1966 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 1966 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Frankfurt, West Germany from 29 August to 4 September 1966.[1] Eleven events were contested, 9 for men (3 for professionals, 6 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

1966 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenueFrankfurt, West Germany Germany
Date(s) (1966-08-22 - 1966-09-04)22 August - 4 September 1966
VelodromeWaldstadion
Events11

Medal summary edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint
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Giuseppe Beghetto
  Italy
Ron Baensch
  Australia
Sante Gaiardoni
  Italy
Men's individual pursuit
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Leandro Faggin
  Italy
Ferdinand Bracke
  Belgium
Dieter Kemper
  West Germany
Men's motor-paced
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Romain De Loof
  Belgium
Ehrenfried Rudolph
  West Germany
Leo Proost
  Belgium
Men's Amateur Events
Men's 1 km time trial
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Pierre Trentin
  France
Paul Seye
  Belgium
Frans Van Den Ruit
  Netherlands
Men's sprint
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Daniel Morelon
  France
Pierre Trentin
  France
Omar Phakadze
  Soviet Union
Men's individual pursuit
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Tiemen Groen
  Netherlands
Jiří Daler
  Czechoslovakia
Giorgio Ursi
  Italy
Men's team pursuit
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  Italy
Cipriano Chemello
Antonio Castello
Luigi Roncaglia
Gino Pancini
  West Germany
Karl-Heinz Henrichs
Herbert Honz
Jürgen Kissner
Karl Link
  Soviet Union
Viktor Bykov
Mikhail Kolyushev
Stanislav Moskvin
Leonid Vukolov
Men's motor-paced
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Piet De Wit
  Netherlands
Bert Romyn
  Netherlands
Christian Giscos
  France
Men's tandem
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  France
Daniel Morelon
Pierre Trentin
  West Germany
Klaus Kobusch
Martin Stenzel
  Italy
Walter Gorini
Giordano Turrini
Women's Events
Women's sprint
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Irina Kiritchenko
  Soviet Union
Valentina Savina
  Soviet Union
Heidi Blobner
  East Germany
Women's individual pursuit
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Beryl Burton
  Great Britain
Yvonne Reynders
  Belgium
Hannelore Mattig
  East Germany

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  France (FRA)3115
2  Italy (ITA)3036
3  Netherlands (NED)2114
4  Belgium (BEL)1315
5  Soviet Union (URS)1124
6  Great Britain (GBR)1001
7  West Germany (FRG)0314
8  Australia (AUS)0101
  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0101
10  East Germany (RDA)0022
Totals (10 entries)11111133

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