Time trial at the Olympics explained

The time trial is one of two road bicycle racing events held at the Summer Olympics, the other being the road race. The time trial has individual starts in intervals. The men's time trials was first held at the 1912, and then again in 1996 Summer Olympics after professional and amateur cycling made a resurgence in popularity. The women's event was first contested at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The women's individual time trial was introduced in 1996, and has been run ever since.^[1]

Medalists

Men

1912 Stockholm
1920 Antwerp
1924 Paris
1928 Amsterdam
1932 Los Angeles
1936–1992	not included in the Olympic program
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney			None awarded^[2]
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
2024 Paris

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Medalists by country after Summer Olympic Paris 2024

Women

1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing^[4]
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
2024 Paris

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Multiple medallists

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	align=left data-sort-value="Armstrong, Kristin"			2008–2016	3	0	0	3
2	align=left data-sort-value="van Moorsel, Leontien"			2000–2004	2	0	0	2
3	align=left data-sort-value="Longo, Jeannie"			1996–2000	0	1	1	2
4	align=left data-sort-value="Zabelinskaya, Olga"			2012-2016	0	1	1	2
5	align=left data-sort-value="Thürig, Karin"			2004–2008	0	0	2	2
6	align=left data-sort-value="van der Breggen, Anna"			2016-2020	0	0	2	2

Medallists by country

Medalists by country after Summer Olympic Paris 2024

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		3	2	1	8
2		3	0	2	5
3		1	1	1	3
4		1	0	0	1
5		0	2	0	2
6		0	1	2	3
7		0	1	1	2
8		0	1	0	1
9		0	0	1	1

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417083457/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/CYC/womens-individual-time-trial.html Sports Reference Olympics: women's individual time trial
2. 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.
3. Web site: Olympics Site Closed Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. 2021-07-25. www.sports-reference.com.
4. Web site: Women's road time trial results. Beijing Olympics official website.
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417073818/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/CYC/womens-sprint.html Sports Reference Olympics: Women's sprint