Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race

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Cycling – Men's individual road race
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Robert Charpentier, Guy Lapebie, Jean Goujon, Roger-Jean Le Nizerhy.jpg
The French team: Robert Charpentier, Guy Lapébie, Jean Goujon, Robert Dorgebray
Venue Avus North Curve, Berlin
Date10 August 1936
Competitors99 from 28 nations
Winning time2:33:05.0
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Robert Charpentier
Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Guy Lapébie
Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Ernst Nievergelt
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
  1896
1948  

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. [1] 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. [2] 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. [2] 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. [1]

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. [1] [3]

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Monday, 10 August 19368:00Final

Results

Some of the cyclists with unknown times may not have finished. [1]

RankCyclistNationalTime
Gold medal icon.svg Robert Charpentier Flag of France.svg  France 2:33:05.0
Silver medal icon.svg Guy Lapébie Flag of France.svg  France 2:33:05.2
Bronze medal icon.svg Ernst Nievergelt Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:33:05.8
4 Fritz Scheller Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany 2:33:06.0
Charles Holland Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:33:06.0
Robert Dorgebray Flag of France.svg  France 2:33:06.0
7 Pierino Favalli Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 2:33:06.2
8 Auguste Garrebeek Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:33:06.6
Armand Putzeyse Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:33:06.6
Talat Tunçalp Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg  Turkey 2:33:06.6
11 Edgar Buchwalder Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:33:07.0
12 Frode Sørensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:33:07.2
August Prosenik Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 2:33:07.2
14 Kurt Ott Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:33:07.6
15 Glauco Servadei Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 2:33:07.8
16 Tassy Johnson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:33:08.0
Virgilius Altmann Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:33:08.0
Hans Höfner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:33:08.0
Eugen Schnalek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:33:08.0
Jean-François Van Der Motte Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:33:08.0
Kanyo Dzhambazov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:33:08.0
Arne Petersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:33:08.0
Thor Porko Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:33:08.0
Jean Goujon Flag of France.svg  France 2:33:08.0
János Bognár Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 2:33:08.0
István Liszkay Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 2:33:08.0
Corrado Ardizzoni Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 2:33:08.0
Jacques Majerus Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2:33:08.0
Franz Neuens Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2:33:08.0
Nico van Gageldonk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:33:08.0
Wacław Starzyński Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 2:33:08.0
Stanisław Zieliński Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 2:33:08.0
Hennie Binneman Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 2:33:08.0
Gottlieb Weber Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:33:08.0
Arne Berg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:33:08.0
Josef Lošek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:33:08.0
Franc Gartner Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 2:33:08.0
39–94 Mārtiņš Mazūrs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:37:08.0
Arvīds Immermanis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:52:08.0
Aleksejs Jurjevs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:52:08.0
Jānis Vītols Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:52:08.0
Chris Wheeler Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Unknown
Karl Kühn Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Unknown
Jef Lowagie Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Unknown
Dertônio Ferrer Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil Unknown
José Magnani Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil Unknown
Hermógenes Netto Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil Unknown
Nikola Nenov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Unknown
Aleksandar Nikolov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Unknown
Gennadi Simov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Unknown
Lionel Coleman Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg  Canada Unknown
George Crompton Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg  Canada Unknown
Rusty Peden Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg  Canada Unknown
George Turner Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg  Canada Unknown
Jesús Chousal Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Unknown
Jorge Guerra Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Unknown
Rafael Montero Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Unknown
Manuel Riquelme Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Unknown
Knud Jacobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Unknown
Tage Møller Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Unknown
Tauno Lindgren Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Unknown
Jackie Bone Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Unknown
Willi Meurer Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany Unknown
Fritz Ruland Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany Unknown
Emil Schöpflin Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany Unknown
István Adorján Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary Unknown
Károly Nemes-Nótás Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary Unknown
Elio Bavutti Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy Unknown
Adolf Schreiber Flag of Liechtenstein (1921-1937).svg  Liechtenstein Unknown
Paul Frantz Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Unknown
Rudy Houtsch Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Unknown
René van Hove Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Unknown
George Giles Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Unknown
Manuel Bacigalupo Flag of Peru (1825-1950).svg  Peru Unknown
Gregorio Caloggero Flag of Peru (1825-1950).svg  Peru Unknown
José Mazzini Flag of Peru (1825-1950).svg  Peru Unknown
César Peñaranda Flag of Peru (1825-1950).svg  Peru Unknown
Mieczysław Kapiak Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Unknown
Wiktor Olecki Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Unknown
Ted Clayton Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa Unknown
Berndt Carlsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Unknown
Ingvar Ericsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Unknown
Vilém Jakl Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia Unknown
Hans Leutelt Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia Unknown
Miloslav Loos Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia Unknown
Kirkor Canbazyan Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg  Turkey Unknown
Kazım Bingen Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg  Turkey Unknown
Orhan Suda Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg  Turkey Unknown
Albert Byrd US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Unknown
Charles Morton US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Unknown
Paul Nixon US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Unknown
John Sinibaldi US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Unknown
Josip Pokupec Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia Unknown
Ivan Valant Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia Unknown
Bill Messer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNF
Alick Bevan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNF
Gerrit Schulte Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands DNF
Philippus Vethaak Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands DNF
Sven Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNF

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