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  Ronse | |
| Venue | Ronse, Belgium  |
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| Date(s) | 10–11 August 1963 |
| Coordinates | 50°45′N03°36′E / 50.750°N 3.600°E |
The 1963 UCI Road World Championships took place from 10 to 11 August 1963 in Ronse, Belgium.
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| Ronse | |
| Venue | Ronse, Belgium |
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| Date(s) | 10–11 August 1963 |
| Coordinates | 50°45′N03°36′E / 50.750°N 3.600°E |
The 1963 UCI Road World Championships took place from 10 to 11 August 1963 in Ronse, Belgium.
| Race: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze : | Time |
| Men | ||||||
| Men's road race | Benoni Beheyt Belgium | 7 h 25 min 26s | Rik Van Looy Belgium | m.t. | Jo de Haan  Netherlands | m.t. |
| Amateurs' road race | Flaviano Vicentini  Italy | - | Francis Bazire  France | - | Winfried Bölke  West Germany | - |
| Amateurs' team mountain race | France Michel Bechet Dominique Motte Marcel-Ernest Bidault Georges Chappe | – | Italy Mario Maino Pasquale Fabbri Danilo Grassi Dino Zandegù | – |  Soviet Union Viktor Kapitonov Gainan Saidschushin Yuri Melichov Anatoli Olizarenko | - |
| Women | ||||||
| Women's road race | Yvonne Reynders Belgium | - | Rosa Sels Belgium | - | Aino Puronen Soviet Union | - |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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