Road race at the Olympics
Road race at the Olympic Games | |
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![]() The first road race winner, Aristidis Konstantinidis, in 1896 | |
Overview | |
Sport | Cycling |
Gender | Men and women |
Years held | Men: 1896, 1936–2024 Women: 1984–2024 |
Reigning champion | |
Men | ![]() |
Women | ![]() |
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).
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
Men
Multiple medalists
Rank | Cyclist | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alexander Vinokourov | ![]() | 2000–2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Medalists by country
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
18 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
22 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
23 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
24 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Women
Multiple medallists
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jeannie Longo | ![]() | 1992–1996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Marianne Vos | ![]() | 2008–2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | Monique Knol | ![]() | 1988–1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Emma Johansson | ![]() | 2008–2016 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Elisa Longo Borghini | ![]() | 2016–2020 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Medallists by country
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Men's team
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 |
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1936 Berlin details | ![]() Robert Charpentier Robert Dorgebray Guy Lapébie | ![]() Edgar Buchwalder Ernst Nievergelt Kurt Ott | ![]() Auguste Garrebeek Armand Putzeyse Jean-François Van Der Motte |
1948 London details | ![]() Lode Wouters Leon De Lathouwer Eugène Van Roosbroeck | ![]() Bob Maitland Gordon Thomas Ian Scott | ![]() José Beyaert Alain Moineau Jacques Dupont |
1952 Helsinki details | ![]() André Noyelle Robert Grondelaers Lucien Victor Rik Van Looy | ![]() Dino Bruni Vincenzo Zucconelli Gianni Ghidini Bruno Monti | ![]() Jacques Anquetil Alfred Tonello Claude Rouer Roland Bezamat |
1956 Melbourne details | ![]() Arnaud Geyre Maurice Moucheraud Michel Vermeulin René Abadie | ![]() Alan Jackson Arthur Brittain William Holmes Harold Reynolds | ![]() Horst Tüller Gustav-Adolf Schur Reinhold Pommer Erich Hagen |
Medalists by country
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Intercalated Games
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 |
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1906 Athens details | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
References
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- 1896:
Aristidis Konstantinidis (GRE)
- 1936:
Robert Charpentier (FRA)
- 1948:
José Beyaert (FRA)
- 1952:
André Noyelle (BEL)
- 1956:
Ercole Baldini (ITA)
- 1960:
Viktor Kapitonov (URS)
- 1964:
Mario Zanin (ITA)
- 1968:
Pierfranco Vianelli (ITA)
- 1972:
Hennie Kuiper (NED)
- 1976:
Bernt Johansson (SWE)
- 1980:
Sergei Sukhoruchenkov (URS)
- 1984:
Alexi Grewal (USA)
- 1988:
Olaf Ludwig (GDR)
- 1992:
Fabio Casartelli (ITA)
- 1996:
Pascal Richard (SUI)
- 2000:
Jan Ullrich (GER)
- 2004:
Paolo Bettini (ITA)
- 2008:
Samuel Sánchez (ESP)
- 2012:
Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)
- 2016:
Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)
- 2020:
Richard Carapaz (ECU)
- 2024:
Remco Evenepoel (BEL)