Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial
| Men's road time trial at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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Winner Bradley Wiggins as he approached Bushy Park, 2 km from the finish line.
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| Venue | London and Surrey | ||||||||||||
| Date | 1 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 50:39.54 | ||||||||||||
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Bradley Wiggins |
 Great Britain
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Tony Martin |
 Germany
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Chris Froome |
Great Britain
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The men's road time trial, one of the cycling events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, took place on 1 August over a 44 km (27.3 mi) course in southwest London and Surrey.
Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain won the gold medal.
Each nation in the top 15 of the 2011 UCI World Tour, top 7 of the UCI Europe Tour, top 4 of the UCI America Tour, top 2 of the UCI Asia Tour and leaders of the UCI Oceania and Africa Tours qualified to have one rider in the race. In addition, ten nations gained an extra rider through the performance of their riders in the 2011 UCI World Time Trial Championships; these were Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, Australia, Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Denmark, Spain, Sweden and Canada. The United States were given an extra rider at the expense of Luxembourg, who were not represented in the race.
The defending champion in this discipline was Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland. He was expected to mount a strong challenge, but crashed heavily in the closing stages of the Olympic road race, initially putting his participation in the time trial in doubt. Scans revealed that he had avoided breaking his collarbone for the second time in the season, though, and he started in the time trial.
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