The men's individual road race cycling event at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place on 10 August over 100 km.

[2] The individual event was won by Robert Charpentier of France, with his teammate Guy Lapébie in second.

They were the first men's mass-start road race medals for both nations, which had not competed in 1896.

It replaced the individual time trial event that had been held from 1912 to 1932 (and which would be reintroduced alongside the road race in 1996).

French cyclist Robert Charpentier was the runner-up in the 1935 UCI Road World Championships.