1977 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

1977 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

Venue	Vienna,   Austria
Date	(1977-08)August 1977
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The 1977 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships were the third annual Junior World Championships for track cycling held in Vienna, Austria in August 1977. ^[1]

The Championships had five events for men only. The Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit and Team pursuit were carried forward from the previous edition, while the 1 kilometre time trial was held for the first time.

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's events [2]
Sprint details	Lutz Heßlich   East Germany	Sergei Kopylov   Soviet Union	Detlef Uibel   East Germany
Points race details	Miroslav Junec   Czechoslovakia	Rüdiger Leitlof   West Germany	Allan Peiper   Australia
Individual pursuit details	Hans-Joachim Pohl   East Germany	Thomas Schnelle   East Germany	Viatcheslav Soumarkov   Soviet Union
Team pursuit details	Thomas Schnelle Hans-Joachim Pohl Robby Gerlach Jürgen Kummer   East Germany	Christian Goldschagg Ralf Wicke Markus Intra Bodo Zehner   West Germany	Vlatcheslav Soumarokov Alexandre Krasnov Alexandre Moustavine Viktor Manakov   Soviet Union
Kilo details	Rainer Hönisch   East Germany	Miroslav Junec   Czechoslovakia	Heinz Isler   Switzerland

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Austria)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany  (GDR)	4	1	1	6
2	Czech Republic  (CZE)	1	1	0	2
3	West Germany  (FRG)	0	2	0	2
4	Soviet Union  (URS)	0	1	2	3
5	Australia  (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland  (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		5	5	5	15

Source: ^[1]

References

1. World Junior Championships 1977 - Medal Table at the-sports.org
2. World Junior Championships - Results Men 1977 at the-sports.org