1968 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

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1968 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenueRome, Italy
Montevideo, Uruguay
Date(s) (1968-08-22 - 1968-08-27)22–27 August 1968
VelodromeOlympic Velodrome
Events11
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The 1968 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. The events for the professional men and women's were held in Rome, Italy the other events took place in Montevideo, Uruguay.[1] Eleven events were contested, 9 for men (3 for professionals, 6 for amateurs) and 2 for women between 22 and 27 August 1968.

Medal summary[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint
Giuseppe Beghetto
 Italy
Patrick Sercu
 Belgium
Giovanni Pettenella
 Italy
Men's individual pursuit
Hugh Porter
 Great Britain
Ole Ritter
 Denmark
Leandro Faggin
 Italy
Men's motor-paced
Leo Proost
 Belgium
Piet De Wit
 Netherlands
Ehrenfried Rudolph
 West Germany
Men's Amateur Events
Men's 1 km time trial
Niels Fredborg
 Denmark
Jack Simes
 United States
Gianni Sartori
 Italy
Men's sprint
Luigi Borghetti
 Italy
Niels Fredborg
 Denmark
Robert Van Lancker
 Belgium
Men's individual pursuit
Mogens Frey
 Denmark
Xaver Kurmann
  Switzerland
Lorenzo Bosisio
 Italy
Men's team pursuit
 Italy
Cipriano Chemello
Lorenzo Bosisio
Giorgio Morbiato
Luigi Roncaglia
 Argentina
Carlos Miguel Álvarez
Juan Alves
Ernesto Contreras
Juan Alberto Merlos
 Sweden
Erik Pettersson
Tomas Pettersson
Gösta Pettersson
Men's motor-paced
Giuseppe Grassi
 Italy
Cees Stam
 Netherlands

  Switzerland
Men's tandem
 Italy
Walter Gorini
Giordano Turrini
 Belgium
Daniel Goens
Robert Van Lancker
 Japan
Sanji Inoue
Women's Events
Women's sprint

 Soviet Union
Irina Kiritchenko
 Soviet Union
Galina Ermolaeva
 Soviet Union
Women's individual pursuit
Raisa Obodovskaya
 Soviet Union
Beryl Burton
 Great Britain
Keetie van Oosten-Hage
 Netherlands

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy (ITA)5049
2 Denmark (DEN)2204
3 Soviet Union (URS)2114
4 Belgium (BEL)1214
5 Great Britain (GBR)1102
6 Netherlands (NED)0213
7  Switzerland (SUI)0112
8 Argentina (ARG)0101
 United States (USA)0101
10 Japan (JPN)0011
 Sweden (SWE)0011
 West Germany (FRG)0011
Totals (12 nations)11111133

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