1979 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships
Venue | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Date(s) | August 1979 |
The 1979 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the fifth annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in August 1979.[1] It was the second championship to be held outside Europe, the second to be held in the Americas, and the first to be held in the southern hemisphere.
The Championships had five events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit, Team pursuit and 1 kilometre time trial. With two golds and a bronze, Fredy Schmidtke had the most successful single games for a cyclist to date, while future Tour de France legend Greg LeMond won his first major medal for the United States.
Events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's Events | |||
Sprint[2] |
Fredy Schmidtke West Germany |
France |
Belgium |
Points race [2] |
Teun Van Vliet Netherlands |
Nikolay Trusov Russia |
Jean-François Chaurin France |
Individual pursuit [2] |
Soviet Union |
Greg LeMond United States |
Philippe Chevallier France |
Kilo [2] |
Fredy Schmidtke West Germany |
Soviet Union |
France |
Team pursuit [2] |
Soviet Union Dainis Liepinsch |
France Daniel Pandèle Philippe Chevallier |
West Germany Fredy Schmidtke |
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
2 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
5 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 nations) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Source: [2]
References[]
- ^ 1979 WJTC venue
- ^ a b c d e f 1979 WJTC results the-sports.org
Categories:
- UCI Juniors Track World Championships
- Sports competitions in Buenos Aires
- 1978 in track cycling
- 1978 in Argentine sport
- International cycle races hosted by Argentina