1946 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1946 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Zürich, Switzerland
Date(s)	(1946-08-24 - 1946-09-01)24 August - 1 September 1946
Velodrome	Oerlikon Velodrome
Events	5

The 1946 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Zürich, Switzerland, from 24 August to 1 September 1946.^[1] Five events for men were contested, 3 for professionals and 2 for amateurs.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Jan Derksen  Netherlands	Georges Senfftleben  France	Arie van Vliet  Netherlands
Men's individual pursuit details	Gerrit Peters  Netherlands	Roger Piel  France	Arne Werner Pedersen  Denmark
Men's motor-paced details	Elio Frosio  Italy	Jacques Besson  Switzerland	Louis Chaillot  France
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint details	Oscar Plattner  Switzerland	Axel Schandorff  Denmark	Cornelis Byster  Netherlands
Men's individual pursuit details	Roger Rioland  France	Børge Gissel  Denmark	Harald Janemar  Sweden

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	2	0	2	4
2	France (FRA)	1	2	1	4
3	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	0	2
4	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
5	Denmark (DEN)	0	2	1	3
6	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		5	5	5	15

See also

• 1946 UCI Road World Championships

References

1. World Championship Track Cycling 2014-1893