1979 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

The 1979 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the fifth annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in August 1979.[1] It was the second championship to be held outside Europe, the second to be held in the Americas, and the first to be held in the southern hemisphere.

1979 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships
VenueBuenos Aires,  Argentina
Date(s) (1979-08)August 1979

The Championships had five events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit, Team pursuit and 1 kilometre time trial. With two golds and a bronze, Fredy Schmidtke had the most successful single games for a cyclist to date, while future Tour de France legend Greg LeMond won his first major medal for the United States.

Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Events
Sprint[2]
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Fredy Schmidtke
  West Germany
Michel Cortinovis
  France
Stefaan De Craene
  Belgium
Points race
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Teun van Vliet
  Netherlands
Nikolay Trusov
  Russia
Jean-François Chaurin
  France
Individual pursuit
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Gaidis Liepiņš
  Soviet Union
Greg LeMond
  United States
Philippe Chevallier
  France
Kilo
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Fredy Schmidtke
  West Germany
Gadis Lapinch
  Soviet Union
Michel Cortinovis
  France
Team pursuit
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  Soviet Union
Gaidis Liepiņš
Dainis Liepiņš
Vladimir Baluk
Yuri Petrov
  France
Daniel Pandèle
Philippe Chevallier
Jean-François Dury
François Jurain
  West Germany
Fredy Schmidtke
Andreas Suckert
Günther Kobek
Gerhard Strittmatter

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union (URS)2204
2  West Germany (FRG)2013
3  Netherlands (NED)1001
4  France (FRA)0235
5  United States (USA)0101
6  Belgium (BEL)0011
Totals (6 entries)55515
Source: [2]

References

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  1. ^ 1979 WJTC venue
  2. ^ a b c d e f 1979 WJTC results the-sports.org