1960 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1960 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Leipzig and Chemnitz, East Germany
Date(s)	(1960-08-03 - 1960-08-14)3–14 August 1960
Velodrome	Alfred-Rosch-Kampfbahn Chemnitz Velodrome
Events	8

The 1960 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Leipzig and Chemnitz, East Germany from 3 to 14 August 1960.^[1] Eight events were contested, 6 for men (3 for professionals, 3 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Official stamp of the championships

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Antonio Maspes  Italy	Oscar Plattner  Switzerland	Jos De Bakker  Belgium
Men's individual pursuit details	Rudi Altig  West Germany	Willy Trepp  Switzerland	Ercole Baldini  Italy
Men's motor-paced details	Guillermo Timoner  Spain	Martin Wierstra  Netherlands	Norbert Koch  Netherlands
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint details	Sante Gaiardoni  Italy	Leo Sterckx  Belgium	David Handley  Great Britain
Men's individual pursuit details	Marcel Delattre  France	Henk Nijdam  Netherlands	Siegfried Köhler  East Germany
Men's motor-paced details	Georg Stoltze  East Germany	Siegfried Wustrow  East Germany	Henk Buis  Netherlands
Women's Events
Women's sprint details	Galina Ermolaeva  Soviet Union	Valentina Maksimova  Soviet Union	Jean Dunn  Great Britain
Women's individual pursuit details	Beryl Burton  Great Britain	Marie-Thérèse Naessens  Belgium	Lyubov Shogina  Soviet Union

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	2	0	1	3
2	East Germany (RDA)	1	1	1	3
	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	1	3
4	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	2	3
5	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	0	1
8	Netherlands (NED)	0	2	2	4
9	Belgium (BEL)	0	2	1	3
10	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	0	2
Totals (10 entries)		8	8	8	24

See also

• 1960 UCI Road World Championships

References

1. World Championship Track Cycling 2014-1893