1980 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

The 1980 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the sixth annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Mexico City, Mexico in August 1980.[1] It was the third successive championship to be held in the Americas.

1980 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships
VenueMexico City,  Mexico
Date(s) (1980-08)August 1980

The Championships had five events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit, Team pursuit and 1 kilometre time trial. Maic Malchow of East Germany and Dainis Leipinch of the Soviet Union were the most successful cyclists, winning the sprint double and pursuit double respectively.

Events edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's events
Sprint[2]
details
Maic Malchow
  East Germany
Olaf Arndt
  East Germany
El Guilachvli
  Soviet Union
Points race
details[2]
Uwe Messerschmidt
  West Germany
Mat Lange
  West Germany
José Youshimatz
  Mexico
Pursuit
details [2]
Dainis Liepiņš
  Soviet Union
Mario Kummer
  East Germany
Uwe Tromer
  East Germany
Kilo
details[2]
Maic Malchow
  East Germany
Andris Lotsmelis
  Soviet Union
Rob Werner
  West Germany
Team pursuit
details[2]
  Soviet Union
Andris Lotsmelis
Dainis Liepiņš
Martin Palis
Sergei Agupov
  East Germany
Mario Kummer
Frank Kuhn
Uwe Tromer
Gerald Buder
  Great Britain
Pierce Hewitt
Gary Sadler
Darryl Webster
Anthony Mayer

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  East Germany (GDR)2316
2  Soviet Union (URS)2114
3  West Germany (FRG)1113
4  Great Britain (GBR)0011
  Mexico (MEX)0011
Totals (5 entries)55515

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References edit

  1. ^ 1980 WJTC venue
  2. ^ a b c d e f 1980 WJTC results the-sports.org