Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Cycling at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venues	Avus motor road Berliner Sport-Club Stadium Deutschlandhalle
Date	6 –8 August 1936
Competitors	175 from 30 nations

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

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Road race, Individual details	Robert Charpentier (FRA)	Guy Lapébie (FRA)	Ernst Nievergelt (SUI)
Road race, Team details	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

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pursuit, team details	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 details	Toni Merkens (GER)	Arie van Vliet (NED)	Louis Chaillot (FRA)
Tandem details	Ernst Ihbe and Carl Lorenz (GER)	Bernhard Leene and Hendrik Ooms (NED)	Pierre Georget and Georges Maton (FRA)
1000m time trial details	Arie van Vliet (NED)	Pierre Georget (FRA)	Rudolf Karsch (GER)

Participating nations

175 cyclists from 30 nations competed.^[1]

Australia (3)  Austria (10)  Belgium (8)  Brazil (3)  Bulgaria (10)  Canada (6)  Chile (4)  Republic of China (1)  Czechoslovakia (4)  Denmark (11)

Finland (2)  France (8)  Germany (12)  Great Britain (11)  Hungary (8)  Italy (11)  Latvia (4)  Liechtenstein (1)  Luxembourg (4)  Netherlands (11)

New Zealand (1)  Norway (2)  Peru (4)  Poland (4)  South Africa (2)  Sweden (5)  Switzerland (11)  Turkey (4)  United States (6)  Yugoslavia (4)

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
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	6	18

References

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