List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_cycling_(men)

List of Olympic medalists in cycling (men)

List of Olympic medalists in cycling (men)

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This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in cycling.

Current program

Road cycling

Road race, individual

The Olympic road race, one of the most iconic events at the Games is also one with the most turnover in medals. No rider has ever won two gold medals, and only one rider has won two medals; Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan, with a gold medal in London 2012, following a silver medal in Sydney 2000.

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Time trial, individual

The individual time trial has been held in two distinct periods; as an amateurs only race until 1932, followed by a long haitus before returning as an open event in 1996 to include elite professional riders. Two riders have won a pair of gold medals in the time trial, both in the professional era. Viatcheslav Ekimov, representing Russia and Fabian Cancellara for Switzerland. Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands, and Chris Froome of Great Britain have also won two medals each, though neither of them gold. Bradley Wiggins in 2012, is the only rider to win time trial gold, or any Olympic road racing gold, in the same year as winning the maillot jeune of the Tour de France.

Track cycling

Keirin

Madison

Omnium

Pursuit, team

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Sprint, individual

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Sprint, team

Introduced in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, the team sprint is effectively a 750-metre team time trial, with a rider peeling off at the end of each lap. since its introduction, the event has been dominated by Great Britain, with three wins from the six occasions on which the event was held, and two silver medals. Jason Kenny holds the record of three gold and one silver medal in the event, having been a part of the winning team on three consecutive occasions between 2008 and 2016. France, the first winners of the event in Sydney, are the only nation to have won a medal in every edition, with 1 gold, 2 silvers and 3 bronze medals.

Netherlands hold the Olympic record in the event of 41.469 seconds, set in the delayed Tokyo Olympic Games of 2020.

Mountain bike

Cross-country

BMX

Freestyle

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Racing

Discontinued events

Road cycling

Road race, team

Time trial, team

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Track cycling

Early Games (1896–1908)

During the first four Games of the Olympiad, track cycling events were held over various distances that were contested at one or two Games only.

50 km

Points race

Pursuit, individual

Tandem

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Time trial

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All-time medal table (Men's) 1896–Present

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References

  1. On 17 January 2013, Lance Armstrong was stripped of the bronze medal and disqualified by the International Olympic Committee for an anti-doping rule violation. They also decided not to award Spanish cyclist Abraham Olano the medal, as he had also tested positive for doping, back in 1998.
  2.  Netherlands were disqualified when Aad van den Hoek tested positive for coramine. The fourth-placed Belgian team were not awarded the bronze medal because they had not been tested for drugs.
  3. "Paris 1900 Cycling Track Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-02.

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