1952 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix
{{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report
| Grand Prix = Belgian
| flag = Belgium
| Location = Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
| Course_mi = 8.774
| Course_km = 14.120
| Race_No = 4
| Season_No = 8
| Date = 6 July
| Year = 1952
| Image = Spa 1947.png
| Fast_Rider_500 = Umberto Masetti
| Fast_Rider_500_Country = Italy
| Fast_Rider_500_Bike = Gilera
| Fast_Time_500 = 4:48.7
| First_Rider_500 = Umberto Masetti
| First_Rider_500_Country = Italy
| First_Rider_500_Bike = Gilera
| Second_Rider_500 = Geoff Duke
| Second_Rider_500_Country = United Kingdom
| Second_Rider_500_Bike = Norton
| Third_Rider_500 = Ray Amm
| Third_Rider_500_Country = Southern Rhodesia
| Third_Rider_500_Bike = Norton
| Fast_Rider_350 = Geoff Duke
| Fast_Rider_350_Country = United Kingdom
| Fast_Rider_350_Bike = Norton
| Fast_Time_350 = 5:06.1
| First_Rider_350 = Geoff Duke
| First_Rider_350_Country = United Kingdom
| First_Rider_350_Bike = Norton
| Second_Rider_350 = Ray Amm
| Second_Rider_350_Country = Southern Rhodesia
| Second_Rider_350_Bike = Norton
| Third_Rider_350 = Reg Armstrong
| Third_Rider_350_Country = Ireland
| Third_Rider_350_Bike = Norton
| Fast_Rider_Sidecar = Eric Oliver
| Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Country = UK
| Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Bike = Norton
| Fast_Passenger_Sidecar = Stanley Price
| Fast_Passenger_Sidecar_Country = UK
| Fast_Time_Sidecar = 5:44.0
| First_Rider_Sidecar = Eric Oliver
| First_Rider_Sidecar_Country = United Kingdom
| First_Passenger_Sidecar = Stanley Price
| First_Passenger_Sidecar_Country = United Kingdom
| First_Rider_Sidecar_Bike = Norton
| Second_Rider_Sidecar = Albino Milani
| Second_Rider_Sidecar_Country = Italy
| Second_Passenger_Sidecar = Giuseppe Pizzocri
| Second_Passenger_Sidecar_Country = Italy
| Second_Rider_Sidecar_Bike = Gilera
| Third_Rider_Sidecar = Cyril Smith
| Third_Rider_Sidecar_Country = United Kingdom
| Third_Passenger_Sidecar = Bob Clements
| Third_Passenger_Sidecar_Country = United Kingdom
| Third_Rider_Sidecar_Bike = Norton
|}}
The 1952 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 1952 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 6 July 1952 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
500 cc classification
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos ! Rider ! Manufacturer ! Laps ! Time ! Points |
| 1
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Umberto Masetti | Gilera | 15 | 1h 13m 40s | 8 |
|---|
| 2
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Geoff Duke | Norton | 15 | + 2s | 6 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|Southern Rhodesia}} Ray Amm | Norton | 15 | + 3s | 4 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Brett | AJS | | | 3 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Rod Coleman | AJS | | | 2 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Nello Pagani | Gilera | | | 1 |
| 7
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Auguste Goffin | Norton | | | |
| 8
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Robin Sherry | Norton | | | |
| 9
| {{flagicon|NLD}} Louis van Rijswijk | Norton | | | |
| 10
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Francis Basso | Norton | | | |
| 11
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Humphrey Ranson | Norton | | | |
| 12
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Edouard Texidor | Norton | | | |
| colspan=6| {{cite book | title=Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1953 | publisher=Temple Press Ltd | editor-last = Chamberlain | editor-first = Peter | page = 120}} |
350 cc classification
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos ! Rider ! Manufacturer ! Laps ! Time ! Points |
| 1
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Geoff Duke | Norton | 11 | 56m 57s | 8 |
|---|
| 2
| {{flagicon|Southern Rhodesia}} Ray Amm | Norton | 11 | + 7s | 6 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|IRL}} Reg Armstrong | Norton | 11 | + 44s | 4 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Brett | AJS | | | 3 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Lomas | AJS | | | 2 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Leslie Graham | | | 1 |
| 7
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Syd Lawton | AJS | | | |
| 8
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Auguste Goffin | Norton | | | |
| 9
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tommy Wood | Norton | | | |
| 10
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Ernie Ring | AJS | | | |
| 11
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Robin Sherry | Norton | | | |
| 12
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Hall | | | |
| 13
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Tony McAlpine | Norton | | | |
| 14
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Ken Mudford | AJS | | | |
| 15
| {{flagicon |
| AJS
|
|
|
|-
! 16
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Les Dear
| AJS
|
|
|
|-
! 17
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Jack Raffeld
| AJS
|
|
|
|-
! 18
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Francis Basso
| AJS
|
|
|
|-
! 19
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Robin Fitton
| Norton
|
|
|
|-
! 20
| {{flagicon|}} A. van Fleteren
| AJS
|
|
|
|-
! 21
| {{flagicon|NLD}} Lo Simons
|
|
|
|-
|}
Sidecar classification
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos ! Rider ! Passenger ! Manufacturer ! Laps ! Time ! Points |
| 1
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Eric Oliver | {{flagicon|GBR}} Stanley Price | Norton | 8 | 46m 53s | 8 |
|---|
| 2
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Albino Milani | {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Pizzocri | Gilera | 8 | + 1s | 6 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Cyril Smith | {{flagicon|FRG}} Bob Clements | Norton | 8 | + 17s | 4 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Ernesto Merlo | {{flagicon|ITA}} Dino Magri | Gilera | | | 3 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Marcel Masuy | {{flagicon|GBR}} Denis Jenkinson | Norton | | | 2 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jacques Drion | {{flagicon|GBR}} Bob Onslow | Norton | | | 1 |
| 7
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Frans Vanderschrick | {{flagicon|BEL}} Jean-Marie Stas | Norton | | | |
| 8
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Julien Deronne | {{flagicon|BEL}} Bruno Leys | Norton | | | |
| 9
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jackie Beeton | {{flagicon |
| Norton
|
|
|
|-
! 10
| {{flagicon|NLD}} Hank Steman
| {{flagicon|}} ?
| Norton
|
|
|
|-
! 11
| {{flagicon|GB}} Len Taylor
| {{flagicon|GB}} Peter Glover
| Norton
|
|
|
|-
! 12
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Hermann Böhm
| {{flagicon|}} ?
| Norton
|
|
|
|-
! 13
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Adhémar Maréchal
| {{flagicon|}} ?
| Norton
|
|
|
|-
! 14
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Loni Neussner
| {{flagicon|}} ?
| BMW
|
|
|
|-
! 15
| {{flagicon|BEL}} A. Winny
| {{flagicon|}} ?
| Norton
|
|
|
|-
! 16
| {{flagicon|BEL}} R. Rosvort
| {{flagicon|}} ?
| Norton
|
|
|
|-
! 17
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Luigi Marcelli
| {{flagicon|}} ?
| Gilera
|
|
|
|-
! 18
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Alphonse Vervroegen
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Pierre Vervroegen
| F.N.
|
|
|
|-
|}
References
{{reflist}}
{{MotoGP_race_report
| Name_of_race = Belgian Grand Prix
| Year_of_race = 1952
| Previous_race_in_season = 1952 Dutch TT
| Next_race_in_season = 1952 German Grand Prix
| Previous_year's_race = 1951 Belgian Grand Prix
| Next_year's_race = 1953 Belgian Grand Prix
}}