1977 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1977 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Host city San Cristóbal, Venezuela
Date(s)  (1977)1977
Velodrome José de Jesús Mora Figueroa Velodrome
Events 12
1976
1978

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.

Medal summary

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

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  East Germany 4 2 1 7
2  Soviet Union 2 1 1 4
3  Netherlands 2 1 0 3
4  West Germany 1 3 2 6
5  Japan 1 1 0 2
6  Czechoslovakia 1 0 1 2
7  Belgium 1 0 0 1
8  United States 0 1 0 1
-  Poland 0 1 0 1
-  Spain 0 1 0 1
-  Norway 0 1 0 1
12   Switzerland 0 0 3 3
13  United Kingdom 0 0 1 1
-  Australia 0 0 1 1
-  Canada 0 0 1 1
-  Italy 0 0 1 1
12 12 12 36

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References

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