1983 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1983 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Host city Zurich, Switzerland
Date(s) 1983
Velodrome Oerlikon Velodrome
Events 14
1982
1984

The 1983 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Zurich, Switzerland in 1983.[1] Fourteen events were contested, 12 for men (5 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's keirin
Urs Freuler
  Switzerland
Danny Clark
 Australia
Gilbert Hatton
 United States
Men's sprint
Kōichi Nakano
 Japan
Yavé Cahard
 France
Ottavio Dazzan
 Italy
Men's individual pursuit
Steele Bishop
 Australia
Robert Dill-Bundi
  Switzerland
Hans-Henrik Ørsted
 Denmark
Men's points race
Urs Freuler
  Switzerland
Guido Bontempi
 Italy
Gary Sutton
 Australia
Men's motor-paced
Bruno Vicino
 Italy
René Koos
 Netherlands
Martin Havik
 Netherlands
Men's Amateur Events
Men's 1 km time trial
Sergei Kopylov
 Soviet Union
Gerhardt Scheller
 West Germany
Lothar Thoms
 East Germany
Men's sprint
Lutz Hesslich
 East Germany
Sergei Kopylov
 Soviet Union
Michael Hübner
 East Germany
Men's individual pursuit
Viktor Kupovets
 Soviet Union
Bernd Dittert
 East Germany
Dainis Leipinch
 Soviet Union
Men's team pursuit
 West Germany
Rolf Gölz
Roland Günther
Gerhard Strittmatter
Michael Marx
 East Germany
Carsten Wolf
Mario Hernig
Bernd Dittert
Hans-Joachim Pohl
 Czechoslovakia
Pavel Soukop
Ales Trcka
Frantisek Rabon
Robert Sterba
Men's points race
Michael Marcussen
 Denmark
Hans-Joachim Pohl
 East Germany
Ivan Romanov
 Soviet Union
Men's motor-paced
Rainer Podlesch
 West Germany
Mattheus Pronk
 Netherlands
Walter Baumgartner
  Switzerland
Men's tandem
 France
Philippe Vernet
Franck Depine
 Czechoslovakia
Ivan Kucirek
Pavel Martinek
 West Germany
Dieter Giebken
Fredy Schmidtke[2][3]
Women's Events
Women's sprint
Connie Paraskevin
 United States
Claudia Lommatzsch
 West Germany
Isabelle Nicoloso
 France
Women's individual pursuit
Connie Carpenter
 United States
Cynthia Olavarri
 United States
Jeannie Longo
 France

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  West Germany 2 2 0 4
2  Soviet Union 2 1 2 5
3  United States 2 1 1 4
-   Switzerland 2 1 1 4
5  East Germany 1 3 2 6
6  France 1 1 2 4
7  Australia 1 1 1 3
-  Italy 1 1 1 3
9  Denmark 1 0 1 2
10  Japan 1 0 0 1
11  Netherlands 0 2 1 3
12  Czechoslovakia 0 1 1 2

See also

References

  1. World Championship Track Cycling 2014-1893
  2. Dieter Giebken
    Fredy Schmidtke were disqualified due to a positif doping test on éphédrine afterwards
  3. "Dopingfälle - S". cycling4fans.de. Retrieved 6 June 2011.