1972 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1972 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Marseille, France
Date	(1972)1972
Velodrome	Stade Vélodrome
Events	6
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The 1972 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Marseille, France, in 1972. ^[1] Due to the 1972 Summer Olympics only six events were contested, 4 for men (3 for professionals, 1 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

In the same period, the 1972 UCI Road World Championships were organized in Gap.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Robert Van Lancker   Belgium	Gordon Johnson   Australia	Giordano Turrini   Italy
Men's individual pursuit details	Hugh Porter   Great Britain	Ferdinand Bracke   Belgium	Dirk Baert   Belgium
Men's motor-paced details	Theo Verschueren   Belgium	Cees Stam   Netherlands	Dieter Kemper   West Germany
Men's Amateur Events
Men's motor-paced details	Horst Gnas   West Germany	Jean Breuer   West Germany	Gaby Minneboo   Netherlands
Women's Events
Women's sprint details	Galina Ermolaeva   Soviet Union	Wilhelmina Brinkhof   Netherlands	Sheila Young   United States
Women's individual pursuit details	Tamara Garkuchina   Soviet Union	Keetie Hage   Netherlands	Lyubov Zadorojnala   Soviet Union

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Belgium  (BEL)	2	1	1	4
2	Soviet Union  (URS)	2	0	1	3
3	West Germany  (FRG)	1	1	1	3
4	Great Britain  (GBR)	1	0	0	1
5	Netherlands  (NED)	0	3	1	4
6	Australia  (AUS)	0	1	0	1
7	Italy  (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	United States  (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		6	6	6	18

See also

• 1972 UCI Road World Championships

References

1. World Championship Track Cycling 2014-1893