Gold Medallists in the Olympic Road Race

1896: Aristidis Konstantinidis (Greece)
1912: Rudolph "Okey" Lewis (South Africa)
1920: Erik Harry Stenqvist (Sweden)
1924: Armand Blanchonnet (France)
1928: Henry Hansen (Denmark)
1932: Attilio Pavesi (Italy)
1936: Robert Charpentier (France)
1948: José Beyaert (France)
1952: André Noelle (Belgium)
1956: Ercole Baldini (Italy) Giro GC winner, World Champion
1960: Viktor Arsenevich Kapitonov (USSR)
1964: Mario Zanin (Italy)
1968: Pierfranco Vianelli (Italy)
1972: Hennie Kuiper (Netherlands) World Champion
1976: Bernt Harry Johansson (Sweden)
1980: Sergei Nikolaevich Sukhoruchenkov (USSR)
1984: Alexi Singh Grewal (USA)
1988: Olaf Ludwig (Germany)
1992: Fabio Casartelli (Italy)
1996: Pascal Richard (Switzerland)
2000: Jan Ulrich (Germany) Tour and Vuelta GC winner
2004: Paolo Bettini (Italy) 2x World Champion
2008: Samuel Sánchez González (Spain)

2012: Alexandre Vinokourov (Kazakhstan)