1978 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships
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Venue | Washington, D.C., United States |
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Date(s) | 1978 |
The 1978 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the fourth annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Washington, D.C., United States in August 1978.[1] Washington, DC was the host city for the 1978 Junior World Championships, but the track events were held at the Trexlertown Velodrome (PA). It was the first championship to be held outside Europe
The Championships had five events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit, Team pursuit and 1 kilometre time trial.
Events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's Events | |||
Sprint[2] |
Sergei Kopylov Soviet Union |
East Germany |
East Germany |
Points race [2] |
Belgium |
Allan Peiper Australia |
Michael Marx West Germany |
Individual pursuit [2] |
East Germany |
Viktor Manakov Soviet Union |
East Germany |
Kilo [2] |
East Germany |
Sergei Kopylov Soviet Union |
Heinz Isler Switzerland |
Team pursuit [2] |
Soviet Union Alexandre Krasnov Viktor Manakov |
West Germany Michael Maue |
East Germany Bernd Dittert |
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
2 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
3 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 nations) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Source: [2]
References[]
- ^ 1978 WJTC venue
- ^ a b c d e f 1978 World Junior Track Championships results the-sports.org
Categories:
- UCI Juniors Track World Championships
- 1978 in track cycling
- 1978 in American sports
- International cycle races hosted by the United States