1958 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 1958 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Paris, France from 8 to 13 September 1958.^[1] Eight events were contested, 6 for men (3 for professionals, 3 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Medal summary[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint	Michel Rousseau  France	Enzo Sacchi  Italy	Antonio Maspes  Italy
Men's individual pursuit	Roger Rivière  France	Leandro Faggin  Italy	Franco Gandini  Italy
Men's motor-paced	Walter Bucher   Switzerland	Guillermo Timoner  Spain	Wouter Wagtmans  Netherlands
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint	Valentino Gasparella  Italy	Sante Gaiardoni  Italy	Dick Ploog  Australia
Men's individual pursuit	Norman Sheil  Great Britain	Philippe Gaudrillet  France	Italy
Men's motor-paced	Lothar Meister  East Germany	East Germany	Arie Van Houwelingen  Netherlands
Women's Events
Women's sprint	Galina Ermolaeva  Soviet Union	Valentina Maksimova  Soviet Union	Jean Dunn  Great Britain
Women's individual pursuit	Soviet Union	Great Britain	Great Britain

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	2	1	0	3
	Soviet Union (URS)	2	1	0	3
3	Italy (ITA)	1	3	3	7
4	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	2	4
5	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	0	2
6	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
7	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
8	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
9	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		8	8	8	24

See also[]

• 1958 UCI Road World Championships

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