1978 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

1978 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

Venue	Washington, D.C.,  United States
Date(s)	(1978)1978
← 1977 Vienna 1979 Buenos Aires →

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
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
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

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