List of world records in track cycling

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World records in the sport of track cycling are ratified by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Item 3.5.001 of the UCI regulations defines the events in which world records are recognized. [1]

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Men

Records recognized by the UCI

Key to tables:   Awaiting ratification  Not ratified or later rescinded by UCI

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlaceRef
Flying 200 m time trial
(progression)		9.088 Harrie Lavreysen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands7 August 2024 Olympic Games Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France [2]
Flying 500 m time trial
(progression)		24.564 Jeffrey Hoogland Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands31 October 2023 Aguascalientes, Mexico
Team sprint [lower-alpha 1]
(progression)		40.949 Jeffrey Hoogland
Harrie Lavreysen
Roy van den Berg 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands6 August 2024 Olympic Games Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France [3]
1 km time trial
(progression)		55.433 Jeffrey Hoogland Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands31 October 2023 Aguascalientes, Mexico [4]
4000 m individual pursuit
(progression)		3:59.153 Jonathan Milan Flag of Italy.svg Italy18 October 2024 World Championships Ballerup, Denmark [5]
4000 m team pursuit
(progression)		3:40.730 Oliver Bleddyn
Sam Welsford
Conor Leahy
Kelland O'Brien 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia6 August 2024 Olympic Games Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France [6]
Hour record
(progression)		56.792 km Filippo Ganna Flag of Italy.svg Italy8 October 2022 Grenchen, Switzerland [7]

World bests

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlaceRef
Flying 200m time trial
(sea level)		9.088 Harrie Lavreysen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands7 August 2024 Olympic Games Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France [2]
250 m time trial (standing start)16.949 Leigh Hoffman Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia12 October 2022 World Championships Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France [8]
250 m time trial (standing start)
(sea level)		16.949 Leigh Hoffman Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia12 October 2022 World Championships Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France [9]
1 km time trial (sea level)57.321 Harrie Lavreysen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands18 October 2024 World Championships Ballerup, Denmark [10]
1 km time trial tandem (sea level)58.038 Neil Fachie
Matt Rotherham 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain28 August 2021 Paralympic Games Izu, Japan [11]
1 km madison time trial 54.446 Ed Clancy
George Atkins 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain1 February 2014 Revolution Series Manchester, United Kingdom [12]
Team sprint (sea level) [lower-alpha 1] 40.949 Jeffrey Hoogland
Harrie Lavreysen
Roy van den Berg 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands6 August 2024 Olympic Games Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France [3]
4000 m individual pursuit (sea level)3:59.153 Jonathan Milan Flag of Italy.svg Italy18 October 2024 World Championships Ballerup, Denmark [5]
Hour record (sea level)56.792 km Filippo Ganna Flag of Italy.svg Italy8 October 2022 Grenchen, Switzerland [13]
Hour record
(UCI best human effort) [lower-alpha 2] 		56.792 km Filippo Ganna Flag of Italy.svg Italy8 October 2022 Grenchen, Switzerland [15]

Women

Records recognized by the UCI

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlaceRef
Flying 200m time trial
(progression)		10.029 Lea Friedrich Flag of Germany.svg Germany9 August 2024 Olympic Games Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France [16]
Flying 500m time trial
(progression)		27.063 Emma Hinze Flag of Germany.svg Germany17 August 2024 Berlin, Germany [17]
500 m time trial
(progression)		32.268 Jessica Salazar Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico7 October 2016 Pan American Championships Aguascalientes, Mexico [18]
Team sprint (750 m) [lower-alpha 1]
(progression)		45.186 Katy Marchant
Emma Finucane
Sophie Capewell 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain5 August 2024 Olympic Games Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France [19]
Team sprint (500 m) [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 3]
(progression)		31.804 Bao Shanju
Zhong Tianshi 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China2 August 2021 Olympic Games Izu, Japan [21]
3000m individual pursuit
(progression)		3:15.663 Chloé Dygert Flag of the United States.svg United States19 October 2024 World Championships Ballerup, Denmark [22]
4000m team pursuit
(progression)		4:04.242 Franziska Brauße
Lisa Brennauer
Lisa Klein
Mieke Kröger 		Flag of Germany.svg Germany3 August 2021 Olympic Games Izu, Japan [23]
Hour record
(progression)		50.267 km Vittoria Bussi Flag of Italy.svg Italy13 October 2023 Aguascalientes, Mexico [24]

World bests

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlaceRef
Flying 200m time trial
(sea level)		10.029 Lea Friedrich Flag of Germany.svg Germany9 August 2024 Olympic Games Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France [16]
250 m time trial
(standing start)		18.247 Bao Shanju Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China2 August 2021 Olympic Games Shizuoka, Japan [25]
500 m time trial
(sea level)		32.668 Emma Hinze Flag of Germany.svg Germany13 August 2022 European Championships Munich, Germany [26]
1 km time trial 1:06.144 Anastasiia Voinova Flag of Russia.svg Russia8 August 2019 Saint Petersburg, Russia
3000m individual pursuit
(sea level)		3:15.663 Chloé Dygert Flag of the United States.svg United States19 October 2024 World Championships Ballerup, Denmark [22]
3000m team pursuit [lower-alpha 4]
(progression)		3:14.051 Dani King
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain4 August 2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom [29]
Hour record
(sea level)		49.254 km Ellen van Dijk Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands23 May 2022 Grenchen, Switzerland [30]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Recognised on 250m tracks only. [1]
  2. ↑ Left dormant when the unified hour record was established in 2014. [14]
  3. ↑ After the 2020 Olympic Games, the 2 rider format was replaced by a 3 rider format. [20]
  4. ↑ After the 2013 World Championships, the 3000m / 3 rider format was replaced by a 4000m / 4 rider format. [27] A number of performances in the new format have posted faster intermediate times at the 3000 m mark, up to 3:05.356 min at the 2020 Olympic finals. [28]

See also

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