1954 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1954 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Cologne and Wuppertal, West Germany
Date(s)	(1954-08-27 - 1954-08-29)27–29 August 1954
Velodrome	Müngersdorfer Stadion Stadion am Zoo
Events	5

The 1954 UCI Track Cycling World Championships took place in Cologne, West Germany, at the Müngersdorfer Radrennbahn velodrome from August 28 to September 5, 1954. This was one of the annual world championship events organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), featuring track cycling disciplines.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Reg Harris  Great Britain	Arie van Vliet  Netherlands	Enzo Sacchi  Italy
Men's individual pursuit details	Guido Messina  Italy	Hugo Koblet  Switzerland	Lucien Gillen  Luxembourg
Men's motor-paced details	Adolph Verschueren  Belgium	Jan Pronk  Netherlands	Joe Bunker  Australia
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint details	Cyril Peacock  Great Britain	John Tressider  Australia	Georges Gaignard  France
Men's individual pursuit details	Leandro Faggin  Italy	Peter Brotherton  Great Britain	Norman Sheil  Great Britain

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	1	4
2	Italy (ITA)	2	0	1	3
3	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	0	1
4	Netherlands (NED)	0	2	0	2
5	Australia (AUS)	0	1	1	2
6	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
7	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		5	5	5	15

See also

• 1954 UCI Road World Championships

References