1977 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 1977 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in San Cristóbal, Venezuela in 1977.[1] Twelve events were contested, 10 for men (3 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

1977 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenueSan Cristóbal, Venezuela
Date(s) (1977)1977
VelodromeJosé de Jesús Mora Figueroa Velodrome
Events12
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Medal summary edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint
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Kōichi Nakano
  Japan
Yoshikazu Sugata (菅田順和)
  Japan
John Nicholson
  Australia
Men's individual pursuit
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Gregor Braun
  West Germany
Knut Knudsen
  Norway
Steve Heffernan
  Great Britain
Men's motor-paced
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Cees Stam
  Netherlands
Wilfried Peffgen
  West Germany
Pietro Algeri
  Italy
Men's Amateur Events
Men's 1 km time trial
details
Lothar Thoms
  East Germany
Günther Schumacher
  West Germany
Hans Ledermann
  Switzerland
Men's sprint
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Hans-Jürgen Geschke
  East Germany
Emanuel Raasch
  East Germany
Lutz Hesslich
  East Germany
Men's individual pursuit
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Norbert Dürpisch
  East Germany
Uwe Unterwalder
  East Germany
Daniel Gisiger
  Switzerland
Men's team pursuit
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  East Germany
Norbert Dürpisch
Gerald Mortag
Matthias Wiegand
Volker Winkler
  West Germany
Günther Schumacher
Peter Vonhof
Hans Lutz
Henry Rincklin
  Switzerland
Robert Dill-Bundi
Daniel Gisiger
Hans Kaenel
Walter Baumgartner
Men's points race
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Constant Tourné
  Belgium
Jan Faltyn
  Poland
Nikolaï Makarov
  Soviet Union
Men's motor-paced
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Gaby Minneboo
  Netherlands
Bartolome Caldentey
  Spain
Rainer Podlesch
  West Germany
Men's tandem
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  Czechoslovakia
Vladimír Vačkář
Miloslav Vymazal
  Soviet Union
Vladimir Semenets
Aleksander Voronine
  West Germany
Horst Gewis
Wolfgang Schaffer
Women's Events
Women's sprint
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Galina Tsareva
  Soviet Union
Sue Novara
  United States
Iva Zajíčková
  Czechoslovakia
Women's individual pursuit
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Vera Kuznetsova
  Soviet Union
Anna Riemersma
  Netherlands
Karen Strong
  Canada

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  East Germany (GDR)4217
2  Soviet Union (URS)2114
3  Netherlands (NED)2103
4  West Germany (FRG)1326
5  Japan (JPN)1102
6  Czechoslovakia (TCH)1012
7  Belgium (BEL)1001
8  Norway (NOR)0101
  Poland (POL)0101
  Spain (ESP)0101
  United States (USA)0101
12  Switzerland (SUI)0033
13  Australia (AUS)0011
  Canada (CAN)0011
  Great Britain (GBR)0011
  Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (16 entries)12121236

See also edit

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