UCI Track Cycling World Championships

UCI Track Cycling World Championships
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
	Rainbow jersey track cycling
Status	Active
Genre	Track cycling
Frequency	Annually
Location(s)	Worldwide velodromes
Inaugurated	1893
Previous event	2023
Next event	2024
Organised by	UCI
	2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Last updated April 27, 2025

The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI's predecessor, the International Cycling Association (ICA).

History

World championships were first held in 1893, in Chicago, under the ICA. They were for amateurs. Separate professional races were held from 1895, in Cologne. Amateurs and professionals competed in separate events until 1993, after which they raced together in "open" races. Championships are open to riders selected by their national cycling association. They compete in the colours of their country.

The winner of ICA championships received a gold medal. The UCI awards a gold medal and a rainbow jersey to the winner. Silver and bronze medals are awarded to the second and third place contestants. World champions wear their rainbow jersey until the following year's championship, but they may wear it only in the type of event in which they won it. Former champions can wear rainbow cuffs to their everyday jerseys.

World track championships are allocated to different countries each year. They are run by that country's national cycling association, although the top referees (President of the Commissaire's panel – PCP, Secretary, Starter, and Judge Referee) are International Commissaires appointed by the UCI.

Venues

To take advantage of the best weather conditions and reduce the risk of weather-related program changes, the UCI has long organized track world championships in the summer. Until 1966, the competition must by regulation take place on an open-air velodrome. It was not until the 1969 edition, organized at the Antwerps Sportpaleis, that the first championship was held on an indoor velodrome. From 1987, the trend reversed and indoor velodromes took over. From 1987 to 1995, there were five world championships organized on an indoor velodrome. Colombia hosts in 1995 the last track world championship organized outdoor.

Hosts


Hosts	Editions hosted
France	17
Germany	14
Belgium	13
Italy	13
Denmark	11
United Kingdom	10
Netherlands	8
Switzerland	8
Spain	5
United States	4
Australia	3
Canada , Poland , Austria , Czechoslovakia , Colombia	2
Hong Kong , Belarus , Venezuela , Japan , Norway , Hungary , Uruguay	1

Championships

Number	Year	Country	City	Velodrome	Events
1	1893	United States	Chicago	South Side Park	3
2	1894	Belgium	Antwerp	Velodroom van Zurenborg	3
3	1895	Germany	Cologne	Riehler Radrennbahn	4
4	1896	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrupbanen	4
5	1897	United Kingdom	Glasgow	Celtic Park	4
6	1898	Austria	Vienna	Prater Park	4
7	1899	Canada	Montreal	Vélodrome de Queen's Park	4
8	1900	France	Paris	Parc des Princes	4
9	1901	Germany	Berlin	Radrennbahn Friedenau [ de ]	4
10	1902	Italy	Rome	Velodromo di Porta Salaria	4
10	1902	Germany	Berlin	Radrennbahn Friedenau [ de ]	4
11	1903	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrupbanen	4
12	1904	United Kingdom	London	Crystal Palace	4
13	1905	Belgium	Antwerp	Velodroom van Zurenborg	4
14	1906	Switzerland	Geneva	Vélodrome de la Jonction	4
15	1907	France	Paris	Parc des Princes	4
16	1908	Germany	Leipzig	Sportplatz Leipzig [ de ]	4
16	1908	Germany	Berlin	Radrennbahn Steglitz [ de ]	4
17	1909	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrupbanen	4
18	1910	Belgium	Brussels	Velodroom van Karreveld	4
19	1911	Italy	Rome	Motovelodromo Appio [ it ]	4
20	1912	United States	Newark	Newark Velodrome	3
21	1913	Germany	Berlin	Deutsches Stadion	4
21	1913	Germany	Leipzig	Sportplatz Leipzig [ de ]	4
22	1914	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrupbanen	1
1915–1919: not held due to World War I
23	1920	Belgium	Antwerp	The Garden City Velodrome	3
24	1921	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrupbanen	3
25	1922	United Kingdom	Liverpool	Liverpool Velodrome	3
25	1922	France	Paris	Parc des Princes	3
26	1923	Switzerland	Zürich	Oerlikon Velodrome	3
27	1924	France	Paris	Parc des Princes	3
28	1925	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Olympisch Stadion	3
29	1926	Italy	Milan	Velódromo Sempione	3
29	1926	Italy	Turin	Motovelodromo di Corso Casale [ it ]	3
30	1927	Germany	Cologne	Müngersdorfer Radrennbahn	3
30	1927	Germany	Elberfeld	Stadion am Zoo	3
31	1928	Hungary	Budapest	Millenáris Sporttelep	3
32	1929	Switzerland	Zürich	Oerlikon Velodrome	3
33	1930	Belgium	Brussels	Heysel Stadium	3
34	1931	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrupbanen	3
35	1932	Italy	Rome	Stadio Nazionale PNF	3
36	1933	France	Paris	Parc des Princes	3
37	1934	Germany	Leipzig	Sportplatz Leipzig [ de ]	3
38	1935	Belgium	Brussels	Heysel Stadium	3
39	1936	Switzerland	Zürich	Oerlikon Velodrome	3
40	1937	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrupbanen	3
41	1938	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Olympisch Stadion	3
42	1939	Italy	Milan	Velodromo Vigorelli ^[1]	2
1940–1945: not held due to World War II
43	1946	Switzerland	Zürich	Oerlikon Velodrome	5
44	1947	France	Paris	Parc des Princes	5
45	1948	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Olympisch Stadion	5
46	1949	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrupbanen	5
47	1950	Belgium	Rocourt	Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt	5
48	1951	Italy	Milan	Velodromo Vigorelli ^[1]	5
49	1952	France	Paris	Parc des Princes	5
50	1953	Switzerland	Zürich	Oerlikon Velodrome	5
51	1954	West Germany	Cologne	Müngersdorfer Stadion	5
51	1954	West Germany	Wuppertal	Stadion am Zoo	5
52	1955	Italy	Milan	Velodromo Vigorelli ^[1]	5
53	1956	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrupbanen	5
54	1957	Belgium	Rocourt	Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt	5
55	1958	France	Paris	Parc des Princes	8
56	1959	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Olympisch Stadion	8
57	1960	East Germany	Leipzig	Alfred-Rosch-Kampfbahn	8
57	1960	East Germany	Chemnitz	Chemnitz Velodrome	8
58	1961	Switzerland	Zürich	Oerlikon Velodrome	8
59	1962	Italy	Milan	Velodromo Vigorelli ^[1]	9
60	1963	Belgium	Rocourt	Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt	9
61	1964	France	Paris	Parc des Princes	9
62	1965	Spain	San Sebastián	Velódromo de Anoeta	9
63	1966	West Germany	Frankfurt	Waldstadion	11
64	1967	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Olympisch Stadion	11
65	1968	Italy	Rome	Olympic Velodrome	11
65	1968	Uruguay	Montevideo	Americo Ricaldoni	11
66	1969	Belgium	Antwerp	Sportpaleis	11
66	1969	Czechoslovakia	Brno	Brno Velodrome	11
67	1970	United Kingdom	Leicester	Saffron Lane Velodrome	11
68	1971	Italy	Varese	Luigi Ganna Velodrome	11
69	1972	France	Marseille	Stade Vélodrome	6
70	1973	Spain	San Sebastián	Velódromo de Anoeta	11
71	1974	Canada	Montreal	Le Stade du CEPSUM	11
72	1975	Belgium	Rocourt	Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt	11
73	1976	Italy	Monteroni di Lecce	Ulivi Velodrome	7
74	1977	Venezuela	San Cristóbal	José de Jesús Mora Figueroa Velodrome [ es ]	12
75	1978	West Germany	Munich	Radstadion	12
76	1979	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Velodrome Amsterdam [ nl ]	12
77	1980	France	Besançon	Stade Léo Lagrange	10
78	1981	Czechoslovakia	Brno	Brno Velodrome	14
79	1982	United Kingdom	Leicester	Saffron Lane Velodrome	14
80	1983	Switzerland	Zürich	Oerlikon Velodrome	14
81	1984	Spain	Barcelona	Velòdrom d'Horta	9
82	1985	Italy	Bassano del Grappa	Stadio Rino Mercante	14
83	1986	United States	Colorado Springs	7-Eleven USOTC Velodrome	14
84	1987	Austria	Vienna	Ferry-Dusika-Hallenstadion	14
85	1988	Belgium	Ghent	Vlaams Wielercentrum Eddy Merckx	9
86	1989	France	Lyon	Vélodrome Georges-Préveral [ fr ]	15
87	1990	Japan	Maebashi	Green Dome Maebashi	15
88	1991	Germany	Stuttgart	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	15
89	1992	Spain	Valencia	Luis Puig Velodrome	8
90	1993	Norway	Hamar	Vikingskipet Olympic Arena	11
91	1994	Italy	Palermo	Velodromo Paolo Borsellino	11
92	1995	Colombia	Bogotá	Luis Carlos Galán Velodrome	12
93	1996	United Kingdom	Manchester	Manchester Velodrome	12
94	1997	Australia	Perth	Perth SpeedDome	12
95	1998	France	Bordeaux	Vélodrome de Bordeaux	12
96	1999	Germany	Berlin	Velodrom	12
97	2000	United Kingdom	Manchester	Manchester Velodrome	12
98	2001	Belgium	Antwerp	Sportpaleis	12
99	2002	Denmark	Ballerup	Siemens Arena	15
100	2003	Germany	Stuttgart	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	15
101	2004	Australia	Melbourne	Melbourne Park Multi-Purpose Venue	15
102	2005	United States	Los Angeles	VELO Sports Center	15
103	2006	France	Bordeaux	Vélodrome de Bordeaux	15
104	2007	Spain	Palma de Mallorca	Palma Arena	17
105	2008	United Kingdom	Manchester	Manchester Velodrome	18
106	2009	Poland	Pruszków	BGŻ Arena	19
107	2010	Denmark	Ballerup	Ballerup Super Arena	19
108	2011	Netherlands	Apeldoorn	Omnisport Apeldoorn	19
109	2012	Australia	Melbourne	Melbourne Park Multi-Purpose Venue	19
110	2013	Belarus	Minsk	Minsk-Arena	19
111	2014	Colombia	Cali	Velódromo Alcides Nieto Patiño	19
112	2015	France	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines	Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines	19
113	2016	United Kingdom	London	Lee Valley VeloPark	19
114	2017	Hong Kong	Tseung Kwan O New Town	Hong Kong Velodrome	20
115	2018	Netherlands	Apeldoorn	Omnisport Apeldoorn	20
116	2019	Poland	Pruszków	BGŻ Arena	20
117	2020	Germany	Berlin	Velodrom	20
118	2021	France	Roubaix	Vélodrome Couvert Régional Jean-Stablinski [ fr ]	22
119	2022	France	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines	Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines	22
120	2023	United Kingdom	Glasgow	Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome	22
121	2024	Denmark	Ballerup	Ballerup Super Arena	22
122	2025	Chile	Santiago	Velódromo Peñalolén [ es ]
123	2026	China	Shanghai
124	2027	France	Haute Savoie
125	2028	TBA	TBA
126	2029	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi ^[2]
127	2030	Australia	Brisbane ^[3]	Anna Meares Velodrome

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2024 World Championships.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	148	123	134	405
2	Great Britain	120	91	83	294
3	Netherlands	117	107	95	319
4	Italy	90	97	106	293
5	Australia	87	101	79	267
6	Germany	86	80	95	261
7	Soviet Union	58	50	35	143
8	Belgium	56	59	56	171
9	United States	53	48	49	150
10	Denmark	36	42	38	116
11	East Germany	34	31	28	93
12	Switzerland	33	34	36	103
13	West Germany	29	31	30	90
14	Russia	24	23	28	75
15	Spain	20	22	16	58
16	New Zealand	17	25	28	70
17	Japan	16	16	19	51
18	Czechoslovakia	14	9	18	41
19	Belarus	14	2	8	24
20	Poland	9	7	9	25
21	Colombia	7	6	2	15
22	Canada	6	20	17	43
23	Austria	5	7	11	23
24	Hong Kong	5	2	4	11
25	China	4	15	12	31
26	Ukraine	4	7	3	14
27	Cuba	4	4	5	13
28	Czech Republic	3	5	7	15
29	Commonwealth Games Federation	3	2	3	8
30	Lithuania	2	8	11	21
31	Norway	2	3	5	10
32	Ireland	2	3	4	9
33	Mexico	1	7	4	12
34	Argentina	1	5	10	16
35	Malaysia	1	2	5	8
36	Portugal	1	2	3	6
37	South Africa	1	2	1	4
38	Individual Neutral Athletes	1	0	0	1
39	Russian Cycling Federation	0	2	4	6
40	Luxembourg	0	2	2	4
40	Trinidad and Tobago	0	2	2	4
42	Greece	0	1	2	3
43	Barbados	0	1	1	2
43	South Korea	0	1	1	2
45	Bohemia	0	1	0	1
	Israel	0	1	0	1
	Latvia	0	1	0	1
	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
49	Sweden	0	0	2	2
50	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Liechtenstein	0	0	1	1
Totals (52 entries)		1,114	1,111	1,114	3,339

Most successful athletes

Updated after the 2024 World Championships.

Men

No	Athlete	Nation				Total	Years	Events
1	Harrie Lavreysen	Netherlands	16	3	0	19	2017–2024	1 km time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint
2	Arnaud Tournant	France	14	3	2	19	1997–2008	1 km time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint
3	Chris Hoy	Great Britain	11	8	6	25	1999–2012	1 km time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint
4	Jeffrey Hoogland	Netherlands	10	10	0	20	2016–2024	1 km time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint
5	Florian Rousseau	France	10	2	4	16	1993–2002	1 km time trial, Sprint, Team sprint
6	Urs Freuler	Switzerland	10	0	5	15	1981–1989	Keirin, Points race, Team Pursuit
7	Koichi Nakano	Japan	10	0	0	10	1977–1986	Sprint
8	Cameron Meyer	Australia	9	4	2	15	2009–2018	Madison, Points race, Team Pursuit
9	Grégory Baugé	France	9	4	1	14	2006–2019	Sprint, Team sprint
10	Daniel Morelon	France	8	3	5	16	1964–1980	Keirin, Sprint, Tandem

Women

No	Athlete	Nation				Total	Years	Events
1	Anna Meares	Australia	11	10	6	26	2003–2015	500 m time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint
2	Kristina Vogel	Germany	11	1	4	16	2012–2018	Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint
3	Félicia Ballanger	France	10	1	0	11	1994–1999	500 m time trial, Sprint
4	Victoria Pendleton	Great Britain	9	5	2	16	2005–2012	500 m time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint
5	Kirsten Wild	Netherlands	9	4	5	18	2011–2021	Madison, Omnium, Points race, Scratch
6	Sarah Hammer	United States	8	5	2	15	2006–2017	Individual Pursuit, Omnium, Points race, Team Pursuit
7	Lea Friedrich	Germany	8	3	2	13	2020–2023	500 m time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint
8	Emma Hinze	Germany	8	1	2	11	2019–2023	500 m time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint
9	Natallia Tsylinskaya	Belarus	8	1	1	10	2000–2007	500 m time trial, Sprint
10	Chloé Dygert	United States	8	1	0	9	2016–2024	Individual Pursuit, Team Pursuit

Lavreysen, Freuler, Nakano and Ballanger won the most individual titles with ten each.

Results by event

References

Media related to UCI Track World Championships at Wikimedia Commons

1 2 3 4 Williams, Richard (21 March 2014). "Historic Vigorelli velodrome rescued by volunteers who fought off inertia". The Guardian . Retrieved 22 March 2014.
↑ "'It builds bridges and brings many opportunities': UCI announces deep partnership with the UAE for years to come". Cycling Weekly . 26 January 2024.
↑ "AOC welcomes news Brisbane will host UCI Track Cycling World Championship in 2030". Australian Olympic Committee . 30 September 2024.

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[graun-1] 1 2 3 4 Williams, Richard (21 March 2014). "Historic Vigorelli velodrome rescued by volunteers who fought off inertia". The Guardian . Retrieved 22 March 2014.

[2] "'It builds bridges and brings many opportunities': UCI announces deep partnership with the UAE for years to come". Cycling Weekly . 26 January 2024.

[3] "AOC welcomes news Brisbane will host UCI Track Cycling World Championship in 2030". Australian Olympic Committee . 30 September 2024.

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v t e UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Championships records
Years	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Countries	Argentina Australia Austria Belarus Belgium Brazil Canada Chile Chinese Taipei Colombia Cuba Denmark Finland Great Britain Greece Hong Kong Ireland Japan Kazakhstan Lithuania Malaysia Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Poland Portugal Russia Slovakia South Africa South Korea Spain Switzerland Trinidad and Tobago Ukraine United States Uzbekistan Venezuela ...

v t e Events at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Men's events	1 km time trial Individual pursuit Team pursuit Sprint Team sprint Keirin Scratch Points race Madison Omnium Elimination Motor-paced (defunct) Tandem (defunct)
Women's events	500 m time trial Individual pursuit Team pursuit Sprint Team sprint Keirin Scratch Points race Madison Omnium Elimination

v t e International cycling
Africa	CAC UCI Africa Tour African Games African Championships Road Track Mountain bike
Asia	ACC UCI Asia Tour Asian Games Asian Championships Road Track Mountain bike
America	COPACI UCI America Tour Pan American Games Pan-American Cycling Championships Road Track Cyclo-cross Mountain bike
Europe	UEC UCI Europe Tour European Championships: BMX Cyclo-cross Gravel Mountain bike Road Track
Oceania	OCC UCI Oceania Tour Oceania Championships Road Track Mountain bike
World	UCI UCI World Tour UCI ProSeries UCI Women's World Tour UCI Women's ProSeries World Championships UCI World Cups: Men's road Women's road Mountain bike Track Cyclo-cross BMX UCI World Series: Gran Fondo Gravel Olympics Youth Olympics Paralympics Arab Games Commonwealth Games Mediterranean Games World University Cycling Championship
Cyclists Teams Competitions Federations Achievements by nation

v t e Track cycling
Championships	World Championships Nations Cup World Cup World Ranking Para-World Championships Junior World Championships Asian Championships European Championships Pan American Championships British Championships
Other annual events	International Belgian Open Perth GP Revolution Series Six Day Series Track Champions League Olympic Track Cycling
Events	Individual pursuit Team pursuit Team sprint Sprint Track time trial Points race Madison Motor-paced racing Keirin Six-day racing Scratch race Omnium Elimination race Hour record recumbents
See also	World records Track bicycle Velodrome List of cycling tracks and velodromes