| Times held | 28 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 2591 |
| Total countries | 141 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 7 | 3 |
| 1906 | Road Race, Men | Intercalated | 24 | 10 |
| 1912 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 123 | 16 |
| 1920 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 46 | 12 |
| 1924 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 71 | 22 |
| 1928 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 75 | 21 |
| 1932 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 35 | 11 |
| 1936 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 99 | 28 |
| 1948 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 101 | 29 |
| 1952 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 111 | 30 |
| 1956 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 88 | 28 |
| 1960 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 142 | 42 |
| 1964 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 132 | 35 |
| 1968 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 144 | 44 |
| 1972 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 163 | 48 |
| 1976 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 134 | 40 |
| 1980 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 115 | 32 |
| 1984 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 135 | 43 |
| 1988 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 136 | 54 |
| 1992 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 154 | 61 |
| 1996 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 183 | 57 |
| 2000 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 154 | 41 |
| 2004 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 144 | 43 |
| 2008 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 143 | 55 |
| 2012 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 144 | 63 |
| 2016 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 144 | 63 |
| 2020 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 126 | 57 |
| 2024 | Road Race, Men | Olympic | 90 | 55 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | ITA |
6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| France | FRA |
4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| Belgium | BEL |
3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Sweden | SWE |
2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Soviet Union | URS |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Denmark | DEN |
1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Netherlands | NED |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Germany | GER |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Switzerland | SUI |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| South Africa | RSA |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| United States | USA |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| East Germany | GDR |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ecuador | ECU |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greece | GRE |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | ESP |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | GBR |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Poland | POL |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| West Germany | FRG |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Australia | AUS |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Canada | CAN |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Colombia | COL |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Portugal | POR |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway | NOR |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Latvia | LAT |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Slovenia | SLO |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandr Vinokurov | KAZ |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ercole Baldini | ITA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| José Beyaert | FRA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Armand Blanchonnet | FRA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fabio Casartelli | ITA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Robert Charpentier | FRA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alexi Grewal | USA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Henry Hansen | DEN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bernt Johansson | SWE |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Viktor Kapitonov | RUS URS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aristidis Konstantinidis | GRE |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hennie Kuiper | NED |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rudolph Lewis | RSA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Olaf Ludwig | GDR GER |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| André Noyelle | BEL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Attilio Pavesi | ITA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pascal Richard | SUI |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Harry Stenqvist | SWE |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sergey Sukhoruchenkov | RUS URS |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pierfranco Vianelli | ITA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mario Zanin | ITA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fernand Vast | FRA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan Ullrich | GER |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paolo Bettini | ITA |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Samuel Sánchez | ESP |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Van Avermaet | BEL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Remco Evenepoel | BEL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Richard Carapaz | ECU |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |