The men's individual road race cycling event at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place on 10 August over 100 km. Ninety-nine cyclists from 28 nations competed. This was the first time that the cycling road race was conducted as a mass start event since 1896 and was one of six cycling events at the 1936 Olympics. The men's team road race was held in conjunction with this event, with teams having four riders and the team time taken as sum of the team's three best finishers. The individual event was won by Robert Charpentier of France, with his teammate Guy Lapébie in second. Ernst Nievergelt of Switzerland took bronze. They were the first men's mass-start road race medals for both nations, which had not competed in 1896.
Background
This was the second appearance of the event, previously held in 1896; it would be held at every Summer Olympics after 1936. It replaced the individual time trial event that had been held from 1912 to 1932 (and which would be reintroduced alongside the road race in 1996). French cyclist Robert Charpentier was the runner-up in the 1935 UCI Road World Championships. Three-speed bikes were innovative at the time, with many riders adopting them.
Germany and Great Britain made their second appearances in the event; the other 26 nations competing in 1936 each made their debut.
Competition format and course
The race was on a course that covered 100 kilometres, starting and finishing at the North Curve of the Avus motor racing circuit. It followed "relatively flat roads," with elevation shifts limited to between 32 and 80 metres above sea level and the steepest grade at 46.1 metres per kilometre.Official Report, vol. 2, p. 932.
Schedule
Date Time Round Monday, 10 August 1936 8:00 Final
Results
Some of the cyclists with unknown times may not have finished.
Rank Cyclist National Time Robert Charpentier 2:33:05.0 Guy Lapébie 2:33:05.2 Ernst Nievergelt 2:33:05.84 Fritz Scheller 2:33:06.0 Charles Holland 2:33:06.0 Robert Dorgebray 2:33:06.0 7 Pierino Favalli 2:33:06.28 Auguste Garrebeek 2:33:06.6 Armand Putzeyse 2:33:06.6 Talat Tunçalp 2:33:06.6 11 Edgar Buchwalder 2:33:07.012 Frode Sørensen 2:33:07.2 August Prosenik 2:33:07.2 14 Kurt Ott 2:33:07.6 15 Glauco Servadei 2:33:07.816 Tassy Johnson 2:33:08.0 Virgilius Altmann 2:33:08.0 Hans Höfner 2:33:08.0 Eugen Schnalek 2:33:08.0 Jean-François Van Der Motte 2:33:08.0 Kanyo Dzhambazov 2:33:08.0 Arne Petersen 2:33:08.0 Thor Porko 2:33:08.0 Jean Goujon 2:33:08.0 János Bognár 2:33:08.0 István Liszkay 2:33:08.0 Corrado Ardizzoni 2:33:08.0 Jacques Majerus 2:33:08.0 Franz Neuens 2:33:08.0 Nico van Gageldonk 2:33:08.0 Wacław Starzyński 2:33:08.0 Stanisław Zieliński 2:33:08.0 Hennie Binneman 2:33:08.0 Gottlieb Weber 2:33:08.0 Arne Berg 2:33:08.0 Josef Lošek 2:33:08.0 Franc Gartner 2:33:08.0 39–94 Mārtiņš Mazūrs 2:37:08.0 Arvīds Immermanis 2:52:08.0 Aleksejs Jurjevs 2:52:08.0 Jānis Vītols 2:52:08.0 Chris Wheeler Unknown Karl Kühn Unknown Jef Lowagie Unknown Dertônio Ferrer Unknown José Magnani Unknown Hermógenes Netto Unknown Nikola Nenov Unknown Aleksandar Nikolov Unknown Gennadi Simov Unknown Lionel Coleman Unknown George Crompton Unknown Rusty Peden Unknown George Turner Unknown Jesús Chousal Unknown Jorge Guerra Unknown Rafael Montero Unknown Manuel Riquelme Unknown Knud Jacobsen Unknown Tage Møller Unknown Tauno Lindgren Unknown Jackie Bone Unknown Willi Meurer Unknown Fritz Ruland Unknown Emil Schöpflin Unknown István Adorján Unknown Károly Nemes-Nótás Unknown Elio Bavutti Unknown Adolf Schreiber Unknown Paul Frantz Unknown Rudy Houtsch Unknown René van Hove Unknown George Giles Unknown Manuel Bacigalupo Unknown Gregorio Caloggero Unknown José Mazzini Unknown César Peñaranda Unknown Mieczysław Kapiak Unknown Wiktor Olecki Unknown Ted Clayton Unknown Berndt Carlsson Unknown Ingvar Ericsson Unknown Vilém Jakl Unknown Hans Leutelt Unknown Miloslav Loos Unknown Kirkor Canbazyan Unknown Kazım Bingen Unknown Orhan Suda Unknown Albert Byrd Unknown Charles Morton Unknown Paul Nixon Unknown John Sinibaldi Unknown Josip Pokupec Unknown Ivan Valant Unknown — Bill Messer Alick Bevan Gerrit Schulte Philippus Vethaak Sven Johansson
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