1960 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

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1960 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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Host city Leipzig and Chemnitz, East Germany
Date(s)  (1960-08-03 - 1960-08-14)3-14 August 1960
Velodrome Alfred-Rosch-Kampfbahn
Chemnitz Velodrome
Events 8
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1961

The 1960 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Leipzig and Chemnitz, East Germany from 3 to 14 August 1960.[1] Eight events were contested, 6 for men (3 for professionals, 3 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint
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Antonio Maspes
 Italy
Oscar Plattner
  Switzerland
Jos De Bakker
 Belgium
Men's individual pursuit
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Rudi Altig
 West Germany
Willy Trepp
  Switzerland
Ercole Baldini
 Italy
Men's motor-paced
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Guillermo Timoner
 Spain
Martin Wierstra
 Netherlands
Norbert Koch
 Netherlands
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint
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Sante Gaiardoni
 Italy
Leo Sterckx
 Belgium
David Handley
 United Kingdom
Men's individual pursuit
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Marcel Delattre
 France
Henk Nijdam
 Netherlands
Siegfried Köhler
 East Germany
Men's motor-paced
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Georg Stoltze
 East Germany
Siegfried Wustrow
 East Germany
Henk Buis
 Netherlands
Women's Events
Women's sprint
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Galina Ermolaeva
 Soviet Union
Valentina Maksimova
 Soviet Union
Jean Dunn
 United Kingdom
Women's individual pursuit
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Beryl Burton
 United Kingdom
Marie-Thérèse Naessens
 Belgium
Lyubov Shogina
 Soviet Union

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Italy 2 0 1 3
2  East Germany 1 1 1 3
 Soviet Union 1 1 1 3
4  United Kingdom 1 0 2 3
5  Spain 1 0 0 1
 France 1 0 0 1
 West Germany 1 0 0 1
8  Netherlands 0 2 2 4
9  Belgium 0 2 1 3
10   Switzerland 0 2 0 2
TOTAL 8 8 8 24

See also

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