1980 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

1980 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

Venue	Mexico City,   Mexico
Date(s)	(1980-08)August 1980
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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.

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

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

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany  (GDR)	2	3	1	6
2	Soviet Union  (URS)	2	1	1	4
3	West Germany  (FRG)	1	1	1	3
4	Great Britain  (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Mexico  (MEX)*	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		5	5	5	15

Source: ^[1]

References

1. World Junior Championships 1980 - Medal Table at the-sports.org
2. World Junior Championships - Results Men 1980 at the-sports.org