1979 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1979 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date	(1979-08-29 - 1979-09-02)29 August–2 September 1979
Velodrome	Olympisch Stadion
Events	12
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The 1979 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1979. Twelve events were contested, 10 for men (3 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women. ^[1]

In the same period, the 1979 UCI Road World Championships were organized in Valkenburg.

Medal summary

Mattheus Pronk won the amateur motor-paced

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Kōichi Nakano   Japan	Dieter Berkmann   West Germany	Michel Vaarten   Belgium
Men's individual pursuit details	Bert Oosterbosch   Netherlands	Francesco Moser   Italy	Herman Ponsteen   Netherlands
Men's motor-paced details	Martin Venix   Netherlands	Wilfried Peffgen   West Germany	Cees Stam   Netherlands
Men's Amateur Events
Men's 1 km time trial details	Lothar Thoms   East Germany	Gordon Singleton   Canada	Eduard Rapp   Soviet Union
Men's sprint details	Lutz Heßlich   East Germany	Emanuel Raasch   East Germany	Christian Drescher   East Germany
Men's individual pursuit details	Nikolaï Makarov   Soviet Union	Maurizio Bidinost   Italy	Alain Bondue   France
Men's team pursuit details	East Germany Lutz Haueisen Gerald Mortag Axel Grosser Volker Winkler	Soviet Union Viktor Manakov Vassili Ehrlich Vladimir Osokin Vitali Petrakov	Italy Maurizio Bidinost Pierangelo Bincoletto Silvestro Milani Sandro Callari
Men's points race details	Igor Sláma   Czechoslovakia	Pierangelo Bincoletto   Italy	Urs Freuler   Switzerland
Men's motor-paced details	Mattheus Pronk   Netherlands	Guido Van Meel   Belgium	Gaby Minneboo   Netherlands
Men's tandem details	France Yavé Cahard Franck Depine	West Germany Dieter Giebken Fredy Schmidtke	Czechoslovakia Vladimír Vačkář Miloslav Vymazal
Women's Events
Women's sprint details	Galina Tsareva   Soviet Union	Truus van der Plaat   Netherlands	Sue Novara   United States
Women's individual pursuit details	Keetie van Oosten-Hage   Netherlands	Anna Riemersma   Netherlands	Luigina Bissoli   Italy

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands  (NED)	4	2	3	9
2	East Germany  (GDR)	3	1	1	5
3	Soviet Union  (URS)	2	1	1	4
4	Czechoslovakia  (TCH)	1	0	1	2
	France  (FRA)	1	0	1	2
6	Japan  (JPN)	1	0	0	1
7	Italy  (ITA)	0	3	2	5
8	West Germany  (FRG)	0	3	0	3
9	Belgium  (BEL)	0	1	1	2
10	Canada  (CAN)	0	1	0	1
11	Switzerland  (SUI)	0	0	1	1
	United States  (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		12	12	12	36

See also

• 1979 UCI Road World Championships

References

1. World Championship Track Cycling 2014–1893