1980 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

1980 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

Venue	Mexico City,  Mexico
Date(s)	(1980-08)August 1980
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The 1980 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the sixth annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Mexico City, Mexico in August 1980.^[1] It was the third successive championship to be held in the Americas.

The Championships had five events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit, Team pursuit and 1 kilometre time trial. Maic Malchow of East Germany and of the Soviet Union were the most successful cyclists, winning the sprint double and pursuit double respectively.

Events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Events
Sprint[2]	Maic Malchow  East Germany	East Germany	Soviet Union
Points race [2]	Uwe Messerschmidt  West Germany	West Germany	José Youshimatz  Mexico
Pursuit [2]	Soviet Union	Mario Kummer  East Germany	East Germany
Kilo [2]	Maic Malchow  East Germany	Soviet Union	West Germany
Team pursuit [2]	Soviet Union	East Germany Mario Kummer	Great Britain Gary Sadler Darryl Webster

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (GDR)	2	3	1	6
2	Soviet Union (URS)	2	1	1	4
3	West Germany (FRG)	1	1	1	3
4	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		5	5	5	15

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