1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Venue	Brno, Czechoslovakia
Date(s)	31 August - 6 September 1981
Velodrome	Brno Velodrome
Events	14
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The 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1981.^[1] Fourteen events were contested, 12 for men (5 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Medal summary[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's keirin	Danny Clark Australia	Guido Bontempi Italy	(久保千代志) Japan
Men's sprint	Kōichi Nakano Japan	Gordon Singleton Canada	(高橋健二) Japan
Men's individual pursuit	Alain Bondue France	Hans-Henrik Ørsted Denmark	Bert Oosterbosch Netherlands
Men's points race	Urs Freuler Switzerland	Danny Clark Australia	Giuseppe Saronni Italy
Men's motor-paced	René Kos Netherlands	Bruno Vicino Italy	Wilfried Peffgen West Germany
Men's Amateur Events
Men's 1 km time trial	Lothar Thoms East Germany 1:05.85	Fredy Schmidtke West Germany 1:06.02	Sergei Kopylov Soviet Union 1:06.56
Men's sprint	Sergei Kopylov Soviet Union	Lutz Hesslich East Germany	East Germany
Men's individual pursuit	East Germany 4:47.78	Soviet Union 4:55.19	Maurizio Bidinost Italy 4:49.40
Men's team pursuit	East Germany Bernd Dittert Volker Winkler	Soviet Union Alexandre Krasnov Viktor Manakov	Czechoslovakia Martin Penc Ales Trcka Jiri Pokorny
Men's points race	Lutz Haueisen East Germany	Leonard Harvey Nitz United States	Michael Marcussen Denmark
Men's motor-paced	Mattheus Pronk Netherlands	Rainer Podlesch West Germany	Max Hurzeler Switzerland
Men's tandem	Czechoslovakia Ivan Kucirek	West Germany Fredy Schmidtke	Poland Zbigniew Piątek
Women's Events
Women's sprint	Sheila Young United States	Belgium	West Germany
Women's individual pursuit	Soviet Union	Tamara Polyakova Soviet Union	Jeannie Longo France

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (RDA)	4	1	1	6
2	Soviet Union (URS)	2	3	1	6
3	Netherlands (NED)	2	0	1	3
4	Australia (AUS)	1	1	0	2
4	United States (USA)	1	1	0	2
6	Japan (JPN)	1	0	2	3
7	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	1	2
	France (FRA)	1	0	1	2
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	1	2
10	West Germany (FRG)	0	3	2	5
11	Italy (ITA)	0	2	2	4
12	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	1	2
13	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
13	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
15	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 nations)		14	14	14	42

Competitors[]

The Netherlands[]

The next riders were selected by the KNWU after the Dutch national championships and were published on 10 August 1981.^[2]

Women
Rider	Event
Erika Omen	Sprint
Sandra de Nijs	Sprint
Petra de Bruin	Individual pursuit
Monique Kauffmann	Individual pursuit

Amateur riders
Rider	Event
	Individual pursuit team pursuit points race
Erick Ge..	Motor-paced
	team pursuit points race
Gaby Minneboo	Motor-paced
Rik Moorman	team pursuit
Peter Pieters	Individual pursuit team pursuit points race
Sjaak Pieters	Sprint Tandem
Mathé Pronk	Motor-paced
	team pursuit points race
Ger Slot	Motor-paced
	Sprint 1 km time trial
Tom Vrolijk	Sprint Tandem
(reserve)	team pursuit

Professionals
Rider	Event
Bert Oosterbosch	Individual pursuit
Roy Schuiten
Herman Ponsteen (if he is fit)
Hans Vonk	Points race
Martin Venix	Motor-paced
René Kos

Australia[]

Men's professional: Danny Clark - men's keirin

Belgium[]

Women: - women's sprint (eliminated Galina Tsareva in earlier round); Gerda Sierens - women's individual pursuit

Canada[]

Men's amateurs: ? - men's team pursuit; ? - men's team pursuit; ? - men's team pursuit; ? - men's team pursuit

Denmark[]

Men's professional: Oersted - individual pursuit

Czech Republic[]

Women: ? - women's sprint (won her qualification heat); - women's sprint (finished 2nd in qualification heat)

East Germany[]

Men's amateur: - amateur individual pursuit (won qualification in 4:46.71, won final in 4:47.78)

France[]

Men's amateur: Cahard - sprint (felt and broke two ribs)
Men's professional: Patrick Clerc - keirin (felt in 1st round repaches and was taken away with a brancard)

West Germany[]

Women: - women's sprint (qualified 1st round, qualified 2nd round, won 3rd round from (2-0), quarter final.., won bronze final from after 3 races)

Men's amateur: Rainer Podlesch - motor-paced (qualified for final after winning qualification heat); Schutz - motor-paced

Men's professional: Schultz - motor-paced

Italy[]

Men's amateur: Fusarpoli - motor-paced (qualified for final after winning qualification heat)
Men's professional: Borgognoni - individual pursuit; Morandi - individual pursuit; Vicino - motor-paced
Women: - women's sprint (won 1st round from Sue Novarra)

Lebanon[]

Men's amateur: Ahmed Abdussal Gariani - sprint (lost from Rainier Valkenburg in 1st round)

Poland[]

Men's amateur: Jan Jankiewicz - individual pursuit (lost bronze medal race from Maurizio Bidinost (5:52.01 vs 4:49.40)); Platek - sprint (won 2nd round repaches from Rainier Valkenburg); Konkoleweski - tandem (lost from the Netherlands in first round, won the repechages); ? - tandem (lost from the Netherlands in first round, won the repechages)

Brazil[]

? - men's amateur individual pursuit

Soviet Union[]

Women's: Galina Tsareva - women's sprint (eliminated by Claudine Vierstraete); - women's sprint (lost bronze final from Claudia Lommatzsch after 3 races); - women's individual pursuit
Men's amateur: Goelasjvili - sprint (won 2nd round from Rainier Valkenburg)

Switzerland[]

Men's amateur: Max Hurzeler - motor-paced; Isler - sprint (lost from Rainier Valkenburg in 1st round)
Men's professional: Urs Freuler - keirin

United States[]

Women: - sprint (finished 3rd in her qualification heat); Sheila Young - sprint (qualified 1st round, won 2nd round from Erica Oomen, qualified 3rd round, result quarter final?); - sprint (lost 1st round from , lost 2nd round, won 2nd round repechages from Erica Oomen, lost 3rd round from Lommatzsch (0-2))

Men's professional: Eric Heiden - individual pursuit (finished 19th and last)

References[]

^ World Championship Track Cycling 2014-1893
^ Baanploeg voor WK wielrennen Leidse Courant, 10 August 1981 (in Dutch)

[1] World Championship Track Cycling 2014-1893

[2] Baanploeg voor WK wielrennen Leidse Courant, 10 August 1981 (in Dutch)

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