| Male |
| 31 |
| 21th May 1985 |
| Isle of Man |
| Rod Ellingworth |
| 11 years 10 months |
| Despite winning a road world championships and three track world titles, 30 Tour de France stages and completing a full set of grand tour classification lead jerseys, this is Cavendish's first Olympic medal. He finished 9th in the Madison alongside Sir Bradley Wiggins in Beijing 2008 and 29th in the road race at London 2012. |