Road race at the Olympics

The road race is one of two road bicycle racing events held at the Summer Olympics, the other being the time trial. The road race is a mass start, distinguished from the separate starts of the time trial. The men's road race was first held at the 1896, was not held again for 40 years, then has been held every Summer Games since the 1936 Summer Olympics. The women's event was first contested at the 1984 Summer Olympics, being the first women's cycling event (track events were added in 1988).

Road race
at the Olympic Games
The first road race winner, Aristidis Konstantinidis, in 1896
Overview
SportCycling
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 1896, 19362024
Women: 19842024
Reigning champion
Men Remco Evenepoel (BEL)
Women Kristen Faulkner (USA)

A team event, with the results of the individual event being used to place the teams, was held from 1936 to 1956 (4 times).

Medalists

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
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Aristidis Konstantinidis
  Greece
August von Gödrich
  Germany
Edward Battell
  Great Britain
1936 Berlin
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Robert Charpentier
  France
Guy Lapébie
  France
Ernst Nievergelt
  Switzerland
1948 London
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José Beyaert
  France
Gerrit Voorting
  Netherlands
Lode Wouters
  Belgium
1952 Helsinki
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André Noyelle
  Belgium
Robert Grondelaers
  Belgium
Edi Ziegler
  Germany
1956 Melbourne
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Ercole Baldini
  Italy
Arnaud Geyre
  France
Alan Jackson
  Great Britain
1960 Rome
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Viktor Kapitonov
  Soviet Union
Livio Trapè
  Italy
Willy Vanden Berghen
  Belgium
1964 Tokyo
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Mario Zanin
  Italy
Kjell Rodian
  Denmark
Walter Godefroot
  Belgium
1968 Mexico City
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Pierfranco Vianelli
  Italy
Leif Mortensen
  Denmark
Gösta Pettersson
  Sweden
1972 Munich
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Hennie Kuiper
  Netherlands
Clyde Sefton
  Australia
Not awarded
1976 Montreal
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Bernt Johansson
  Sweden
Giuseppe Martinelli
  Italy
Mieczysław Nowicki
  Poland
1980 Moscow
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Sergei Sukhoruchenkov
  Soviet Union
Czesław Lang
  Poland
Yuri Barinov
  Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles
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Alexi Grewal
  United States
Steve Bauer
  Canada
Dag Otto Lauritzen
  Norway
1988 Seoul
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Olaf Ludwig
  East Germany
Bernd Gröne
  West Germany
Christian Henn
  West Germany
1992 Barcelona
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Fabio Casartelli
  Italy
Erik Dekker
  Netherlands
Dainis Ozols
  Latvia
1996 Atlanta
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Pascal Richard
  Switzerland
Rolf Sørensen
  Denmark
Max Sciandri
  Great Britain
2000 Sydney
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Jan Ullrich
  Germany
Alexander Vinokourov
  Kazakhstan
Andreas Klöden
  Germany
2004 Athens
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Paolo Bettini
  Italy
Sérgio Paulinho
  Portugal
Axel Merckx
  Belgium
2008 Beijing
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Samuel Sánchez
  Spain
Fabian Cancellara
  Switzerland
Alexandr Kolobnev
  Russia
2012 London
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Alexander Vinokourov
  Kazakhstan
Rigoberto Urán
  Colombia
Alexander Kristoff
  Norway
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Greg Van Avermaet
  Belgium
Jakob Fuglsang
  Denmark
Rafał Majka
  Poland
2020 Tokyo
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Richard Carapaz
  Ecuador
Wout van Aert
  Belgium
Tadej Pogačar
  Slovenia
2024 Paris
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Remco Evenepoel
  Belgium
Valentin Madouas
  France
Christophe Laporte
  France

Multiple medalists

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Rank Cyclist Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Alexander Vinokourov   Kazakhstan (KAZ) 2000–2012 1 1 0 2

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Italy (ITA) 5 2 0 7
2   Belgium (BEL) 3 2 4 9
3   France (FRA) 2 3 1 6
4   Soviet Union (URS) 2 0 1 3
5   Netherlands (NED) 1 2 0 3
6   Germany (GER) 1 1 2 4
7   Switzerland (SUI) 1 1 1 3
8   Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1 1 0 2
9   Sweden (SWE) 1 0 1 2
10   East Germany (GDR) 1 0 0 1
  Greece (GRE) 1 0 0 1
  Spain (ESP) 1 0 0 1
  United States (USA) 1 0 0 1
  Ecuador (ECU) 1 0 0 1
15   Denmark (DEN) 0 4 0 4
16   Poland (POL) 0 1 2 3
17   West Germany (FRG) 0 1 1 2
18   Australia (AUS) 0 1 0 1
  Canada (CAN) 0 1 0 1
  Colombia (COL) 0 1 0 1
  Portugal (POR) 0 1 0 1
22   Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 3 3
23   Norway (NOR) 0 0 2 2
24   Latvia (LAT) 0 0 1 1
  Russia (RUS) 0 0 1 1
  Slovenia (SLO) 0 0 1 1

Women

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1984 Los Angeles
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Connie Carpenter
  United States
Rebecca Twigg
  United States
Sandra Schumacher
  West Germany
1988 Seoul
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Monique Knol
  Netherlands
Jutta Niehaus
  West Germany
Laima Zilporytė
  Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona
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Kathryn Watt
  Australia
Jeannie Longo
  France
Monique Knol
  Netherlands
1996 Atlanta
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Jeannie Longo
  France
Imelda Chiappa
  Italy
Clara Hughes
  Canada
2000 Sydney
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Leontien Zijlaard
  Netherlands
Hanka Kupfernagel
  Germany
Diana Žiliūtė
  Lithuania
2004 Athens
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Sara Carrigan
  Australia
Judith Arndt
  Germany
Olga Slyusareva
  Russia
2008 Beijing
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Nicole Cooke
  Great Britain
Emma Johansson
  Sweden
Tatiana Guderzo
  Italy
2012 London
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Marianne Vos
  Netherlands
Lizzie Armitstead
  Great Britain
Olga Zabelinskaya
  Russia
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Anna van der Breggen
  Netherlands
Emma Johansson
  Sweden
Elisa Longo Borghini
  Italy
2020 Tokyo
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Anna Kiesenhofer
  Austria
Annemiek van Vleuten
  Netherlands
Elisa Longo Borghini
  Italy
2024 Paris
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Kristen Faulkner
  United States
Marianne Vos
  Netherlands
Lotte Kopecky
  Belgium

Multiple medallists

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Rank Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Jeannie Longo   France (FRA) 1992–1996 1 1 0 2
Marianne Vos   Netherlands (NED) 2008–2024 1 1 0 2
3 Monique Knol   Netherlands (NED) 1988–1992 1 0 1 2
4 Emma Johansson   Sweden (SWE) 2008–2016 0 2 0 2
5 Elisa Longo Borghini   Italy (ITA) 2016–2020 0 0 2 2

Medallists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Netherlands (NED) 5 1 1 7
2   Australia (AUS) 2 0 0 2
3   United States (USA) 2 1 0 3
4   France (FRA) 1 1 0 2
  Great Britain (GBR) 1 1 0 2
6   Austria (AUT) 1 0 0 1
7   Germany (GER) 0 2 0 2
  Sweden (SWE) 0 2 0 2
9   Italy (ITA) 0 1 3 4
10   West Germany (FRG) 0 1 1 2
11   Russia (RUS) 0 0 2 2
12   Belgium (BEL) 0 0 1 1
  Canada (CAN) 0 0 1 1
  Lithuania (LTU) 0 0 1 1
  Soviet Union (URS) 0 0 1 1


Men's team

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A men's team event was held for four Games—1936, 1948, 1952, and 1956. It was not a separate competition, but an event that involved the results of the individual road race. The Belgian team, winners in 1948, were unaware that there was a team competition and left London without receiving their medals. For the first three editions of the event, the times of the fastest three cyclists (out of a maximum four individual competitors) for each nation were summed. In the final edition in 1956, a point-for-place system was used instead. In 1936 and 1948, only the top three cyclists for each team were awarded medals. In 1952 and 1956, all members of the team—including the cyclist whose score did not count—were medalists.

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1936 Berlin
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  France (FRA)
Robert Charpentier
Robert Dorgebray
Guy Lapébie
  Switzerland (SUI)
Edgar Buchwalder
Ernst Nievergelt
Kurt Ott
  Belgium (BEL)
Auguste Garrebeek
Armand Putzeyse
Jean-François Van Der Motte
1948 London
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  Belgium (BEL)
Lode Wouters
Leon De Lathouwer
Eugène Van Roosbroeck
  Great Britain (GBR)
Bob Maitland
Gordon Thomas
Ian Scott
  France (FRA)
José Beyaert
Alain Moineau
Jacques Dupont
1952 Helsinki
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  Belgium (BEL)
André Noyelle
Robert Grondelaers
Lucien Victor
Rik Van Looy
  Italy (ITA)
Dino Bruni
Vincenzo Zucconelli
Gianni Ghidini
Bruno Monti
  France (FRA)
Jacques Anquetil
Alfred Tonello
Claude Rouer
Roland Bezamat
1956 Melbourne
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  France (FRA)
Arnaud Geyre
Maurice Moucheraud
Michel Vermeulin
René Abadie
  Great Britain (GBR)
Alan Jackson
Arthur Brittain
William Holmes
Harold Reynolds
  United Team of Germany (EUA)
Horst Tüller
Gustav-Adolf Schur
Reinhold Pommer
Erich Hagen

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   France (FRA) 2 0 2 4
2   Belgium (BEL) 2 0 1 3
3   Great Britain (GBR) 0 2 0 2
4   Italy (ITA) 0 1 0 1
  Switzerland (SUI) 0 1 0 1
6   United Team of Germany (EUA) 0 0 1 1

Intercalated Games

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The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.[1]

Fernand Vast won the 1906 title, with France sweeping the medals as Maurice Bardonneau finished second and Edmond Luguet third.[2]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1906 Athens
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  Fernand Vast (FRA)   Maurice Bardonneau (FRA)   Edmond Luguet (FRA)

References

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  1. ^ 1906 Athina Summer Games. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 26 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Cycling: 1906 Intercalated Games Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2014.