1937 UCI Road World Championships

The 1937 UCI Road World Championships was the seventeenth edition of the UCI Road World Championships.[1]

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
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The championships took place in Copenhagen, Denmark.[2] 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.[3] Only eight riders finished the professional road race.[4]

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

Events Summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's events
Professional Road Race
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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

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Place Nation       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

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  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.