end.
A team classification was made, based on the rankings of the three best cyclists per nation, and this was used to determine the results of the team road race.

Results

Final

RankNameNationalityTime
José Beyaert5:18:12.6
Gerrit Voorting5:18:16.2
Lode Wouters5:18:16.2
4Leon De Lathouwer5:18:16.2
5Nils Johansson5:18:16.2
6Bob Maitland5:18:16.2
7Jack Hoobin5:18:18.2
8Gordon Thomas5:18:18.2
9Adolfo Ferrari5:21:45.0
10Silvio Pedroni5:21:45.0
11Alain Moineau5:21:45.0
12Eugène Van Roosbroeck5:21:45.0
13Jakob Schenk5:21:45.0
14Rudi Valenta5:24:48.0
15Jean Brun5:26:54.0
16Ian Scott5:26:57.2
17Jacques Dupont5:12:45.3
18Harry Snell5:28:22.2
19Franco Fanti5:29:35.2
20Livio Isotti5:31:08.6
21Ceferino Peroné5:33:15.4
22Dante Benvenuti5:33:15.4
23Miguel Sevillano5:33:15.4
24Åke Olivestedt5:33:48.2
25Walter Reiser5:34:25.2
26Russell Mockridge5:39:54.6
27Kristian Pedersen5:39:57.2
28Knud Andersen5:39:57.2
ACMario MathieuDNF
ACKen CavesDNF
ACJim NestorDNF
ACHans GoldschmidDNF
ACSiegmund HuberDNF
ACJosef PohnetalDNF
ACLiévin LernoDNF
ACLaddie LewisDNF
ACLorne AtkinsonDNF
ACFlorent JodoinDNF
ACLance PughDNF
ACLaurent TessierDNF
ACRafael IturrateDNF
ACMario MasanésDNF
ACExequiel RamírezDNF
ACRogelio SalcedoDNF
ACBørge Saxil NielsenDNF
ACRudolf RasmussenDNF
ACPaul BackmanDNF
ACTorvald HögströmDNF
ACErkki KoskinenDNF
ACRené RouffeteauDNF
ACErnie ClementsDNF
ACManthos KaloudisDNF
ACEvangelos KouvelisDNF
ACPetros LeonidisDNF
ACHenk FaanhofDNF
ACEvert GriftDNF
ACPiet PetersDNF
ACMalcolm HavladarDNF
ACRaj Kumar MehraDNF
ACEruch MistryDNF
ACHomi PowriDNF
ACHwang San-ungDNF
ACGwon Ik-hyeonDNF
ACRobert BintzDNF
ACMarcel ErnzerDNF
ACHenri KellenDNF
ACPitty ScheerDNF
ACPlacido HerreraDNF
ACFrancisco RodríguezDNF
ACGabino RodríguezDNF
ACManuel SolisDNF
ACNick CarterDNF
ACLorang ChristiansenDNF
ACLeif FlengsrudDNF
ACErling KristiansenDNF
ACAage MyhrvoldDNF
ACWazir AliDNF
ACHernán LlerenaDNF
ACPedro MatheyDNF
ACLuis PoggiDNF
ACDirkie BinnemanDNF
ACGeorge EstmanDNF
ACWally RiversDNF
ACOlle WänlundDNF
ACGiovanni RossiDNF
ACAli ÇetinerDNF
ACMustafa OsmanlıDNF
ACOrhan SudaDNF
ACTalat TunçalpDNF
ACFrank BrilandoDNF
ACEd LynchDNF
ACChester NelsenDNF
ACWendell RollinsDNF
ACWaldemar BernatzkyDNF
ACEnrique DemarcoDNF
ACMario FigueredoDNF
ACLuis LópezDNF
ACMilan PoredskiDNF
ACAugust ProsenikDNF
ACAleksandar StrainDNF
ACAleksandar ZorićDNF