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Road Race, Individual, Men

Date10 August 1936 — 8:00
StatusOlympic
LocationAvus-Nordschleife, Berlin
Participants99 from 28 countries
Format100 kilometre mass start race.

This was the first time that the cycling road race was conducted as a mass start event. The race started and at 8 AM at the North Curve of the Avus motor racing circuit, with the finish line drawn there as well. The course was an out-and-back one over relatively flat roads, and it was not difficult enough to break apart most of the peleton. There were a number of crashes during the race. Many riders used the innovative three-speed bikes, but several of the Peruvian riders had trouble controlling their bikes with these and caused at least one major crash. Some 40 riders sprinted for victory in the final metres, with France’s Robert Charpentier defeating his countryman Guy Lapébie by a bike length. They led the French team to an easy victory in the team road race. Behind them, the German officials had trouble placing the remaining cyclists, and a large group of cyclists was placed in 16th position. There was another large crash only a few yards from the finish line, which took down about 20 riders, several of whom could not finish.

Charpentier had been runner-up at the 1935 World Championships. He turned professional but with little success, and his career was interrupted by World War II. Lapébie fared better as a pro, finishing third in the 1948 Tour de France, and competing thru 1952. His older brother, Roger Lapébie, was a well-known pro, and won the 1937 Tour de France.

The 1936 Official Report does not list any riders as did not finish, but it appears several of the riders did not complete the course. We have been able to find information on some of these from other sources, but it is possible that some of the riders we list as having finished did not actually complete the course.

PosBibCompetitorNOCTime
1–Robert CharpentierFRA2-33:05.0Gold
2–Guy LapébieFRA2-33:05.2Silver
3–Ernst NievergeltSUI2-33:05.8Bronze
=4–Fritz SchellerGER2-33:06.0
=4–Charles HollandGBR2-33:06.0
=4–Robert DorgebrayFRA2-33:06.0
7–Pierino FavalliITA2-33:06.2
=8–Auguste GarrebeekBEL2-33:06.6
=8–Armand PutzeysBEL2-33:06.6
=8–Talat TunçalpTUR2-33:06.6
11–Edgar BuchwalderSUI2-33:07.0
=12–Frode SørensenDEN2-33:07.2
=12–August ProsenikYUG2-33:07.2
14–Kurt OttSUI2-33:07.6
15–Glauco ServadeiITA2-33:07.8
=16–Tassy JohnsonAUS2-33:08.0
=16–Virgilius AltmannAUT2-33:08.0
=16–Hans HöfnerAUT2-33:08.0
=16–Eugen SchnalekAUT2-33:08.0
=16–Jean-François Van Der MotteBEL2-33:08.0
=16–Kanyu DzhambazovBUL2-33:08.0
=16–Arne PetersenDEN2-33:08.0
=16–Thor PorkoFIN2-33:08.0
=16–Jean GoujonFRA2-33:08.0
=16–János BognárHUN2-33:08.0
=16–István LiszkayHUN2-33:08.0
=16–Corrado ArdizzoniITA2-33:08.0
=16–Jacques MajerusLUX2-33:08.0
=16–Franz NeuensLUX2-33:08.0
=16–Nico van GageldonkNED2-33:08.0
=16–Wacław StarzyńskiPOL2-33:08.0
=16–Stanisław ZielińskiPOL2-33:08.0
=16–Hennie BinnemanRSA2-33:08.0
=16–Gottlieb WeberSUI2-33:08.0
=16–Arne BergSWE2-33:08.0
=16–Josef LošekTCH2-33:08.0
=16–Franjo GartnerYUG2-33:08.0
AC–Mārtiņš MazūrsLAT2-37:08.0est
AC–Arvīds ImmermanisLAT2-52:08.0est
AC–Aleksejs JurjevsLAT2-52:08.0est
AC–Jānis VītolsLAT2-52:08.0est
AC–Chris WheelerAUSno time
AC–Karl KühnAUTno time
AC–Jef LowagieBELno time
AC–Ferrer DertônioBRAno time
AC–José MagnaniBRAno time
AC–Hermógenes NettoBRAno time
AC–Nikola NenovBULno time
AC–Aleksandar NikolovBULno time
AC–Gennadi SimovBULno time
AC–Lionel ColemanCANno time
AC–George CromptonCANno time
AC–Rusty PedenCANno time
AC–George TurnerCANno time
AC–Jesús ChousalCHIno time
AC–Jorge GuerraCHIno time
AC–Rafael MonteroCHIno time
AC–Manuel RiquelmeCHIno time
AC–Knud JacobsenDENno time
AC–Tage MøllerDENno time
AC–Tauno LindgrenFINno time
AC–Jackie BoneGBRno time
AC–Willi MeurerGERno time
AC–Fritz RulandGERno time
AC–Emil SchöpflinGERno time
AC–István AdorjánHUNno time
AC–Károly Nemes-NótásHUNno time
AC–Elio BavuttiITAno time
AC–Adolf SchreiberLIEno time
AC–Paul FrantzLUXno time
AC–Rudy HoutschLUXno time
AC–René van HoveNEDno time
AC–George GilesNZLno time
AC–Manuel BacigalupoPERno time
AC–Gregorio CaloggeroPERno time
AC–José MazziniPERno time
AC–César PeñarandaPERno time
AC–Mieczysław KapiakPOLno time
AC–Wiktor OleckiPOLno time
AC–Ted ClaytonRSAno time
AC–Berndt CarlssonSWEno time
AC–Ingvar EricssonSWEno time
AC–Vilém JaklTCHno time
AC–Hans LeuteltTCHno time
AC–Miloslav LoosTCHno time
AC–Kirkor CanbazyanTURno time
AC–Kazım BingenTURno time
AC–Orhan SudaTURno time
AC–Albert ByrdUSAno time
AC–Charles MortonUSAno time
AC–Paul NixonUSAno time
AC–John SinibaldiUSAno time
AC–Josip PokupecYUGno time
AC–Ivan ValantYUGno time
DNF–Bill MesserGBR–
DNF–Alick BevanGBR–
DNF–Gerrit SchulteNED–
DNF–Philippus VethaakNED–
DNF–Sven JohanssonSWE–
DNS–Nils AnderssonSWE–
DNS–Leif EkåsNOR–
DNS–Ferenc ElesHUN–
DNS–Gyula GereHUN–
DNS–Tolmino GiosITA–
DNS–Walter GrendaUSA–
DNS–Alf HollandGBR–
DNS–Karl HrabeAUT–
DNS–Rudolf HuberAUT–
DNS–Drago IvkovićYUG–
DNS–Aloïs KlenschLUX–
DNS–Nicolas KremerLUX–
DNS–Antonin KristufekTCH–
DNS–Voldemārs LassiLAT–
DNS–Walter LöberGER–
DNS–Diego MarabelliITA–
DNS–Georges NaisseFRA–
DNS–Einar NilsenDEN–
DNS–Willi OberbeckGER–
DNS–Alois RamešTCH–
DNS–Willem ReuterNED–
DNS–Jacob SaarloosNED–
DNS–Gabriel SarrisPER–
DNS–Eugeniusz TargońskiPOL–
DNS–Jekabs VilsonsLAT–
DNS–Karl WyssSUI–
DNS–Eyüp YilmazTUR–