1978 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

1978 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

Venue	Washington, D.C.,   United States
Date(s)	(1978-08)August 1978
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The 1978 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships were the fourth annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Washington, D.C., United States in August 1978. ^[1] It was the first championship to be held outside Europe.

The Championships had five events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit, Team pursuit and 1 kilometre time trial.

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Events [2]
Sprint details	Sergei Kopylov   Soviet Union	Mich Hotzan   East Germany	Frank Micke   East Germany
Points race details	Kenny De Maerteleire   Belgium	Allan Peiper   Australia	Michael Marx   West Germany
Individual pursuit details	Alex Grosser   East Germany	Viktor Manakov   Soviet Union	Thomas Schnelle   East Germany
Kilo details	Frank Micke   East Germany	Sergei Kopylov   Soviet Union	Heinz Isler   Switzerland
Team pursuit details	Soviet Union Alexandre Krasnov Nikolai Manakov Viktor Manakov Ivan Mitchenko	West Germany Frank Enger Markus Intra Michael Maue Peter Stalla	East Germany Bernd Dittert Michael Koller Axel Grosser Thomas Schnelle

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

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

Source: ^[1]

References

1. World Junior Championships 1978 - Medal Table at the-sports.org
2. World Junior Championships - Results Men 1978 at the-sports.org