diff --git a/addons/google_calendar/data/google_calendar_data.xml b/addons/google_calendar/data/google_calendar_data.xml
index 42b583cf7da..4fe2a9ee3e5 100644
--- a/addons/google_calendar/data/google_calendar_data.xml
+++ b/addons/google_calendar/data/google_calendar_data.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@
             <field name="name">Google Calendar: synchronization</field>
             <field name="model_id" ref="model_google_calendar"/>
             <field name="state">code</field>
-            <field name="code">model.synchronize_events_cron()</field>
+            <field name="code">
+# The context key 'last_sync_hours' allows specifying the minimum delay between consecutive syncs.
+# Indeed, in case there are many users / events to sync, the cron might time out. In this case, the
+# solution is to force the last_sync_hours to the expected synchronization interval expected. This
+# will avoid the synchronization of users that succeeded in the previous failing cron.
+model.synchronize_events_cron()
+            </field>
             <field name="user_id" ref="base.user_root" />
             <field name="interval_number">12</field>
             <field name="interval_type">hours</field>
@@ -13,4 +19,4 @@
             <field eval="False" name="doall" />
         </record>
     </data>
-</odoo>
\ No newline at end of file
+</odoo>
diff --git a/addons/google_calendar/models/google_calendar.py b/addons/google_calendar/models/google_calendar.py
index 528c5e61702..45c673986d1 100644
--- a/addons/google_calendar/models/google_calendar.py
+++ b/addons/google_calendar/models/google_calendar.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import pytz
 from werkzeug import urls
 
 from odoo import api, fields, models, tools, _
+from odoo.osv import expression
 from odoo.tools import exception_to_unicode
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -550,7 +551,15 @@ class GoogleCalendar(models.AbstractModel):
     @api.model
     def synchronize_events_cron(self):
         """ Call by the cron. """
-        users = self.env['res.users'].search([('google_calendar_last_sync_date', '!=', False)])
+        domain = [('google_calendar_last_sync_date', '!=', False)]
+        if self.env.context.get('last_sync_hours'):
+            last_sync_hours = self.env.context['last_sync_hours']
+            last_sync_date = datetime.now() - timedelta(hours=last_sync_hours)
+            domain = expression.AND([
+                domain,
+                [('google_calendar_last_sync_date', '<=', fields.Datetime.to_string(last_sync_date))]
+            ])
+        users = self.env['res.users'].search(domain, order='google_calendar_last_sync_date')
         _logger.info("Calendar Synchro - Started by cron")
 
         for user_to_sync in users.ids: