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


The men's team road race cycling event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on 13 August and was one of six events at the 1948 Olympics. Teams had four riders and the team time taken as sum of the team's three best finishers.
The race was won by the Belgian team. However, the Belgian cyclists were not aware that there was a team competition, and returned to Belgium, missing the medal ceremony. Only in 2010 did they receive their medals.

Results

Final

RankNameNationalityTime
Lode Wouters
Leon De Lathouwer
Eugène Van Roosbroeck
Liévin Lerno
15:58:17.4
Bob Maitland
Gordon Thomas
Ian Scott
Ernie Clements
16:03:31.6
José Beyaert
Alain Moineau
Jacques Dupont
René Rouffeteau
16:08:19.4
4Adolfo Ferrari
Silvio Pedroni
Franco Fanti
Livio Isotti
16:13:05.2
5Nils Johansson
Harry Snell
Åke Olivestedt
Olle Wänlund
16:20:26.6
6Jakob Schenk
Jean Brun
Walter Reiser
Giovanni Rossi
16:23:04.2
7Ceferino Peroné
Dante Benvenuti
Miguel Sevillano
Mario Mathieu
16:39:46.2
ACJack Hoobin
Russell Mockridge
Jim Nestor
Ken Caves
DNF
ACRudi Valenta
Hans Goldschmid
Josef Pohnetal
Siegmund Huber
DNF
ACFlorent Jodoin
Lance Pugh
Laurent Tessier
Lorne Atkinson
DNF
ACExequiel Ramírez
Mario Masanés
Rogelio Salcedo
Rafael Iturrate
DNF
ACKristian Pedersen
Knud Andersen
Børge Saxil Nielsen
Rudolf Rasmussen
DNF
ACErkki Koskinen
Paul Backman
Torvald Högström
DNF
ACEvangelos Kouvelis
Manthos Kaloudis
Petros Leonidis
DNF
ACEruch Mistry
Homi Powri
Malcolm Havladar
Raj Kumar Mehra
DNF
ACHenri Kellen
Marcel Ernzer
Pitty Scheer
Robert Bintz
DNF
ACFrancisco Rodríguez
Gabino Rodríguez
Manuel Solis
Placido Herrera
DNF
ACGerrit Voorting
Evert Grift
Henk Faanhof
Piet Peters
DNF
ACAage Myhrvold
Erling Kristiansen
Leif Flengsrud
Lorang Christiansen
DNF
ACHernán Llerena
Luis Poggi
Pedro Mathey
DNF
ACGeorge Estman
Dirkie Binneman
Wally Rivers
DNF
ACAli Çetiner
Mustafa Osmanlı
Orhan Suda
Talat Tunçalp
DNF
ACEnrique Demarco
Luis López
Mario Figueredo
Waldemar Bernatzky
DNF
ACChester Nelsen
Ed Lynch
Frank Brilando
Wendell Rollins
DNF
ACAleksandar Strain
Aleksandar Zorić
August Prosenik
Milan Poredski
DNF