1964 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1964 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Paris, France
Date	(1964-09-08 - 1964-09-13)8–13 September 1964
Velodrome	Parc des Princes
Events	9
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The 1964 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Paris, France from 8 to 13 September 1964. ^[1] Nine events were contested, 7 for men (3 for professionals, 4 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

In the same period, the 1964 UCI Road World Championships were organized in Sallanches, France.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Antonio Maspes   Italy	Ron Baensch   Australia	Jos De Bakker   Belgium
Men's individual pursuit details	Ferdinand Bracke   Belgium	Leandro Faggin   Italy	Ercole Baldini   Italy
Men's motor-paced details	Guillermo Timoner Spain	Leo Proost   Belgium	Karl-Heinz Marsell   West Germany
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint details	Pierre Trentin   France	Daniel Morelon   France	Sergio Bianchetto   Italy
Men's individual pursuit details	Tiemen Groen   Netherlands	Herman Van Loo   Belgium	Jiří Daler   Czechoslovakia
Men's team pursuit details	West Germany Lothar Claesges Karl Link Karl-Heinz Henrichs Ernst Streng	Italy Attilio Benfatto Vincenzo Mantovani Carlo Rancati Franco Testa	Soviet Union Arnold Belgardt Leonid Kolumbet Stanislav Moskvin Sergey Tereshchenkov
Men's motor-paced details	Jacob Oudkerk   Netherlands	Jean Walschaerts   Belgium	Daniel Salmon   France [2]
Women's Events
Women's sprint details	Irina Kiritchenko Soviet Union	Galina Ermolaeva Soviet Union	Gisèle Caille   France
Women's individual pursuit details	Yvonne Reynders   Belgium	Beryl Burton   Great Britain	Aino Puronen Soviet Union

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Belgium  (BEL)	2	3	1	6
2	Netherlands  (NED)	2	0	0	2
3	Italy  (ITA)	1	2	2	5
4	France  (FRA)	1	1	2	4
	Soviet Union  (URS)	1	1	2	4
6	West Germany  (FRG)	1	0	1	2
7	Spain  (ESP)	1	0	0	1
8	Australia  (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain  (GBR)	0	1	0	1
10	Czechoslovakia  (TCH)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		9	9	9	27

See also

• 1964 UCI Road World Championships

References

1. World Championship Track Cycling 2014-1893
2. Selon certaines sources, Daniel Salmon est de nationalité Suisse. En vérité, il est bien Français, lauréat du « Merite Veldor », en 1965, et régulièrement présent sur le podium des Championnats de France de demi-fond amateur entre 1966 et 1969.