Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Cycling
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venues
Road cycling Avus motor road
Track cycling Berliner Sport-Club Stadium
Dates 6 August – 8 August
Cyclists 175 from 30 countries
Top ranked countries
France: 3 1st  2 2nd  2 3rd  
Germany: 2 1st  0 2nd  1 3rd  
Netherlands: 1 1st  2 2nd  0 3rd  
« 1932 1948 »

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

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

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
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

References

  1. 1 2 "Cycling at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
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