The 1921 UCI Road World Championships (the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale) took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 4 August 1921. It was the first official World Championships organized by the UCI. The championships were only for amateur men. Four men per nation could participate.

Events summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's events
Men's amateur road race details	Gunnar Sköld  Sweden	6 h. 18 min. 17 sec.	Willum Nielsen  Denmark	+ 4 min. 53 sec.	Charles Davey  Great Britain	+ 5 min. 28 sec.

Sweden won the nations classification (total time of the first four riders per nation) ahead of France and Italy.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
2	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
3	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

Results

The course was 190 km with the finish in Glostrup.^[1]

Place	Rider	Country	Time
1	Gunnar Sköld	Sweden	6 h. 18 min. 17 sec.
2	Willum Nielsen	Denmark	6 h. 23 min. 10 sec.
3	Charles Davey	Great Britain	6 h. 23 min. 45 sec.
4	Fernand Canteloube	France	6 h. 28 min. 9 sec. 4/5
5	Ragnar Malm	Sweden	6 h. 29 min. 24 sec.
6	Marcel Huot	France	6 h. 32 min. 0 sec.
7	Frederik Ahrensborg Clausen	Denmark	6 h. 36 min. 13 sec. 2/5
8	Algot Persson	Sweden	6 h. 39 min. 6 sec.
9	Marcel Gobillot	France	6 h. 39 min. 17 sec. 1/5
10	Henrik Morén	Sweden	6 h. 41 min. 15 sec.
11	Orla Larsen	Denmark	6 h. 44 min. 17 sec.
12	Dave Marsh	Great Britain	6 h. 45 min. 48 sec.
13	Jack Rossiter	Great Britain	6 h. 47 min. 29 sec.
14	Henri George	Belgium	+37'31"
15	Albert Cantou	France	+48'34"
16	Edmund Hansen	Denmark	+56'40"
17	Arie Krijgsman	(P-B)	+1h 17'04"