1959 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1959 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date	(1959-08-08 - 1959-08-13)8–13 August 1959
Velodrome	Olympisch Stadion
Events	8
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The 1959 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands from 8 to 13 August 1959. ^[1] Eight events were contested, 6 for men (3 for professionals, 3 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

In the same period, the 1959 UCI Road World Championships were organized in Zandvoort, Netherlands.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Antonio Maspes   Italy	Michel Rousseau   France	Jan Derksen   Netherlands
Men's individual pursuit details	Roger Rivière   France	Albert Bouvet   France	Jean Brankart   Belgium
Men's motor-paced details	Guillermo Timoner Spain	Walter Bucher   Switzerland	Norbert Koch   Netherlands
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint details	Valentino Gasparella   Italy	Sante Gaiardoni   Italy	André Gruchet   France
Men's individual pursuit details	Rudi Altig   West Germany	Mario Vallotto   Italy	Willy Trepp   Switzerland
Men's motor-paced details	Arie van Houwelingen   Netherlands	Bernard Deconinck   France	Lothar Meister East Germany
Women's Events
Women's sprint details	Galina Ermolaeva Soviet Union	Valentina Maksimova Soviet Union	Jean Dunn   Great Britain
Women's individual pursuit details	Beryl Burton   Great Britain	Elsy Jacobs   Luxembourg	Lyudmilla Kochetova Soviet Union

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy  (ITA)	2	2	0	4
2	France  (FRA)	1	3	1	5
3	Soviet Union  (URS)	1	1	1	3
4	Netherlands  (NED)	1	0	2	3
5	Great Britain  (GBR)	1	0	1	2
6	Spain  (ESP)	1	0	0	1
	West Germany  (FRG)	1	0	0	1
8	Switzerland  (SUI)	0	1	1	2
9	Luxembourg  (LUX)	0	1	0	1
10	Belgium  (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	East Germany  (GDR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		8	8	8	24

See also

• 1959 UCI Road World Championships

References

1. World Championship Track Cycling 2014-1893