1899 ICA Track Cycling World Championships

1899 ICA Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date(s)	(1899-08-09 - 1899-08-11)9–11 August 1899
Velodrome	Vélodrome de Queen's Park
Events	4

The 1899 ICA Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 9 to 11 August 1899.^[1] Four events for men were contested, two for professionals and two for amateurs.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Major Taylor  United States	Tom Butler  United States	Gaston Courbe d'Outrelon  France
Men's motor-paced details	Harry Gibson  Canada	Hugh Mclean  United States	Ken Boake  United States
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint details	Thomas Summersgill  Great Britain	E. Peebody  United States	J. Caldow  Canada
Men's motor-paced details	John Nelson  United States	Robert Goodson  United States[2]	William Riddle  Canada

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	4	1	7
2	Canada (CAN)	1	0	2	3
3	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
4	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12

References

1. "Track Cycling World Championships 2014 to 1893". bikecult.com. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
2. Some sources say Australian