1987 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 1987 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Vienna, Austria in August 1987.[1] Fourteen events were contested, 12 for men (5 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

1987 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenueVienna, Austria Austria
Date(s) (1987-08)August 1987
VelodromeFerry-Dusika-Hallenstadion
Events14

Medal summary edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's professional events
Men's keirin
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Harumi Honda
  Japan
Claudio Golinelli
  Italy
Urs Freuler
  Switzerland
Men's sprint
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Nobuyuki Tawara
  Japan
Hideyuki Matsui (松井英幸)
  Japan
Claudio Golinelli
  Italy
Men's individual pursuit
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Hans-Henrik Ørsted
  Denmark
Jesper Worre
  Denmark
Tony Doyle
  Great Britain
Men's points race
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Urs Freuler
  Switzerland
Tony Doyle
  Great Britain
Roger Ilegems
  Belgium
Men's motor-paced
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Max Hürzeler
  Switzerland
Danny Clark
  Australia
Werner Betz
  West Germany
Men's amateur events
Men's 1 km time trial
details
Martin Vinnicombe
  Australia
Jens Glücklich
  East Germany
Konstantin Khrabtsov
  Soviet Union
Men's sprint
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Lutz Hesslich
  East Germany
Michael Hübner
  East Germany
Bill Huck
  East Germany
Men's individual pursuit
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Gintautas Umaras
  Soviet Union
Viatcheslav Ekimov
  Soviet Union
Artūras Kasputis
  Soviet Union
Men's team pursuit
details
  Soviet Union
Viatcheslav Ekimov
Alexander Krasnov
Viktor Manakov
Sergeï Chmelinine
  East Germany
Steffen Blochwitz
Dirk Meier
Carsten Wolf
Roland Hennig
  Czechoslovakia
Pavel Soukup
Miroslav Kundera
Svatopluk Buchta
Miroslav Junec
Men's points race
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Marat Ganeev
  Soviet Union
Uwe Messerschmidt
  West Germany
Pascal Lino
  France
Men's motor-paced
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Mario Gentili
  Italy
Vincenzo Colamartino
  Italy
Roland Königshofer
  Austria
Men's tandem
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  France
Fabrice Colas
Frédéric Magné
  Italy
Andrea Faccini
Roberto Nicotti
  Czechoslovakia
Vítězslav Vobořil
Lubomír Hargaš
Women's events
Women's sprint
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Erika Salumäe
  Soviet Union
Christa Rothenburger
  East Germany
Connie Paraskevin-Young
  United States
Women's individual pursuit
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Rebecca Twigg
  United States
Jeannie Longo
  France
Mindee Mayfield
  United States

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union (URS)4127
2  Japan (JPN)2103
3  Switzerland (SUI)2013
4  East Germany (GDR)1416
5  Italy (ITA)1315
6  France (FRA)1113
7  Australia (AUS)1102
  Denmark (DEN)1102
9  United States (USA)1023
10  Great Britain (GBR)0112
  West Germany (FRG)0112
12  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0022
13  Austria (AUT)0011
  Belgium (BEL)0011
Totals (14 entries)14141442

See also edit

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