The women's UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the world championship events for track cycling and are administered by the Union Cycliste Internationale, the governing body for sport cycling worldwide. The world championships are held annually at various locations around the world. Track cycling is a velodrome event. The events are described below. Track bicycles differ from those used in bicycle road racing principally by have no brakes and only a single gear.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 1994 Palermo, Italy | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprints | Galina Enioukhina | Russia | Félicia Ballanger | France | Oksana Grishina | Russia |
| 3 km Pursuit | Marion Clignet | France | Svetlana Samokhvalova | Russia | Janie Eickhoff | United States |
| Points race | Ingrid Haringa | Netherlands | Svetlana Samokhvalova | Russia | Ludmilla Gorojanskaja | Belarus |
| 1993 Hamar, Norway | ||||||
| Sprints | Tanya Dubnicoff | Canada | Ingrid Haringa | Netherlands | Nathalie Even | France |
| 3 km Pursuit | Rebecca Twigg | United States | Marion Clignet | France | Janie Eickhoff | United States |
| Points race | Ingrid Haringa | Netherlands | Svetlana Samokhvalova | Russia | Jessica Grieco | United States |
| 1992 Barcelona, Spain (Olympic Games) | ||||||
| Sprints | Erika Salumäe | Estonia | Annette Neumann | Germany | Ingrid Haringa | Netherlands |
| 3 km Pursuit | Petra Rossner | Germany | Kathy Watt | Australia | Rebecca Twigg | United States |
| 1992 Valencia, Spain | ||||||
| Points race | Ingrid Haringa | Netherlands | Barbara Ganz | Switzerland | Janie Eickhoff | United States |
| 1991 Stuttgart, Germany | ||||||
| Sprints | Ingrid Haringa | Netherlands | Annette Neumann | Germany | Connie Paraskevin | United States |
| 3 km Pursuit | Petra Rossner | Germany | Janie Eickhoff | United States | Marion Clignet | France |
| Points race | Ingrid Haringa | Netherlands | Kristel Werckx | Belgium | Janie Eickhoff | United States |
| 1990 Maebashi City, Japan | ||||||
| Sprints | Connie Paraskevin-Young | United States | Renee Duprel | United States | Rita Razmaite | Soviet Union |
| 3 km Pursuit | Leontien van Moorsel | Netherlands | Madonna Harris | New Zealand | Barbara Ganz | Switzerland |
| Points race | Karen Holliday | New Zealand | Svetlana Samokhvalova | Soviet Union | Kristel Werck | Belgium |
| 1989 Lyon, France | ||||||
| Sprints | Erika Salumäe | Soviet Union | Galina Enioukhina | Soviet Union | Isabelle Gautheron | France |
| 3 km Pursuit | Jeannie Longo | France | Petra Rossner | East Germany | Barbara Ganz | Switzerland |
| Points race | Jeannie Longo | France | Barbara Ganz | Switzerland | Janie Eickhoff | United States |
| 1988 Seoul, Korea (Olympic Games) | ||||||
| Sprints | Erika Salumäe | Soviet Union | Christa Rothenburger | East Germany | Connie Paraskevin-Young | United States |
| 1988 Ghent, Belgium | ||||||
| 3 km Pursuit | Jeannie Longo | France | Barbara Ganz | Switzerland | Mel. Mayfield | United States |
| Points race | Sally Hodge | United Kingdom | Barbara Ganz | Switzerland | Monica De Bruijn | Netherlands |
| 1987 Vienna, Austria | ||||||
| Sprints | Erika Salumäe | Soviet Union | Christa Luding-Rothenburger | East Germany | Connie Paraskevin | United States |
| 3 km Pursuit | Rebecca Twigg | United States | Jeannie Longo | France | Melissa Mayfield | United States |
| 1986 Colorado Springs, United States | ||||||
| Sprints | Christa Luding-Rothenburger | East Germany | Erika Salumäe | Soviet Union | Connie Paraskevin | United States |
| 3 km Pursuit | Jeannie Longo | France | Rebecca Twigg | United States | Barbara Ganz | Switzerland |
| 1985 Bassano, Italy | ||||||
| Sprints | Isabelle Nicoloso | France | Connie Paraskevin | United States | Krushelnitskaia | Soviet Union |
| 3 km Pursuit | Rebecca Twigg | United States | Jeannie Longo | France | Marg. Maass | West Germany |
| 1984 Barcelona, Spain | ||||||
| Sprints | Connie Paraskevin | United States | Erika Salumäe | Soviet Union | Syuine Zhou | China |
| 3 km Pursuit | Rebecca Twigg | United States | Jeannie Longo | France | Rosa Galbiati | Italy |
| 1983 Zurich, Switzerland | ||||||
| Sprints | Connie Paraskevin | United States | Claudia Lommatzsch | West Germany | Isabelle Nicoloso | France |
| 3 km Pursuit | Connie Carpenter | United States | Cynthia Olavarri | United States | Jeannie Longo | France |
| 1982 Leicester, England | ||||||
| Sprints | Connie Paraskevin | United States | Sheila Young | United States | Claudia Lommatzsch | West Germany |
| 3 km Pursuit | Rebecca Twigg | United States | Connie Carpenter | United States | Jeannie Longo | France |
| 1981 Brno, Czechoslovakia | ||||||
| Sprints | Sheila Young | United States | Claudine Vierstraete | Belgium | Claudia Lommatzsch | West Germany |
| 3 km Pursuit | Nedega Kibardina | Soviet Union | T. Poliakova | Soviet Union | Jeannie Longo | France |
| 1980 Besancon, France | ||||||
| Sprints | Sue Novara | United States | Galina Tsareva | Soviet Union | Claudia Lommatzsch | West Germany |
| 3 km Pursuit | Nedega Kibardina | Soviet Union | Karen Strong | Canada | Petra de Bruin | Netherlands |
| 1979 Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||
| Sprints | Galina Tsareva | Soviet Union | Tr. Van der Plaat | Netherlands | Sue Novara | United States |
| 3 km Pursuit | Keetie van Oosten-Hage | Netherlands | Anna Riemersma | Netherlands | Luig. Bissoli | Italy |
| 1978 Munich, Germany | ||||||
| Sprints | Galina Tsareva | Soviet Union | Sue Novara | United States | Iva Zajikova | Czechoslovakia |
| 3 km Pursuit | Keetie van Oosten-Hage | Netherlands | Anna Riemersma | Netherlands | Luig. Bissoli | Italy |
| 1977 San Cristobal, Venezuela | ||||||
| Sprints | Galina Tsareva | Soviet Union | Sue Novara | United States | Iva Zajikova | Czechoslovakia |
| 3 km Pursuit | Vera Kuznetsova | Soviet Union | Anna Riemersma | Netherlands | Karen Strong | Canada |
| 1976 Monteroni, France | ||||||
| Sprints | Sheila Young | United States | Sue Novara | United States | Iva Zajikova | Czechoslovakia |
| 3 km Pursuit | Keetie van Oosten-Hage | Netherlands | Luig. Bissoli | Italy | Mary Jane Reoch | United States |
| 1975 Rocourt, Belgium | ||||||
| Sprints | Sue Novara | United States | Iva Zajikova | Czechoslovakia | Galina Ermolaeva | Soviet Union |
| 3 km Pursuit | Keetie van Oosten-Hage | Netherlands | Mary Jane Reoch | United States | Denise Burton | United Kingdom |
| 1974 Montreal, Canada | ||||||
| Sprints | Tamara Piltsikova | Soviet Union | Sue Novara | United States | Galina Tsareva | Soviet Union |
| 3 km Pursuit | Tamara Garkouchina | Soviet Union | V. Smirnova | Soviet Union | Keetie Hage | Netherlands |
| 1973 San Sebastian, Spain | ||||||
| Sprints | Sheila Young | United States | Iva Zajikova | Czechoslovakia | Galina Ermolaeva | Soviet Union |
| 3 km Pursuit | Tamara Garkouchina | Soviet Union | Keetie Hage | Netherlands | Beryl Burton | United Kingdom |
| 1972 Marseille, France | ||||||
| Sprints | Galina Ermolaeva | Soviet Union | Wilh. Brinkhof | Netherlands | Sheila Young | United States |
| 3 km Pursuit | Tamara Garkouchina | Soviet Union | Keetie Hage | Netherlands | L. Zadorojnala | Soviet Union |
| 1971 Varese, Italy | ||||||
| Sprints | Galina Tsareva | Soviet Union | Galina Ermolaeva | Soviet Union | Iva Zajikova | Czechoslovakia |
| 3 km Pursuit | Tamara Garkouchina | Soviet Union | Keetie Hage | Netherlands | Iva Zajikova | Czechoslovakia |
| 1970 Leicester, England | ||||||
| Sprints | Galina Tsareva | Soviet Union | Galina Ermolaeva | Soviet Union | Valentina Savina | Soviet Union |
| 3 km Pursuit | Tamara Garkouchina | Soviet Union | Raisa Obodovskaya | Soviet Union | Beryl Burton | United Kingdom |
| 1969 Brno, Czechoslovakia | ||||||
| Sprints | Galina Tsareva | Soviet Union | Galina Ermolaeva | Soviet Union | Irena Kiritchenko | Soviet Union |
| 3 km Pursuit | Raisa Obodovskaya | Soviet Union | Tamara Garkouchina | Soviet Union | Keetie Hage | Netherlands |
| 1968 Rome, Italy | ||||||
| Sprints | Alla Baguiniantz | Soviet Union | Irena Kiritchenko | Soviet Union | Galina Ermolaeva | Soviet Union |
| 3 km Pursuit | Raisa Obodovskaya | Soviet Union | Beryl Burton | United Kingdom | Keetie Hage | Netherlands |
| 1967 Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||
| Sprints | Valentina Savina | Soviet Union | Irena Kiritchenko | Soviet Union | Galina Ermolaeva | Soviet Union |
| 3 km Pursuit | Tamara Garkouchina | Soviet Union | Raisa Obodovskaya | Soviet Union | Beryl Burton | United Kingdom |
| 1966 Frankfurt, Germany (West Germany at the time) | ||||||
| Sprints | Irena Kiritchenko | Soviet Union | Valentina Savina | Soviet Union | H. Blobner | East Germany |
| 3 km Pursuit | Beryl Burton | United Kingdom | Yvonne Reynders | Belgium | H. Mattig | East Germany |
| 1965 San Sebastian, Spain | ||||||
| Sprints | Valentina Savina | Soviet Union | Galina Ermolaeva | Soviet Union | K. Stüwe | East Germany |
| 3 km Pursuit | Yvonne Reynders | Belgium | H. Mattig | East Germany | A. Pouronen | Soviet Union |
| 1964 Paris, France | ||||||
| Sprints | Irena Kiritchenko | Soviet Union | Galina Ermolaeva | Soviet Union | Gis. Caille | France |
| 3 km Pursuit | Yvonne Reynders | Belgium | Beryl Burton | United Kingdom | A. Pouronen | Soviet Union |
| 1963 Rocourt, Belgium | ||||||
| Sprints | Galina Ermolaeva | Soviet Union | Irena Kiritchenko | Soviet Union | Valentina Savina | Soviet Union |
| 3 km Pursuit | Beryl Burton | United Kingdom | Yvonne Reynders | Belgium | L. Rjabchenko | Soviet Union |
| 1962 Milan, Italy | ||||||
| Sprints | Valentina Savina | Soviet Union | Irena Kiritchenko | Soviet Union | J. Dunn | United Kingdom |
| 3 km Pursuit | Beryl Burton | United Kingdom | Yvonne Reynders | Belgium | L. Tikhomirova | Soviet Union |
| 1961 Douglas, Scotland | ||||||
| Sprints | Galina Ermolaeva | Soviet Union | V. Maximova | Soviet Union | J. Dunn | United Kingdom |
| 3 km Pursuit | Yvonne Reynders | Belgium | Beryl Burton | United Kingdom | M. Naessens | Belgium |
| 1960 Leipzig, Germany (East Germany at the time) | ||||||
| Sprints | Galina Ermolaeva | Soviet Union | V. Maximova | Soviet Union | J. Dunn | United Kingdom |
| 3 km Pursuit | Beryl Burton | United Kingdom | M. Naessens | Belgium | V. Shogina | Soviet Union |
| 1959 Rocourt, Belgium | ||||||
| Sprints | Galina Ermolaeva | Soviet Union | V. Maximova | Soviet Union | J. Dunn | United Kingdom |
| 3 km Pursuit | Beryl Burton | United Kingdom | Elsy Jacobs | Luxembourg | Ludmilla Kotchetova | Soviet Union |
| 1958 Paris, France | ||||||
| Sprints | Galina Ermolaeva | Soviet Union | V. Maximova | Soviet Union | J. Dunn | United Kingdom |
| 3 km Pursuit | Ludmila Kotchetova | Soviet Union | S. Ball | United Kingdom | K. Ray | United Kingdom |