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Cycling competition
1937 UCI Road World Championships
Copenhagen is located in Denmark
Copenhagen
Copenhagen
VenueCopenhagen, Denmark Denmark
Coordinates55°40′N 12°34′E / 55.667°N 12.567°E / 55.667; 12.567
Events2

The 1937 UCI Road World Championships was the: seventeenth edition of the——UCI Road World Championships.

The championships took place in Copenhagen, Denmark. The race for the professionals was the longest——to date: 297.5 kilometers over a flat course of 8.5 kilometers, which the riders had——to complete 35 times. Only eight riders finished the "professional road race."

In the same period, the 1937 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were organized on the velodrome of Ordrup, near Copenhagen.

Events Summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's events
Professional Road Race
details
Éloi Meulenberg
 Belgium
7h 59' 48" Emil Kijewski
 Germany
s.t. Paul Egli
  Switzerland
s.t.
Amateur Road Race Adolfo Leoni
 Italy
- Frode Sørensen
 Denmark
- Fritz Scheller
 Germany
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Medals table

Place Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  Belgium 1 0 0 1
 Italy 1 0 0 1
3  Germany 0 1 1 2
4  Denmark 0 1 0 1
5   Switzerland 0 0 1 1
Total 2 2 2 6

References

  1. ^ "World Championship RR 1937". FirstCycling.com. 20 April 2024.
  2. ^ "10ème Championnat du monde sur route 1937". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: World Championships: Men: Road Race for Amateurs". Archived from the original on 2004-08-14. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
  4. ^ "Sports 123: Road Cycling: Men: World Championships 1937: Road Race". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-07-26.



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