Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

The cycling competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only.[1]

Cycling
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenuesAvus motor road
Berliner Sport-Club Stadium
Date6 August – 8 August
Competitors175 from 30 nations

Medal summary

Road cycling

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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

Track cycling

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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)

Participating nations

175 cyclists from 30 nations competed.[1]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)3227
2 Germany (GER)2013
3 Netherlands (NED)1203
4 Switzerland (SUI)0112
5 Italy (ITA)0101
6 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Great Britain (GBR)0011
Totals (7 nations)66618

References

  1. "Cycling at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
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