1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Host city Brno, Czechoslovakia
Date(s)  (1981-08-31 - 1981-09-06)31 August - 6 September 1981
Velodrome Brno Velodrome
Events 14
1980
1982

The 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1981.[1] Fourteen events were contested, 12 for men (5 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's keirin
Danny Clark
 Australia
Guido Bontempi
 Italy
Chiyoshi Kuno
 Japan
Men's sprint
Kōichi Nakano
 Japan
Gordon Singleton
 Canada
Kenji Takahashi
 Japan
Men's individual pursuit
Alain Bondue
 France
Hans-Henrik Ørsted
 Denmark
Bert Oosterbosch
 Netherlands
Men's points race
Urs Freuler
  Switzerland
Danny Clark
 Australia
Giuseppe Saronni
 Italy
Men's motor-paced
René Koos
 Netherlands
Bruno Vicino
 Italy
Wilfried Peffgen
 West Germany
Men's Amateur Events
Men's 1 km time trial
Lothar Thoms
 East Germany
1:05.85
Fredy Schmidtke
 West Germany
1:06.02
Sergei Kopylov
 Soviet Union
1:06.56
Men's sprint
Sergei Kopylov
 Soviet Union
Lutz Hesslich
 East Germany
Detlef Uibel
 East Germany
Men's individual pursuit
Detlef Macha
 East Germany
4:47.78
Dainis Leipinch
 Soviet Union
4:55.19
Maurizio Bidinost
 Italy
4:49.40
Men's team pursuit
 East Germany
Detlef Macha
Bernd Dittert
Axel Grosser
Volker Winkler
 Soviet Union
Alexandre Krasnov
Viktor Manakov
Alexandre Kulikov
Nikolai Kuznetzov
 Czechoslovakia
Martin Penc
Ales Trcka
Frantisek Rabon
Jiri Pokorny
Men's points race
Lutz Haueisen
 East Germany
Leonard Harvey Nitz
 United States
Michael Marcussen
 Denmark
Men's motor-paced
Mattheus Pronk
 Netherlands
Rainer Podlesch
 West Germany
Max Hurzeler
  Switzerland
Men's tandem
 Czechoslovakia
Ivan Kucirek
Pavel Martinek
 West Germany
Dieter Giebken
Fredy Schmidtke
 Poland
Ryszard Konkolewski
Zbigniew Piątek
Women's Events
Women's sprint
Sheila Young
 United States
Claudine Vierstraete
 Belgium
Claudia Lommatzsch
 West Germany
Women's individual pursuit
Nedega Kibardina
 Soviet Union
Tamara Polyakova
 Soviet Union
Jeannie Longo
 France

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  East Germany 4 1 1 6
2  Soviet Union 2 3 1 6
3  Netherlands () 2 0 1 3
4  Australia 1 1 0 2
-  United States 1 1 0 2
6  Japan 1 0 2 3
7  France 1 0 1 2
-   Switzerland 1 0 1 2
-  Czechoslovakia 1 0 1 2
10  West Germany 0 3 2 5
11  Italy 0 2 2 4
12  Denmark 0 1 1 2
13  Belgium 0 1 0 1
-  Canada 0 1 0 1
15  Poland 0 0 1 1

Competitors

The Netherlands

The next riders were selected by the KNWU after the Dutch national championships and were published on 10 August 1981.[2]

Women
Rider Event
Erika Omen Sprint
Sandra de Nijs
Petra de Bruin Individual pursuit
Monique Kauffmann
Amateur riders
Rider Event
Ab van Asten Individual pursuit
team pursuit
points race
Erick Ge.. Motor-paced
Ab Harren team pursuit
points race
Gaby Minneboo Motor-paced
Rik Moorman team pursuit
Peter Pieters Individual pursuit
team pursuit
points race
Sjaak Pieters Sprint
Tandem
Mathé Pronk Motor-paced
John Roozenburg team pursuit
points race
Ger Slot Motor-paced
Reinier Valkenburg Sprint
1 km time trial
Tom Vrolijk Sprint
Tandem
Eric Dompeling (reserve) team pursuit
Professionals
Rider Event
Bert Oosterbosch Individual pursuit
Roy Schuiten
Herman Ponsteen (if he is fit)
Hans Vonk Points race
Martin Venix Motor-paced
René Kos
Martin Rietveld

Australia

Men's professional
Danny Clark - men's keirin

Belgium

Women
Claudine Vierstraete - women's sprint 2nd (eiminated Galina Tsareva in earlier round)
Gerda Sierens - women's individual pursuit

Canada

Men's amateurs
? - men's team pursuit
? - men's team pursuit
? - men's team pursuit
? - men's team pursuit

Denmark

Men's professional
Oersted - individual pursuit

Czech Republic

Women
? - women's sprint (won her qualification heat)
Hana Hotova - women's sprint (finished 2nd in qualification heat)

East Germany

Men's amateur
Detlaf Macha - amateur individual pursuit 1st (won qualification in 4:46.71, won final in 4:47.78)

France

Men's amateur
Cahard - sprint (felt and broke two ribs)
Men's professional
Patrick Clerc - keirin (felt in 1st round repaches and was taken away with a brancard)

West Germany

Women
Claudia Lommatzsch - women's sprint 3rd (qualified 1st round, qualified 2nd round, won 3rd round from Sue Novarra (2-0), quarter final.., won bronze final from Natalya Kroetsjeniskaja after 3 races)
Men's amateur
Rainer Podlesch - motor-paced 2nd (qualified for final after winning qualification heat)
Schutz - motor-paced
Men's professional
Schultz - motor-paced

Italy

Men's amateur
Fusarpoli - motor-paced (qualified for final after winning qualification heat)
Men's professional
Borgognoni - individual pursuit
Morandi - individual pursuit
Vicino - motor-paced
Women
Rosella Gabiati - women's sprint (won 1st round from Sue Novarra)

Lebanon

Men's amateur
Ahmed Abdussal Gariani - sprint (lost from Rainier Valkenburg in 1st round)

Poland

Men's amateur
Jan Jankiewicz - individual pursuit (lost bronze medal race from Maurizio Bidinost (5:52.01 vs 4:49.40))
Platek - sprint (won 2nd round repaches from Rainier Valkenburg)
Konkoleweski - tandem (lost from the Netherlands in first round, won the repachages)
? - tandem (lost from the Netherlands in first round, won the repachages)

Brazil

? - men's amateur individual pursuit

Soviet Union

Women's
Galina Tsareva - women's sprint (eliminated by Claudine Vierstraete)
Natalya Kroetsjeniskaja - women's sprint (lost bronze final from Claudia Lommatzsch after 3 races)
Olga Kibardina - women's individual pursuit
Men's amatuer
Goelasjvili - sprint (won 2nd round from Rainier Valkenburg)

Switzerland

Men's amateur
Max Hurzeler - motor-paced 3rd
Isler - sprint (lost from Rainier Valkenburg in 1st round)
Men's professional
Urs Freuler - keirin

United States

Women
Conny Paravaskin - sprint (finished 3rd in her qualification heat)
Sheila Young - sprint 1st (qualified 1st round, won 2nd round from Erica Oomen, qualified 3rd round, result quarter final?)
Sue Novarra - sprint (lost 1st round from Rosella Gabiati, lost 2nd round, won 2nd round repechages from Erica Oomen, lost 3rd round from Lommatzsch (0-2))
Men's professional
Eric Heiden - individual pursuit (finished 19th and last)

See also

References

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