1899 ICA Track Cycling World Championships

1899 ICA Track Cycling World Championships
Host city Montreal, Canada
Date(s)  (1899-08-09 - 1899-08-11)9-11 August 1899
Velodrome Vélodrome de Queen's Park
Events 4
1898
1900

The 1899 ICA Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Montreal, Canada from 9 to 11 August 1899.[1] Four events for men were contested, two for professionals and two for amateurs.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint
Major Taylor
 United States
Tom Butler
 United States
Gaston Courbe d'Outrelon
 France
Men's motor-paced
Harry Gibson
 Canada
Hugh Mclean
 United States
Ken Boake
 United States
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint
Thomas Summersgill
 Great Britain
E. Peebody
 United States
J. Caldow
 Canada
Men's motor-paced
John Nelson
 United States
Robert Goodson[2]
 United States
William Riddle
 Canada

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States 2 4 1 7
2  Canada 1 0 2 3
3  United Kingdom 1 0 0 1
4  France 0 0 1 1
Total 4 4 4 12

References

  1. "Track Cycling World Championships 2014 to 1893". bikecult.com. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  2. Certaines sources (Mémoire du cyclisme, UCI Motor-paced World Championships) notent que Goodson est Australien. En fait, il semble qu'il existe une confusion entre Robert Goodson, de nationalité Américaine et Ben Goodson, de nationalité Australienne, ce dernier n’ayant jamais obtenu à priori de médailles aux Championnats du Monde. Voir : http://www.bicyclehistory.com.au/australian%20cyclists.htmir :
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