2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the BGŻ Arena in Pruszków, Poland from 25 to 29 March 2009. Nineteen events were on the programme, with the women's omnium being added to the eighteen events contested at the 2008 championships.

2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenuePruszków, Poland Poland
Date(s) (2009-03-25 - 2009-03-29)25–29 March 2009
VelodromeBGŻ Arena
Events19

Australia topped the medal table with four gold medals, with France on second and Great Britain on third place.

In the Men's events, Michael Mørkøv and Alex Rasmussen, both of Denmark, and Grégory Baugé of France took home two gold medals while Australian Cameron Meyer took home a gold and two silver medals. For the women, Simona Krupeckaitė of Lithuania won three medals; a gold and two bronzes. Victoria Pendleton and Elizabeth Armitstead of Great Britain won three medals each; a gold, a silver, and a bronze with.

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Australia (AUS)44210
2  France (FRA)3216
3  Great Britain (GBR)2439
4  Denmark (DEN)2103
5  Germany (GER)2013
6  New Zealand (NZL)1113
7  Cuba (CUB)1102
  United States (USA)1102
9  Lithuania (LTU)1034
10  China (CHN)1001
  Italy (ITA)1001
12  Canada (CAN)0202
13  Netherlands (NED)0145
14  Malaysia (MAS)0112
15  Argentina (ARG)0101
16  Austria (AUT)0011
  Belgium (BEL)0011
  Czech Republic (CZE)0011
Totals (18 entries)19191957

Medal summary edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's events
Men's sprint
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Grégory Baugé
  France
Azizul Hasni Awang
  Malaysia
Kévin Sireau
  France
Men's 1 km time trial
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Stefan Nimke
  Germany
1:00.666 Taylor Phinney
  United States
1:01.611 Mohd Rizal Tisin
  Malaysia
1:01.658
Men's individual pursuit
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Taylor Phinney
  United States
4:17.631 Jack Bobridge
  Australia
4:20.091 Dominique Cornu
  Belgium
4:22.347
Men's team pursuit
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Michael Færk Christensen
Casper Jørgensen
Jens-Erik Madsen
Alex Rasmussen

Michael Mørkøv (qualifying round only)
  Denmark
3:58.246 Jack Bobridge
Rohan Dennis
Leigh Howard
Cameron Meyer
  Australia
3:58.863 Westley Gough
Peter Latham
Marc Ryan
Jesse Sergent
  New Zealand
4:00.248
Men's team sprint
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Grégory Baugé
Mickaël Bourgain
Kévin Sireau
  France
43.510 Matthew Crampton
Jason Kenny
Jamie Staff
  Great Britain
43.869 René Enders
Robert Förstemann
Stefan Nimke
  Germany
43.912
Men's keirin
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Maximilian Levy
  Germany
François Pervis
  France
Teun Mulder
  Netherlands
Men's scratch
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Morgan Kneisky
  France
Ángel Colla
  Argentina
Andreas Müller
  Austria
Men's points race
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Cameron Meyer
  Australia
24 Daniel Kreutzfeldt
  Denmark
22 Chris Newton
  Great Britain
21
Men's madison
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Michael Mørkøv
Alex Rasmussen
  Denmark
Leigh Howard
Cameron Meyer
  Australia
Martin Bláha
Jiří Hochmann
  Czech Republic
Men's omnium
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Leigh Howard
  Australia
19 Zachary Bell
  Canada
21 Tim Veldt
  Netherlands
24
Women's events
Women's sprint
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Victoria Pendleton
  Great Britain
Willy Kanis
  Netherlands
Simona Krupeckaitė
  Lithuania
Women's 500 m time trial
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Simona Krupeckaitė
  Lithuania
33.296
WR
Anna Meares
  Australia
33.796 Victoria Pendleton
  Great Britain
34.102
Women's individual pursuit
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Alison Shanks
  New Zealand
3:29.807 Wendy Houvenaghel
  Great Britain
3:32.174 Vilija Sereikaitė
  Lithuania
3:33.583
Women's team pursuit
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Elizabeth Armitstead
Wendy Houvenaghel
Joanna Rowsell

  Great Britain
3:22.720 Lauren Ellis
Jaime Nielsen
Alison Shanks
  New Zealand
3:23.993 Ashlee Ankudinoff
Sarah Kent
Josephine Tomic
  Australia
3:24.972
Women's team sprint
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Kaarle McCulloch
Anna Meares

  Australia
33.149
WR
Shanaze Reade
Victoria Pendleton
  Great Britain
33.380 Gintarė Gaivenytė
Simona Krupeckaitė
  Lithuania
33.495
Women's keirin
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Guo Shuang
  China
Clara Sanchez
  France
Willy Kanis
  Netherlands
Women's scratch
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Yumari González
  Cuba
Elizabeth Armitstead
  Great Britain
Belinda Goss
  Australia
Women's points race
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Giorgia Bronzini
  Italy
18 Yumari González
  Cuba
15 Elizabeth Armitstead
  Great Britain
13
Women's omnium
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Josephine Tomic
  Australia
26 Tara Whitten
  Canada
27 Yvonne Hijgenaar
  Netherlands
27

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