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

Cycling – Men's individual road race
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue Avus North Curve, Berlin
Dates 10 August 1936
Competitors 99 from 28 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Robert Charpentier
 France
2nd, silver medalist(s) Guy Lapébie
 France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ernst Nievergelt
 Switzerland
← 1932
1948 →
1st, gold medalist(s) Robert Charpentier
 France
2nd, silver medalist(s) Guy Lapébie
 France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ernst Nievergelt
 Switzerland

The men's individual road race cycling event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place on 10 August over 100 km. This was the first time that the cycling road race was conducted as a mass start event 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.


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