The 1952 Motocross European Championship was the 1st edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.[1]
Since 1957 this championship has then become the current Motocross World Championship.[2]
It should not be confused with the European Motocross Championship, now organized by the FIM Europe, whose first edition was held in 1988.[3]
| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 1 |  Italian Grand Prix | Imola |  Auguste Mingels | Matchless | Report | ||
| 2 | August 3 | Belgian Grand Prix | Namur | Victor Leloup | Saroléa | Report | ||
| 3 | August 10 |  Luxembourg Grand Prix | Ettelbruck | Victor Leloup | Saroléa | Report | ||
| 4 | August 24 |  Swedish Grand Prix | Saxtorp | John Avery | BSA | Report | ||
| 5 | September 7 |  French Grand Prix | Montreuil | Victor Leloup | Saroléa | Report | ||
| 6 | September 13 | British Grand Prix | Nympsfield | Brian Stonebridge | Greeves | Report | ||
| Sources:[4] [5] | ||||||||
Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.[1]
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Machine | ITA | BEL | LUX | SWE | FRA | GBR | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victor Leloup | Saroléa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 28 | |||
| 2 | Auguste Mingels | Matchless | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | ||||||
| 3 | John Avery | BSA | 1 | 3 | 12 | |||||||
| 4 | Marcel Cox | Matchless | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | ||||||
| 5 | Nic Jansen | Saroléa | 3 | 2 | 10 | |||||||
| 6 | André Van Heuverzwijn | Saroléa | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |||||
| Brian Stonebridge | BSA | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 8 | Hans Danielsson | BSA | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| 9 | Basil Hall | BSA | 4 | 4 | 6 | |||||||
| Phil Nex | BSA | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| 11 | Frans Baudoin | Matchless | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| 12 | Marcel Meunier | FN | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| Derek Rickman | BSA | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| 14 | Fergus Andersson | Triumph | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 15 |  Bud Ekins | Matchless | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| 16 | Lennart Svensson | Triumph | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Harold Lines | Ariel | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bill Barrugh | Dot | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
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