1979 Juniors Track World Championships

1979 Juniors Track World Championships
Host city Buenos Aires,  Argentina
Date(s)  (1979-08)August 1979

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.

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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Events
Sprint[2]
Fredy Schmidtke
 West Germany
Michel Cortinovis
 France
Stefaan De Craene
 Belgium
Points race
[2]
Teun Van Vliet
 Netherlands
Nikolay Trusov
 Russia
Jean-François Chaurin
 France
Individual pursuit
[2]
Gadis Lapinch
 Soviet Union
Greg LeMond
 United States
Philippe Chevallier
 France
Kilo
[2]
Fredy Schmidtke
 West Germany
Gadis Lapinch
 Soviet Union
Michel Cortinovis
 France
Team pursuit
[2]
 Soviet Union
Gadis Liepinsch
Dainis Liepinsch
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[2]

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
4  Soviet Union 2 2 0 4
1  West Germany 2 0 1 3
2  Netherlands 1 0 0 1
4  France 0 2 3 5
5  United States 0 1 0 1
6  Belgium 0 0 1 1
Total 5 5 5 15

References

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