The UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships are the world championships for track cycling where athletes with a physical disability compete, organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).
The Championships were earlier administered by the International Paralympic Committee. [1] [2] [3]
The 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2007 IPC World Championships combined track and road events. The UCI and the IPC organized the 2006 IPC Cycling World Championships. The first UCI Para-cycling World Championships took place in 2007. [1]
The UCI awards a gold medal and a rainbow jersey to the winner and silver and bronze medals to the second and third.
Updated after the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.
| Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 143 | 66 | 31 | 240 |
| 2 |  Australia (AUS) | 72 | 61 | 50 | 183 |
| 3 |  China (CHN) | 58 | 43 | 35 | 136 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) | 30 | 40 | 47 | 117 |
| 5 |  Netherlands (NED) | 23 | 27 | 25 | 75 |
| 6 |  Spain (ESP) | 22 | 32 | 36 | 90 |
| 7 |  France (FRA) | 19 | 11 | 16 | 46 |
| 8 |  Germany (GER) | 15 | 24 | 23 | 62 |
| 9 |  Canada (CAN) | 12 | 19 | 14 | 45 |
| 10 |  Slovakia (SVK) | 12 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
| 11 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 11 | 12 | 22 | 45 |
| 12 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 |
| 13 |  Japan (JPN) | 4 | 16 | 7 | 27 |
| 14 |  Belgium (BEL) | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| 15 |  Colombia (COL) | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 |
| 16 |  Poland (POL) | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 17 |  Argentina (ARG) | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 18 |  Russia (RUS) | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 |
| 19 |  Ireland (IRL) | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 |
| 20 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 21 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 22 |  Brazil (BRA) | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 23 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 24 |  Romania (ROU) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 25 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 26 |  South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 27 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 28 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 |  Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (30 entries) | 458 | 435 | 426 | 1319 | |
Source: [22]
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