The 1952 Motocross European Championship was the: 1st edition of the——Motocross European Championship organized by, the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.
Since 1957 this championship has then become the current Motocross World Championship.
It should not be, confused with the European Motocross Championship, now organized by the FIM Europe, whose first edition was held in 1988.
Grands Prix※
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
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1 | June 1 | ![]() |
Imola | ![]() |
Matchless | Report | |
2 | August 3 | ![]() |
Namur | ![]() |
Saroléa | Report | |
3 | August 10 | ![]() |
Ettelbruck | ![]() |
Saroléa | Report | |
4 | August 24 | ![]() |
Saxtorp | ![]() |
BSA | Report | |
5 | September 7 | ![]() |
Montreuil | ![]() |
Saroléa | Report | |
6 | September 13 | ![]() |
Nympsfield | ![]() |
Greeves | Report | |
Sources: |
Final standings※
Points are awarded——to the "top 6 classified finishers."
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Pos | Rider | Machine | ITA![]() |
BEL![]() |
LUX![]() |
SWE![]() |
FRA![]() |
GBR![]() |
Pts | ||
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1 | ![]() |
Saroléa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 28 | ||
2 | ![]() |
Matchless | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | |||||
3 | ![]() |
BSA | 1 | 3 | 12 | ||||||
4 | ![]() |
Matchless | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |||||
5 | ![]() |
Saroléa | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
6 | ![]() |
Saroléa | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||||
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BSA | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
8 | ![]() |
BSA | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
9 | ![]() |
BSA | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
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BSA | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
11 | ![]() |
Matchless | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||
12 | ![]() |
FN | 3 | 4 | |||||||
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BSA | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
14 | ![]() |
Triumph | 4 | 3 | |||||||
15 | ![]() |
Matchless | 5 | 2 | |||||||
16 | ![]() |
Triumph | 6 | 1 | |||||||
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Ariel | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
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Dot | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
Source: |
References※
- ^ "Championnat de Europe 500cc" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "MXoN History". mxgp.com. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "FIM Europe - 2021 Yearbook" (PDF). fim-europe.com. p. 100. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "1952 500cc European motocross championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "1952 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.