1962 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1962 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Milan, Italy
Date(s)	(1962-08-24 - 1962-08-28)24–28 August 1962
Velodrome	Velodromo Vigorelli
Events	9

The 1962 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Milan, Italy from 24 to 28 August 1962.^[1] Nine events were contested, 7 for men (3 for professionals, 4 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Antonio Maspes  Italy	Sante Gaiardoni  Italy	Oscar Plattner  Switzerland
Men's individual pursuit details	Henk Nijdam  Netherlands	Leandro Faggin  Italy	Peter Post  Netherlands
Men's motor-paced details	Guillermo Timoner  Spain	Paul Depaepe  Belgium	Leo Wickihalder  Switzerland
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint details	Sergio Bianchetto  Italy	Giuseppe Beghetto  Italy	Pierre Trentin  France
Men's individual pursuit details	Kaj Jensen  Denmark	Herman Van Loo  Belgium	Jaap Oudkerk  Netherlands
Men's team pursuit details	West Germany Ehrenfried Rudolph Bernd Rohr Klaus May Lothar Claesges	Denmark Bent Hansen Preben Isaksson Kaj E. Jensen Kurt Vid Stein	Soviet Union Arnold Belgardt Leonid Kolumbet Stanislav Moskvin Viktor Romanov
Men's motor-paced details	Romain De Loof  Belgium	Hans Lauppi  Switzerland	Christian Giscos  France
Women's Events
Women's sprint details	Valentina Savina  Soviet Union	Irina Kirichenko  Soviet Union	Jean Dunn  Great Britain
Women's individual pursuit details	Beryl Burton  Great Britain	Yvonne Reynders  Belgium	Lidiya Tikhomirova  Soviet Union

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	2	3	0	5
2	Belgium (BEL)	1	3	0	4
3	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	2	4
4	Denmark (DEN)	1	1	0	2
5	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	2	3
6	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	1	2
7	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	0	1
9	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	2	3
10	France (FRA)	0	0	2	2
Totals (10 entries)		9	9	9	27

See also

• 1962 UCI Road World Championships

References

1. World Championship Track Cycling 2014-1893