1974 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1974 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date(s)	(1974)1974
Velodrome	Université de Montréal velodrome
Events	11

The 1974 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place between 14–20 August 1974 on a temporary wooden velodrome at the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[1] It was the first time in the event’s 75-year history that it was held outside of Europe.^[2] Eleven events were contested, 9 for men (3 for professionals, 6 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Peder Pedersen  Denmark	John Nicholson  Australia	Robert Van Lancker  Belgium
Men's individual pursuit details	Roy Schuiten  Netherlands	Ferdinand Bracke  Belgium	René Pijnen  Netherlands
Men's motor-paced details	Cees Stam  Netherlands	Theo Verschueren  Belgium	Attilio Benfatto  Italy
Men's Amateur Events
Men's 1 km time trial details	Eduard Rapp  Soviet Union	Ferruccio Ferro  Italy	Janusz Kierzkowski  Poland
Men's sprint details	Anton Tkáč  Czechoslovakia	Sergeï Kravtsov  Soviet Union	Giorgio Rossi  Italy
Men's individual pursuit details	Hans Lutz  West Germany	Orfeo Pizzoferrato  Italy	Thomas Huschke  East Germany
Men's team pursuit details	West Germany Günther Schumacher Peter Vonhof Hans Lutz Dietrich Thurau	East Germany Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Uwe Unterwalder Klaus-Jürgen Grünke	Czechoslovakia Jaromír Doležal Petr Kocek Michal Klasa Milan Puzrla
Men's motor-paced details	Jean Breuer  West Germany	Martin Venix  Netherlands	Miguel Espinos  Spain
Men's tandem details	Czechoslovakia Vladimír Vačkář Miloslav Vymazal	Soviet Union Viktor Kopylov Vladimir Semenets	Poland Benedykt Kocot Andrzej Bek
Women's Events
Women's sprint details	Tamara Piltsikova  Soviet Union	Sue Novara  United States	Galina Tsareva  Soviet Union
Women's individual pursuit details	Tamara Garkuchina  Soviet Union	Valentina Smirnova  Soviet Union	Keetie Hage  Netherlands

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	3	3	1	7
2	West Germany (FRG)	3	0	0	3
3	Netherlands (NED)	2	1	2	5
4	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2	0	1	3
5	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	0	1
6	Italy (ITA)	0	2	2	4
7	Belgium (BEL)	0	2	1	3
8	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	1	2
9	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
11	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
12	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		11	11	11	33

See also

• 1974 UCI Road World Championships

References

1. Hanson, George (14 August 1974). "World cycling events begin on 'miracle' track". The Montreal Star. p. C2. Retrieved 21 April 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
2. CP Staff (14 August 1974). "Metro cyclist says image a bad rap". The Toronto Star. The Canadian Press. p. C1. Retrieved 21 April 2024 – via Newspapers.com.