Olympic Road Champions

Road events have been part of the Olympic Scene since 1896 when they were only open to Amateurs;
The Mens Team title (1912 - 1956) was based on each nation's top four Road Race placings;
Womens events were introduced in 1984;
Professional Men were allowed in 1996.

2004 Athens (GRE)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
224.4 km		 Paolo Bettini (ITA)
5:41:44 at 39.4 kph		 Sergio Paulinho (POR)
at :01		 Axel Merckx (BEL)
at :08
WOMENS ROAD RACE
118.8 km		 Sara Carrigan (AUS)
3:24:24 at 34.8 kph		 Judith Arndt (GER)
at :07		 Olga Slyusareva (RUS)
at :39
MENS ROAD TIME TRIAL
48 km		 Tyler Hamilton (USA)
57:31.74 at 50.06 kph
In Dispute		 Viacheslav Ekimov (RUS)
at :18.8		 Bobby Julich (USA)
at :26.4
WOMENS ROAD TIME TRIAL
24 km		 Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (NED)
31:11.53 at 46.1 kph		 Deirdre Demet-Barry (USA)
at :24.0		 Karin Thuerig (SUI)
at :43.3

2000 Sydney (AUS)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
240 km		 Jan Ullrich (GER)
5:29:08 at 43.7 kph		 Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)
at :09		 Andreas Kloden (GER)
at :12
WOMENS ROAD RACE
120 km		 Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (NED)
3:06:31 at kph		 Hanka Kupfernagel (GER)
at same time		 Diana Ziluté (LTU)
at same time
MENS ROAD TIME TRIAL
45.8 km		 Viacheslav Ekimov (RUS)
57:40 at kph		 Jan Ullrich (GER)
at :08		 Lance E. Armstrong (USA)
at :34
WOMENS ROAD TIME TRIAL
31.2 km		 Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (NED)
42:00 at kph		 Mari Holden (USA)
at :37		 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (FRA)
at :52

1996 Atlanta (USA)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
221 km		 Pascal Richard (SUI)
4:53:56 at 45 kph		 Rolf Sorensen (DEN)
at same time		 Max Sciandri (GBR)
at :02
WOMENS ROAD RACE
104 km		 Jeannie Longo (FRA)
2:36:13 at 40 kph		 Imelda Chiappa (ITA)
at :25		 Clara Hughes (CAN)
at :31
MENS ROAD TIME TRIAL
52 km		 Miguel Indurain (ESP)
1:04:05 at 48 kph		 Abraham Olano (ESP)
at :12		 Christopher Miles Boardman (GBR)
at :31
WOMENS ROAD TIME TRIAL
26 km		 Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS)
36:40 at 42 kph		 Jeannie Longo (FRA)
at :27		 Clara Hughes (CAN)
at :33

1992 Barcelona (ESP)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
194 km		 Fabio Casartelli (ITA)
4:35:21 at 42 kph		 Erik Dekker (NED)
at :01		 Dainis Ozols (LAT)
at :03
WOMENS ROAD RACE
81 km		 Kathryn Watt (AUS)
2:04:42 at 39 kph		 Jeannie Longo (FRA)
at :20		 Monica Knol (NED)
at :21
MENS ROAD TEAM TIME TRIAL
102 km		 GERMANY in 2:01:39 at 50 kph
Bernd Dittert
Christian Meyer
Uwe Peschel
Michael Rich		 ITALY at 1:00
Flavio Anastasia
Luca Colombo
Gianfranco Contri
Andrea Peron		 FRANCE at 3:46
Herve Boussard
Didier Faivre-Pierret
Philippe Gaumont
Jean-Louis Harel

1988 Seoul (KOR)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
196 km		 Olaf Ludwig (DDR)
4:32:22 at 43 kph		 Bernd Gröne (GER)
at :03		 Christian Henn (GER)
at :24
WOMENS ROAD RACE
82 km		 Monica Knol (NED)
2:00:52 at 41 kph		 Jutta Niehaus (GER)
at same time		 Lila Zilporite (URS)
at same time
MENS ROAD TEAM TIME TRIAL
100 km		 EAST GERMANY in 1:57:47 at 51 kph
Uwe Ampler
Mario Kummer
Maik Landsmann
Jan Schur		 POLAND at :07
Joachim Halupczok
Zenon Jaskula
Marek Lesniewski
Andrezej Sypytkowski		 SWEDEN at 2:00
Bjorn Johansson
Jan Karlsson
Michel Lafis
Anders Jarl

1984 Los Angeles (USA)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
190 km		 Alexi S. Grewal (USA)
4:35:21 at 38 kph		 Stephen Bauer (CAN)
at same time		 Dag-Otto Lauritzen (NOR)
at :21
WOMENS ROAD RACE
79 km		 Connie Carpenter (USA)
2:11:14 at 33 kph		 Rebecca Lynne Twigg (USA)
at same time		 Sandra Schumacher (GER)
at same time
MENS ROAD TEAM TIME TRIAL
100 km		 ITALY in 1:58:28 at 50 kph
Marcello Bartalini
Marco Giovannetti
Eros Poli
Claudio Vandelli		 SWITZERLAND at 4:10
Alfred Achermann
Richard Trinkler
Laurent Vial
Benno Wiss		 UNITED STATES at 4:18
Ronald Kiefel
Roy Knickman
Davis Phinney
Andrew Weaver

1980 Moscow (URS)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
189 km		 Sergei Soukhoroutchenkov (URS)
4:48:28 at 42 kph		 Czeslaw Lang (POL)
at 1:58		 Yuri Barinov (URS)
at 2:01
MENS TEAM TIME TRIAL
100 km		 SOVIET UNION in 2:01:21.7 at 49 kph
Yuri Kashirin
Oleg Logvin
Sergei Shelpakov
Anatoli Yarkin		 EAST GERMANY at 1:02
Falk Boden
Bernd Drogan
Olaf Ludwig
Hans-Joachim Hartnick		 CZECHOSLOVAKIA at 1:03
Michal Klasa
Vlastibor Konecny
Alipi Kostadinov
Jiri Skoda

1976 Montreal (CAN)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
175 km		 Bernt Johansson (SWE)
4:46:52 at 36 kph		 Giuseppe Martinelli (ITA)
at :31		 Mieczyslaw Nowicki (POL)
at :31
MENS TEAM TIME TRIAL
100 km		 SOVIET UNION in 2:08:53 at 46 kph
Anatoli Chukanov
Valeri Chaplygin
Vladimir Kaminski
Aavo Pikkuus		 POLAND at :20
Tadeusz Mytnik
Mieczyslaw Nowicki
Stanislaw Szozda
Ryszard Szurkowski		 DENMARK at 3:27
Verner Blaudzun
Gert Frank
Jorgen Hansen
Jorn Lund

1972 Munich (GER)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
182 km		 Hennie Kuiper (NED)
4:14:37 at 42 kph		 Kevin Clyde Sefton (AUS)
at :27 		[X] Jaime Huelamo (ESP)
at :27
MENS TEAM TIME TRIAL
100 km		 SOVIET UNION in 2:11:17.8 at 45 kph
Boris Shukhov
Valery Yardy
Gennadi Komnatov
Valery Likhachev		 POLAND at :30
Edward Barcik
Lucjan Lis
Stanislaw Szozda
Ryszard Szurkowski		 NETHERLANDS
[X]

1968 Mexico City (MEX)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
196 km		 Pierfranco Vianelli (ITA)
4:41:25.24 at 40 kph		 Leif Mortensen (DEN)
4:42:49.71A		 Gosta Pettersson (SWE)
4:43:15.24
MENS TEAM TIME TRIAL
101 km		 NETHERLANDS in 2:07:49.06 at 47 kph
Fedor Den Hertog
Jan Krekels
Rene Pijnen
Hendrik Joop Zoetmelk		 SWEDEN at 2:09:26.60
Gosta Pettersson
Erik Faglum-Petersson
Sture Faglum-Petersson
Tomas Faglum-Petersson		 ITALY at 2:10:18.74
Giovanni Bramucci
Vittorio Marcelli
Mauro Simonetti
Pierfranco Vianelli

1964 Tokyo (JPN)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
194 km		 Mario Zanin (ITA)
4:39:51.63 at 41 kph		 Kjell Rodian (DEN)
at same time		 Walter Godefroot (BEL)
at same time
MENS TEAM TIME TRIAL
109 km		 NETHERLANDS in 2:26:31.19 at 45 kph
Evert Dolman
Gerben Karstens
Johannes Aloysius Pieterse
Hubertus Balthazar Zoet		 ITALY at :24
Severino Andreoli
Luciano Dalla Bona
Pietro Guerra
Ferruccio Manza		 SWEDEN at :40
Gosta Pettersson
Erik Faglum-Petersson
Sture Faglum-Petersson
Sven Hamrin

1960 Rome (ITA)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
175 km		 Viktor Kapitonov (URS)
4:20:37 at 40 kph		 Livio Trape (ITA)
at same time		 Willy Van den Berghen (BEL)
at :20
MENS TEAM TIME TRIAL
100 km		 ITALY in 2:14:33.53 at 44 kph
Antonio Bailetti
Ottavio Cogliati
Giacomo Fornoni
Livio Trape		 UNIFIED GERMANY at 2:23
Egon Adler
Erich Hagen
Gunter Lorke
Gustav-Adolf Schur		 SOVIET UNION at 4:08
Viktor Kapitonov
Yevgeni Klevtsov
Yuri Melikhov
Aleksei Petrov

1956 Melbourne (AUS)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
187 km		 Ercole Baldini (ITA)
5:21:17 at 35 kph		 Arnaud Geyre (FRA)
at 1:59		 Alan Jackson (GBR)
at 1:59
MENS TEAM TOP-FOUR
187 km		 FRANCE
22 points		 GREAT BRITAIN
23 points		 GERMANY
27 points

1952 Helsinki (FIN)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
190 km		 Andre Noyelle (BEL)
5:06:03 at 37 kph		 Robert Grondelaers (BEL)
at :48		 Edi Ziegler (GER)
at 1:44
MENS TEAM TOP-FOUR
190 km		 BELGIUM
15:20:46		 ITALY
at 12:39		 FRANCE
at 18:12

1948 London (GBR)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
194 km		 Jose Beyaert (FRA)
5:18:12 at 37 kph		 Gerardus Voorting (NED)
at :04		 Lode Wouters (BEL)
at :04
MENS TEAM TOP-FOUR
194 km		 BELGIUM
15:58:17		 GREAT BRITAIN
at 5:14		 FRANCE
at 10:02

1936 Berlin (GER)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
100 km		 Robert Charpentier (FRA)
2:33:05 at 39 kph		 Guy Lapebie (FRA)
at same time		 Ernst Nievergelt (SUI)
at same time
MENS TEAM TOP-FOUR
100 km		 FRANCE
7:39:16		 SWITZERLAND
at :04		 BELGIUM
at :05

1932 Los Angeles (USA)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD TIME TRIAL
100 km		 Attilio Pavesi (ITA)
2:28:05.6 at 40 kph		 Gugielmo Segato (ITA)
at 1:16		 Bernhard Britz (SUI)
at 1:40
MENS TEAM TOP-FOUR
100 km		 ITALY
7:27:15		 DENMARK
at 11:35		 SWEDEN
at 11:57

1928 Amsterdam (NED)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD TIME TRIAL
168 km		 Henry Hansen (DEN)
4:47:18 at 39 kph		 Frank Southall (GBR)
4:55:06		 Gosta Carlsson (SWE)
5:00:17
MENS TEAM TOP-FOUR
168 km		 DENMARK
15:09:14		 GREAT BRITAIN
at 5:35		 SWEDEN
at 18:35

1924 Paris (FRA)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD TIME TRIAL
188 km		 Armand Blanchonnet (FRA)
6:20:48 at 29 kph		 Henri Hoevenaars (BEL)
at 9:39		 Rene Hamel (FRA)
at 10:03
MENS TEAM TOP-FOUR
188 km		 FRANCE
19:30:14 at 28 kph		 BELGIUM
19:46:55		 SWEDEN
19:59:41

1920 Antwerp (BEL)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD TIME TRIAL
175 km		 Harry Stenqvist (SWE)
4:40:01 at 38 kph		 Henry Kaltenbrun (SAF)
at 1:25		 Fernand Canteloube (FRA)
at 2:53
MENS TEAM TOP-FOUR
175 km		 FRANCE
19:16:43 at 36 kph		 SWEDEN
at 12:01		 BELGIUM
at 17:01

1912 Stockholm (SWE)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
TIME-SPEED 00:00.00 at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD TIME TRIAL
320 km		 Rudolf Lewis (SAF)
10:42:39 at 30 kph		 Fred Grubb (GBR)
at 8:35		 Carl Schutte (USA-GER)
at 9:59
MENS TEAM TOP-FOUR
320 km		 SWEDEN
44:35:33 at 28 kph		 GREAT BRITAIN
at 9:06		 UNITED STATES
at 12:22

1906 Athens (GRE)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
84 km		 Ferdinand Vast (FRA)
2:41:28 at 31 kph		 Maurice Bardonneau (FRA) Edmond Luget (FRA)

1896 Athens (GRE)
EVENT
Km		 Gold Medal (Nation)
Time at KpH		 Silver Medal (Nation)
Delay		 Bronze Medal (Nation)
Delay
MENS ROAD RACE
87 km		 Aristidis Konstantinides (GRE)
3:21:10 at 26 kph		 August Goedrich (GER)
at 10:04		 Edward Battel (GBR)
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