1963 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 1963 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Rocourt, Belgium from 1 to 7 August 1963.[1] Nine events were contested, 7 for men (3 for professionals, 4 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

1963 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenueRocourt, Belgium Belgium
Date(s) (1963-08-01 - 1963-08-07)1–7 August 1963
VelodromeStade Vélodrome de Rocourt
Events9

Medal summary edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint
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Sante Gaiardoni
  Italy
Antonio Maspes
  Italy
Jos De Bakker
  Belgium
Men's individual pursuit
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Leandro Faggin
  Italy
Peter Post
  Netherlands
Henk Nijdam
  Netherlands
Men's motor-paced
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Leo Proost
  Belgium
Paul Depaepe
  Belgium
Robert Varnajo
  France
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint
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Patrick Sercu
  Belgium
Sergio Bianchetto
  Italy
Pierre Trentin
  France
Men's individual pursuit
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Jan Walschaerts
  Belgium
Stanislav Moskvin
  Soviet Union
Hugh Porter
  Great Britain
Men's team pursuit
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  Soviet Union
Arnold Belgardt
Sergey Tereshchenkov
Stanislav Moskvin
Leonid Kolumbet
  West Germany
Lothar Claesges
Clemens Grossimlinghaus
Karl-Heinz Henrichs
Ernst Streng
  Denmark
Bent Hansen
Preben Isaksson
Leif Larsen Kurt
Kurt Vid Stein
Men's motor-paced
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Romain De Loof
  Belgium
Karl-Heinz Matthes
  East Germany
Uli Cuginbuhl
  Switzerland
Women's Events
Women's sprint
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Galina Ermolaeva
  Soviet Union
Irina Kiritchenko
  Soviet Union
Valentina Savina
  Soviet Union
Women's individual pursuit
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Beryl Burton
  Great Britain
Yvonne Reynders
  Belgium
Lyubov Rjabchenko
  Soviet Union

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Belgium (BEL)4217
2  Soviet Union (URS)2226
3  Italy (ITA)2204
4  Great Britain (GBR)1012
5  Netherlands (NED)0112
6  East Germany (RDA)0101
  West Germany (FRG)0101
8  France (FRA)0022
9  Denmark (DEN)0011
  Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (10 entries)99927

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References edit