1976 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships
(Redirected from 1976 Juniors Track World Championships)
The 1976 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the second annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Liège, Belgium.[1]
| Venue | Liège,  Belgium |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | 1976 |
The Championships had four events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit and Team pursuit. Robert Dill-Bundi became the first cyclist to retain a world junior title, and the first to win two gold medals in the championships.
Events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's events | |||
| Sprint[2] |
Lutz Hesslich East Germany
|
Ralf-Guido Kuschy East Germany
|
Mar Pavirani Italy
|
| Points race[2] |
Rüdiger Leitlof West Germany
|
Jens Schroder Denmark
|
P Torresan Italy
|
| Individual pursuit[2] |
Robert Dill-Bundi Switzerland
|
Gerald Mortag East Germany
|
Mike Richards New Zealand
|
| Team pursuit[2] |
East Germany Gerald Mortag Detlef Macha Jürgen Lippold Olaf Hill |
Italy Silvestro Milani Roberto Bonanzi Dante Morandi Domenico Pellegrino |
 Soviet UnionNikolai Makarov Nikolai Seduro Peter Tchevardov Valeri Uraev |
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Source: [3]
References
edit- ^ 1976 UCI JWTC archives
- ^ a b c d Track Cycling - 1976 World Junior Championships results the-sports.org
- ^ 1976 medal table