1980 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1980 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Host city Besançon, France
Date(s)  (1980)1980
Velodrome Stade Léo Lagrange
Events 10
1979
1981

The 1980 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Besançon, France in 1980.[1] Due to the 1980 Summer Olympics only ten events were contested, 8 for men (5 for professionals, 3 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Elite Events
Men's keirin
Danny Clark
 Australia
Daniel Morelon
 France
Niels Fredborg
 Denmark
Men's sprint
Kōichi Nakano
 Japan
Masahito Ozaki
 Japan
Daniel Morelon
 France
Men's individual pursuit
Tony Doyle
 United Kingdom
Herman Ponsteen
 Netherlands
Hans-Henrik Ørsted
 Denmark
Men's points race
Stan Tourné
 Belgium
Giovanni Mantovani
 Italy
Heinz Betz
 West Germany
Men's motor-paced
Wilfried Peffgen
 West Germany
René Koos
 Netherlands
Bruno Vicino
 Italy
Men's Amateur Events
Men's points race
Gary Sutton
 Australia
Viktor Manakov
 Soviet Union
Josef Kristen
 West Germany
Men's motor-paced
Gaby Minneboo
 Netherlands
Mattheus Pronk
 Netherlands
Bartolome Caldentey
 Spain
Men's tandem
 Czechoslovakia
Ivan Kucirek
Pavel Martinek
 France
Yvon Cloarec
Franck Depine
 Italy
Giorgio Rossi
Floriano Finamore
Women's Events
Women's sprint
Sue Novara
 United States
Galina Tsareva
 Soviet Union
Claudia Lommatzsch
 West Germany
Women's individual pursuit
Nedega Kibardina
 Soviet Union
Karen Strong
 Canada
Petra De Bruin
 Netherlands

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Australia 2 0 0 2
2  Netherlands 1 3 1 5
3  Soviet Union 1 2 0 3
4  Japan 1 1 0 2
5  West Germany 1 0 3 4
6  Great Britain 1 0 0 1
-  Belgium 1 0 0 1
-  Czechoslovakia 1 0 0 1
-  United States 1 0 0 1
10  France 0 2 1 3
11  Italy 0 1 2 3
12  Canada 0 1 0 1
13  Denmark 0 0 2 2
14  Spain 0 0 1 1

See also

References

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