1979 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1979 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date(s)	(1979)1979
Velodrome	Olympisch Stadion
Events	12

The 1979 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1979.^[1] Twelve events were contested, 10 for men (3 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Medal summary

Mattheus Pronk won the amateur motor-paced

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Kōichi Nakano  Japan	Dieter Berkmann  West Germany	Michel Vaarten  Belgium
Men's individual pursuit details	Bert Oosterbosch  Netherlands	Francesco Moser  Italy	Herman Ponsteen  Netherlands
Men's motor-paced details	Martin Venix  Netherlands	Wilfried Peffgen  West Germany	Cees Stam  Netherlands
Men's Amateur Events
Men's 1 km time trial details	Lothar Thoms  East Germany	Gordon Singleton  Canada	Eduard Rapp  Soviet Union
Men's sprint details	Lutz Hesslich  East Germany	Emanuel Raasch  East Germany	Christian Drescher  East Germany
Men's individual pursuit details	Nikolaï Makarov  Soviet Union	Maurizio Bidinost  Italy	Alain Bondue  France
Men's team pursuit details	East Germany Lutz Haueisen Gerald Mortag Axel Grosser Volker Winkler	Soviet Union Viktor Manakov Vassili Ehrlich Vladimir Osokin Vitali Petrakov	Italy Maurizio Bidinost Pierangelo Bincoletto Silvestro Milani Sandro Callari
Men's points race details	Igor Sláma  Czechoslovakia	Pierangelo Bincoletto  Italy	Urs Freuler  Switzerland
Men's motor-paced details	Mattheus Pronk  Netherlands	Guido Van Meel  Belgium	Gaby Minneboo  Netherlands
Men's tandem details	France Yavé Cahard Franck Depine	West Germany Dieter Giebken Fredy Schmidtke	Czechoslovakia Vladimír Vačkář Miloslav Vymazal
Women's Events
Women's sprint details	Galina Tsareva  Soviet Union	Truus van der Plaat  Netherlands	Sue Novara  United States
Women's individual pursuit details	Keetie van Oosten-Hage  Netherlands	Anna Riemersma  Netherlands	Luigina Bissoli  Italy

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	4	2	3	9
2	East Germany (GDR)	3	1	1	5
3	Soviet Union (URS)	2	1	1	4
4	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	1	2
	France (FRA)	1	0	1	2
6	Japan (JPN)	1	0	0	1
7	Italy (ITA)	0	3	2	5
8	West Germany (FRG)	0	3	0	3
9	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	1	2
10	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
11	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		12	12	12	36

See also

• 1979 UCI Road World Championships

References

1. World Championship Track Cycling 2014–1893