1982 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

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1982 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenueLeicester, United Kingdom
Date(s) (1982)1982
VelodromeSaffron Lane Velodrome
Events14
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The 1982 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Leicester, the United Kingdom in 1982.[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 Elite Events
Men's keirin
Gordon Singleton
 Canada
Danny Clark
 Australia
(北村徹)
 Japan
Men's sprint
Kōichi Nakano
 Japan
Gordon Singleton
 Canada
Yavé Cahard
 France
Men's individual pursuit
Alain Bondue
 France
Hans-Henrik Ørsted
 Denmark
Maurizio Bidinost
 Italy
Men's points race
Urs Freuler
  Switzerland
Gary Sutton
 Australia
Roman Hermann
 Liechtenstein
Men's motor-paced
Martin Venix
 Netherlands
Wilfried Peffgen
 Germany
Bruno Vicino
 Italy
Men's Amateur Events
Men's 1 km time trial
Fredy Schmidtke
 West Germany
Lothar Thoms
 East Germany
Emanuel Raasch
 East Germany
Men's sprint
Sergei Kopylov
 Soviet Union
Lutz Hesslich
 East Germany

 Soviet Union
Men's individual pursuit

 East Germany
Rolf Gölz
 West Germany

 East Germany
Men's team pursuit
 Soviet Union

Alexandre Krasnov
Valeri Movchan
 West Germany
Roland Günther


Michael Marx
 East Germany



Volker Winkler
Men's points race

 East Germany
Michael Marcussen
 Denmark
Karl Krenauer
 Austria
Men's motor-paced
Gaby Minneboo
 Netherlands
Mattheus Pronk
 Netherlands
Rainer Podlesch
 West Germany
Men's tandem
 Czechoslovakia
Ivan Kucirek
 West Germany

Fredy Schmidtke
 Netherlands
Sjaak Pieters
Tom Vrolijk
Women's Events
Women's sprint
Connie Paraskevin
 United States
Sheila Young
 United States

 West Germany
Women's individual pursuit
Rebecca Twigg
 United States
Connie Carpenter
 United States
Jeannie Longo
 France

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany (RDA)2338
2 United States (USA)2204
3 Netherlands (NED)2114
4 Soviet Union (URS)2013
5 West Germany (FRG)1326
6 Canada (CAN)1102
7 France (FRA)1023
8 Japan (JPN)1012
9 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1001
  Switzerland (SUI)1001
11 Australia (AUS)0202
 Denmark (DEN)0202
13 Italy (ITA)0022
14 Austria (AUT)0011
 Liechtenstein (LIE)0011
Totals (15 nations)14141442

References[]

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