| Cycling at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |
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| Venues | Avus motor road Berliner Sport-Club Stadium Deutschlandhalle |
| Date | 6 –8 August 1936 |
| Competitors | 175 from 30 nations |
The cycling competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. [1]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Road race, Individual |  Robert Charpentier (FRA) | Guy Lapébie (FRA) |  Ernst Nievergelt (SUI) |
| Road race, Team | France (FRA) Robert Charpentier Robert Dorgebray Guy Lapébie | Switzerland (SUI) Edgar Buchwalder Ernst Nievergelt Kurt Ott |  Belgium (BEL)Auguste Garrebeek Armand Putzeys François Vandermotte |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Pursuit, team | France (FRA) Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy Robert Charpentier Jean Goujon Guy Lapébie |  Italy (ITA)Severino Rigoni Bianco Bianchi Mario Gentili Armando Latini |  Great Britain (GBR)Ernie Mills Harry Hill Ernest Johnson Charles King |
| Sprint |  Toni Merkens (GER) |  Arie van Vliet (NED) | Louis Chaillot (FRA) |
| Tandem | Ernst Ihbe and Carl Lorenz (GER) | Bernhard Leene and Hendrik Ooms (NED) | Pierre Georget and Georges Maton (FRA) |
| 1000m time trial | Arie van Vliet (NED) | Pierre Georget (FRA) | Rudolf Karsch (GER) |
175 cyclists from 30 nations competed. [1]
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | France (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
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