UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI's predecessor, the International Cycling Association (ICA).

Current events include: time trial, keirin, individual pursuit, team pursuit, points race, scratch race, sprint, team sprint, omnium and, for men only, madison. Women's events are shorter than men's. Events which are no longer held include motor paced and tandem events.

World championships were first held in 1893, in Chicago, under the ICA. They were for amateurs. Separate professional races were held from 1895, in Cologne. Amateurs and professionals competed in separate events until 1993, after which they raced together in "open" races. Championships are open to riders selected by their national cycling association. They compete in the colours of their country.

The winner of ICA championships received a gold medal. The UCI awards a gold medal and a rainbow jersey to the winner. Silver and bronze medals are awarded to the second and third place contestants. World champions wear their rainbow jersey until the following year's championship, but they may wear it only in the type of event in which they won it. Former champions can wear rainbow cuffs to their everyday jerseys.

World track championships are allocated to different countries each year. They are run by that country's national cycling association, although the judges are provided by the UCI.

• UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
• UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships

Competitions

Year Country City Velodrome 1893  United States Chicago 1894  Belgium Antwerp 1895  Germany Cologne 1896  Denmark Copenhagen 1897  United Kingdom Glasgow Celtic Park 1898  Austria Vienna 1899  Canada Montreal 1900  France Paris 1901  Germany Berlin 1902  Italy Rome 1903  Denmark Copenhagen 1904  United Kingdom London Crystal Palace 1905  Belgium Antwerp 1906   Switzerland Geneva 1907  France Paris 1908  Germany Berlin 1909  Denmark Copenhagen 1910  Belgium Brussels 1911  Italy Rome 1912  United States Newark Newark Velodrome 1913  Germany Leipzig 1914  Denmark Copenhagen 1915–1919 No championships 1920  Belgium Antwerp 1921  Denmark Copenhagen 1922  France Paris 1923   Switzerland Zürich 1924  France Paris 1925  Netherlands Amsterdam 1926  Italy Milan 1927  Germany Cologne 1928  Hungary Budapest Millenáris Sporttelep 1929   Switzerland Zürich 1930  Belgium Brussels 1931  Denmark Copenhagen 1932  Italy Rome 1933  France Paris 1934  Germany Leipzig 1935  Belgium Brussels 1936   Switzerland Zürich 1937  Denmark Copenhagen 1938  Netherlands Amsterdam Olympic Stadium 1939  Italy Milan Velodromo Vigorelli[1] 1940–1945 No championships 1946   Switzerland Zürich Oerlikon Velodrome 1947  France Paris 1948  Netherlands Amsterdam 1949  Denmark Copenhagen Ordrup Velodrome 1950  Belgium Rocourt Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt 1951  Italy Milan Velodromo Vigorelli[1] 1952  France Paris Parc des Princes 1953   Switzerland Zürich Oerlikon Velodrome 1954  West Germany Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion Wuppertal Stadion am Zoo 1955  Italy Milan Velodromo Vigorelli[1] 1956  Denmark Copenhagen Ordrup Velodrome 1957  Belgium Rocourt Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt 1958  France Paris Parc des Princes 1959  Netherlands Amsterdam Olympic Stadium 1960  East Germany Leipzig Alfred-Rosch-Kampfbahn Chemnitz Chemnitz Velodrome 1961   Switzerland Zürich Oerlikon Velodrome 1962  Italy Milan Velodromo Vigorelli[1] 1963  Belgium Rocourt Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt

Year Country City Velodrome 1964  France Paris Parc des Princes 1965  Spain San Sebastián Velódromo de Anoeta 1966  West Germany Frankfurt Waldstadion 1967  Netherlands Amsterdam Olympic Stadium 1968  Italy  Uruguay Rome Montevideo Olympic Velodrome Americo Ricaldoni 1969  Belgium  Czechoslovakia Antwerp Brno Sportpaleis Brno Velodrome 1970  United Kingdom Leicester Saffron Lane Velodrome 1971  Italy Varese Luigi Ganna Velodrome 1972  France Marseille Stade Vélodrome 1973  Spain San Sebastián Velódromo de Anoeta 1974  Canada Montreal Université de Montréal velodrome 1975  Belgium Rocourt Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt 1976  Italy Monteroni di Lecce Ulivi Velodrome 1977  Venezuela San Cristóbal José de Jesús Mora Figueroa Velodrome 1978  West Germany Munich Munich Olympic Velodrome 1979  Netherlands Amsterdam Sloten Velodrome 1980  France Besançon Stade Léo Lagrange 1981  Czechoslovakia Brno Brno Velodrome 1982  United Kingdom Leicester Saffron Lane Velodrome 1983   Switzerland Zürich Oerlikon Velodrome 1984  Spain Barcelona Velòdrom d'Horta 1985  Italy Bassano del Grappa Rino Mercante Stadium 1986  United States Colorado Springs 7-Eleven USOTC Velodrome 1987  Austria Vienna Ferry-Dusika-Hallenstadion 1988  Belgium Ghent Blaarmeersen 1989  France Lyon Tête d'Or (Georges Prévéral) Velodrome 1990  Japan Maebashi Green Dome Maebashi 1991  Germany Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle 1992  Spain Valencia Luis Puig Velodrome 1993  Norway Hamar Vikingskipet Olympic Arena 1994  Italy Palermo Paolo Borsellino Velodrome 1995  Colombia Bogotá Velódromo Luis Carlos Galán 1996  United Kingdom Manchester Manchester Velodrome 1997  Australia Perth Perth SpeedDome 1998  France Bordeaux Vélodrome de Bordeaux 1999  Germany Berlin Berlin Velodrome 2000  United Kingdom Manchester Manchester Velodrome 2001  Belgium Antwerp Sportpaleis 2002  Denmark Ballerup Siemens Arena 2003  Germany Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle 2004  Australia Melbourne Vodafone Arena 2005  United States Los Angeles ADT Event Center 2006  France Bordeaux Vélodrome de Bordeaux 2007  Spain Palma de Mallorca Palma Arena 2008  United Kingdom Manchester Manchester Velodrome 2009  Poland Pruszków BGŻ Arena 2010  Denmark Ballerup Ballerup Super Arena 2011  Netherlands Apeldoorn Omnisport Apeldoorn 2012  Australia Melbourne Hisense Arena 2013  Belarus Minsk Minsk-Arena 2014  Colombia Cali Velódromo Alcides Nieto Patiño 2015  France Paris Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 2016  United Kingdom London London Velopark

Countries

• Australia at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships
• Cuba at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships
• Netherlands at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships

All-time medal table

Updated after 2015 Championships.^[2]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	138	107	120	365
2	Great Britain	95	71	60	226
3	Netherlands (details)	83	77	83	243
4	Italy	75	83	91	249
5	Australia (details)	73	79	64	216
6	Germany	61	65	76	202
7	Soviet Union	58	50	35	143
8	Belgium	48	50	44	142
9	United States	41	41	39	121
10	East Germany	34	31	28	93
11	Switzerland	33	34	35	102
12	West Germany	29	31	30	90
13	Denmark	28	35	31	94
14	Russia	18	20	22	60
15	Spain	18	18	12	48
16	Czechoslovakia	14	9	18	41
17	Japan	12	9	13	34
18	Belarus	12	2	8	22
19	New Zealand	9	16	15	40
20	Poland	6	6	6	18
21	Canada	5	17	12	34
22	Austria	5	6	11	22
23	Colombia	4	3	0	7
24	Ukraine	4	6	3	13
25	Cuba (details)	4	4	4	12
26	China	3	12	8	23
27	Czech Republic	3	4	6	13
28	Hong Kong	3	0	2	5
29	Lithuania	2	8	9	19
30	Norway	2	3	3	8
31	Ireland	2	2	2	6
32	Argentina	1	8	11	20
33	Mexico	1	5	4	10
34	South Africa	1	2	1	4
35	Luxembourg	0	2	2	4
	Malaysia	0	2	2	4
37	Greece	0	1	2	3
38	Barbados	0	1	1	2
39	Bohemia	0	1	0	1
	Latvia	0	1	0	1
	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
42	Sweden	0	0	2	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	2	2
44	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Liechtenstein	0	0	1	1
	North Korea	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
	Total	929	926	924	2741

See also

• UCI Track Cycling World Ranking
• UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics

References

External links

• Media related to UCI Track World Championships at Wikimedia Commons