1975 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 1975 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Rocourt, Belgium in 1975.[1] Eleven events were contested, 9 for men (3 for professionals, 6 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

1975 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenueRocourt, Belgium Belgium
Date(s) (1975)1975
VelodromeStade Vélodrome de Rocourt
Events11

Medal summary edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint
details
John Nicholson
  Australia
Peder Pedersen
  Denmark
Ryoji Abe (阿部良二)
  Japan
Men's individual pursuit
details
Roy Schuiten
  Netherlands
Knut Knudsen
  Norway
Dirk Baert
  Belgium
Men's motor-paced
details
Dieter Kemper
  West Germany
Cees Stam
  Netherlands
Jean Breuer
  Belgium
Men's Amateur Events
Men's 1 km time trial
details
Klaus-Jürgen Grünke
  East Germany
Eduard Rapp
  Soviet Union
Janusz Kierzkowski
  Poland
Men's sprint
details
Daniel Morelon
  France
Giorgio Rossi
  Italy
Emanuel Raasch
  East Germany
Men's individual pursuit
details
Thomas Huschke
  East Germany
Vladimir Osokin
  Soviet Union
Orfeo Pizzoferrato
  Italy
Men's team pursuit
details
  West Germany
Günther Schumacher
Peter Vonhof
Hans Lutz
Gregor Braun
  Soviet Union
Vladimir Osokin
Vitali Petrakov
Viktor Sokolov
Alexandre Perov
  East Germany
Norbert Dürpisch
Thomas Huschke
Uwe Unterwalder
Klaus-Jürgen Grünke
Men's motor-paced
details
Gaby Minneboo
  Netherlands
Miguel Espinos
  Spain
Jean Pinsello
  France
Men's tandem
details
  Poland[2]
Benedykt Kocot
Janusz Kotlinski
  Czechoslovakia
Vladimír Vačkář
Miloslav Vymazal
  Soviet Union
Anatoly Iablunowsky
Sergei Komelkov
Women's Events
Women's sprint
details
Sue Novara
  United States
Iva Zajíčková
  Czechoslovakia
Sheila Young
  United States
Women's individual pursuit
details
Keetie Hage
  Netherlands
Mary Jane Reoch
  United States
Denise Burton
  Great Britain

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Netherlands (NED)3104
2  East Germany (GDR)2024
3  West Germany (FRG)2002
4  United States (USA)1102
5  France (FRA)1012
  Poland (POL)1012
7  Australia (AUS)1001
8  Soviet Union (URS)0325
9  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0202
10  Italy (ITA)0112
11  Denmark (DEN)0101
  Norway (NOR)0101
  Spain (ESP)0101
14  Belgium (BEL)0022
15  Great Britain (GBR)0011
  Japan (JPN)0011
Totals (16 entries)11111133

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ World Championship Track Cycling 2014-1893
  2. ^ Some sources (Memory of cycling, Bike Cult) don't list the Polish tandem team following a no-show at doping control. However, no document formally certify and archives of the UCI are silent about it.