1908 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1908 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Berlin (professionals) and Leipzig (amateurs), Germany
Date(s)	(1908-07-26 - 1908-08-02)26 July - 2 August 1908
Velodrome	Radrennbahn Steglitz Leipzig-Lindenau Radrennbahn
Events	4

The 1908 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Berlin for professionals and in Leipzig for amateurs in Germany from 26 July to 2 August 1908.^[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	Thorvald Ellegaard  Denmark	Gabriel Poulain  France	Charles-Louis Vanden Born  Belgium
Men's motor-paced details	Fritz Ryser  Switzerland	Eugenio Bruni  Italy	Arthur Vanderstuyft  Belgium
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint details	Victor Johnson  Great Britain	Benjamin Jones  Great Britain	Emile Demangel  France
Men's motor-paced details	Leon Meredith  Great Britain	Gustav Janke  Denmark	Léon Vanderstuyft  Belgium

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	0	3
2	Denmark (DEN)	1	1	0	2
3	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
4	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
5	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
6	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	3	3
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12

References

1. "Track Cycling World Championships 2014 to 1893". bikecult.com. Retrieved 21 November 2014.