1980 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

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1980 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships
Venue Mexico City, Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Date(s) (1980-08)August 1980

The 1980 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships were the sixth annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Mexico City, Mexico in August 1980. [1] It was the third successive championship to be held in the Americas.

Contents

The Championships had five events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit, Team pursuit and 1 kilometre time trial. Maic Malchow of East Germany and Dainis Liepiņš of the Soviet Union were the most successful cyclists, winning the sprint double and pursuit double respectively.

Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's events [2]
Sprint
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Maic Malchow
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Olaf Arndt
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
El Guilachvli
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Points race
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Uwe Messerschmidt
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Mat Lange
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
José Youshimatz
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Pursuit
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Dainis Liepiņš
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Mario Kummer
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Uwe Tromer
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Kilo
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Maic Malchow
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Andris Lotsmelis
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Rob Werner
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Team pursuit
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Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Andris Lotsmelis
Dainis Liepiņš
Martin Palis
Sergei Agupov
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Mario Kummer
Frank Kuhn
Uwe Tromer
Gerald Buder
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Pierce Hewitt
Gary Sadler
Darryl Webster
Anthony Mayer

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)2316
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)2114
3Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)1113
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)0011
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)*0011
Totals (5 entries)55515
Source: [1]

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