# UCI Road World Championships – Men's amateur road race

The UCI Road World Championships – Men's amateur road race was the annual world championship for amateurs for road bicycle racing in the discipline of a road race, organised by the world governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale. The event was first run in 1921.

## Medal winners

| Championships | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1921 | Gunnar Sköld | Willum Nielsen | Charles Davey |
| 1922 | David Marsh | Bill Burkill | Charles Davey |
| 1923 | Liberio Ferrario | Othmar Eichenberger | Georges Antenen |
| 1924 | André Leducq | Otto Lehner | Armand Blanchonnet |
| 1925 | Henri Hoevenaers | Marc Bocher | Gert van den Berg |
| 1926 | Octave Dayen | Jules Merviel | Pierre Polano |
| 1927 | Jean Aerts | Rudolf Wolke | Michele Orecchia |
| 1928 | Allegro Grandi | Michele Bara | Jean Aerts |
| 1929 | Pierino Bertolazzo | Remo Bertoni | René Brossy |
| 1930 | Giuseppe Martano | Eugenio Gestri | Rudolf Risch |
| 1931 | Henry Hansen | Giuseppe Olmo | Leo Nielsen |
| 1932 | Giuseppe Martano | Paul Egli | Paul Chocque |
| 1933 | Paul Egli | Kurt Stettler | Joseph Lowagie |
| 1934 | Kees Pellenaers | André Deforge | Paul André |
| 1935 | Ivo Mancini | Robert Charpentier | Werner Grundahl |
| 1936 | Edgar Buchwalder | Gottlieb Weber | Pierino Favalli |
| 1937 | Adolfo Leoni | Frode Sørensen | Fritz Scheller |
| 1938 | Hans Knecht | Josef Wagner | Joop Demmenie |
| No race due to World War II ||||
| 1946 | Henry Aubry | Ernest Stettler | Henri Van Kerkhove |
| 1947 | Alfio Ferrari | Silvio Pedroni | Gerard Van Beek |
| 1948 | Harry Snell | Liévin Lerno | Olle Wänlund |
| 1949 | Henk Faanhof | Henri Kaas | Hubert Vinken |
| 1950 | Jack Hoobin | Robert Varnajo | Alfio Ferrari |
| 1951 | Gianni Ghidini | Rino Benedetti | Jan Plantaz |
| 1952 | Luciano Ciancola | André Noyelle | Roger Ludwig |
| 1953 | Ricardo Filippi | Gastone Nencini | Rik Van Looy |
| 1954 | Emiel Van Cauter | Hans Andresen | Martin Van den Borgh |
| 1955 | Sante Ranucci | Lino Grassi | Dino Bruni |
| 1956 | Frans Mahn | Norbert Verougstraete | Jan Buis |
| 1957 | Louis Proost | Arnaldo Pambianco | Schalk Verhoef |
| 1958 | Gustav-Adolf Schur | Valère Paulissen | Henri De Wolf |
| 1959 | Gustav-Adolf Schur | Bastiaan Maliepaard | Constant Goosens |
| 1960 | Bernhard Eckstein | Gustav-Adolf Schur | Willy Vanden Berghen |
| 1961 | Jean Jourden | Henri Belena | Jacques Gestraut |
| 1962 | Renato Bongioni | Ole Ritter | Arie den Hartog |
| 1963 | Flaviano Vicentini | Francis Bazire | Winfried Bölke |
| 1964 | Eddy Merckx | Willy Planckaert | Gösta Pettersson |
| 1965 | Jacques Botherel | José Manuel Lasa | Battista Monti |
| 1966 | Evert Dolman | Les West | Willy Skibby |
| 1967 | Graham Webb | Claude Guyot | René Pijnen |
| 1968 | Vittorio Marcelli | Luis-Carlos Florès | Erik Pettersson |
| 1969 | Leif Mortensen | Jean-Pierre Monseré | Gustave Van Roosbroeck |
| 1970 | Jørgen Schmidt | Ludo Van der Linden | Tony Gakens |
| 1971 | Régis Ovion | Freddy Maertens | José Luis Viejo |
| 1972 | No race due to the Summer Olympics | No race due to the Summer Olympics | No race due to the Summer Olympics |
| 1973 | Ryszard Szurkowski | Stanisław Szozda | Bernard Bourreau |
| 1974 | Janusz Kowalski | Ryszard Szurkowski | Michel Kuhn |
| 1975 | André Gevers | Sven-Åke Nilsson | Roberto Ceruti |
| 1976 | No race due to the Summer Olympics | No race due to the Summer Olympics | No race due to the Summer Olympics |
| 1977 | Claudio Corti | Sergueï Morozov | Salvatore Maccali |
| 1978 | Gilbert Glaus | Krzysztof Sujka | Stefan Mutter |
| 1979 | Gianni Giacomini | Jan Jankiewicz | Bernd Drogan |
| 1980 | No race due to the Summer Olympics | No race due to the Summer Olympics | No race due to the Summer Olympics |
| 1981 | Andrei Vedernikov | Rudy Rogiers | Gilbert Glaus |
| 1982 | Bernd Drogan | Francis Vermaelen | Jorg Bruggmann |
| 1983 | Uwe Raab | Niki Rüttimann | Andrzej Serediuk |
| 1984 | No race due to the Summer Olympics | No race due to the Summer Olympics | No race due to the Summer Olympics |
| 1985 | Lech Piasecki | Johnny Weltz | Frank Van De Vijver |
| 1986 | Uwe Ampler | John Talen | Arjan Jagt |
| 1987 | Richard Vivien | Hartmut Bölts | Alex Pedersen |
| 1988 | No race due to the Summer Olympics | No race due to the Summer Olympics | No race due to the Summer Olympics |
| 1989 | Joachim Halupczok | Éric Pichon | Christophe Manin |
| 1990 | Mirco Gualdi | Roberto Caruso | Jean-Philippe Dojwa |
| 1991 | Viktor Rjaksinski | Davide Rebellin | Beat Zberg |
| 1992 | No race due to the Summer Olympics | No race due to the Summer Olympics | No race due to the Summer Olympics |
| 1993 | Jan Ullrich | Kaspars Ozers | Lubor Tesař |
| 1994 | Alex Pedersen | Milan Dvorščík | Christophe Mengin |
| 1995 | Danny Nelissen | Daniele Sgnaolin | Víctor Becerra |

### Medallists by nation

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 18 | 12 | 8 | 38 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 7 | 9 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NLD) | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 4 | East Germany (RDA) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Belgium (BEL) | 5 | 10 | 11 | 26 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 | Denmark (DEN) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 62 | 62 | 62 | 186 |