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1947 Gent - Wevelgem
Ghent - Wevelgem (English), Gand - Wevelgem (French)
9th edition, March 30, 1947
Gent - Wevelgem podium history | 1946 edition | 1948 edition
230 km / 34.07 km/hr
83 starters, 42 classified finishers
Maurice Desimpelaere winning 1947 Gent-Wevelgem on a military aviation strip
Complete Results:
| 1 | Maurice Desimpelaere (Alcyon-Dunlop) | 6hr 45min |
| 2 | René Beyens | s.t. |
| 3 | Lucien Vlaemynck | s.t. |
| 4 | Valère Ollivier | @ 2min 10sec |
| 5 | André Rosseel | s.t. |
| 6 | Achiel Buysse (Alcyon-Dunlop) | 2'45" |
| 7 | Roger Cnockaert | s.t. |
| 8 | Sylvain Grysolle | s.t. |
| 9 | Gino Bartali (Legnano) | s.t. |
| 10 | Emmanuel Thoma | s.t. |
| 11 | Briek Schotte (Alcyon-Dunlop) | s.t. |
| 12 | Sylvère Maes | s.t. |
| 13 | Louis Brusselmans | s.t. |
| 14 | Arthur Mommerency | s.t. |
| 15 | Norbert Callens | s.t. |
| 16 | Julien Van Dycke | s.t. |
| 17 | Richard Depoorter | s.t. |
| 18 | Maurice Van Der Elst | s.t. |
| 19 | Roger Gyselinck | s.t. |
| 20 | Maurice De Wannemaeker | s.t. |
| 21 | Omer Mommerency | s.t. |
| 22 | Marcel Ryckaert (Mercier-Hutchinson) | 6'40" |
| 23 | Emile Rogiers | 7'00" |
| 24 | Lucien Mathys | s.t. |
| 25 | Emile Masson Jr. | s.t. |
| 26 | Désiré Stadsbader | s.t. |
| 27 | Albert Decin | s.t. |
| 28 | Albert Descamps | s.t. |
| 28 | Emiel Faignaert (Dilecta) | s.t. |
| 30 | Gery Messelis | s.t. |
| 31 | Charles Terryn | s.t. |
| 32 | Léon De Groote | s.t. |
| 33 | Roger Dujardin | s.t. |
| 34 | Joseph Van Der Elst | s.t. |
| 34 | André Van Damme | s.t. |
| 34 | Jacques Geus | s.t. |
| 34 | Jean 'Bim' Diederich | s.t. |
| 34 | Omer Dhaenens | s.t. |
| 34 | Henri Delmuylle | s.t. |
| 34 | Raymond Careme | s.t. |
| 34 | Roger Cammu | s.t. |
| 42 | Albert Berton | s.t. |