UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI's predecessor, the International Cycling Association (ICA).

UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Status	Active
Genre	Track cycling
Date(s)	February–April
Frequency	Annually
Location(s)	Worldwide velodromes
Inaugurated	1893
Previous event	2020
Next event	2021
Organised by	UCI
Website	https://www.uci.org/track/events/uci-track-cycling-world-championships
2020

Current events include: time trial, keirin, individual pursuit, team pursuit, points race, scratch race, sprint, team sprint, omnium and madison. Women's events are generally shorter than men's. Events which are no longer held include the motor paced events and tandem events.

History

World championships were first held in 1893, in Chicago, under the ICA. They were for amateurs. Separate professional races were held from 1895, in Cologne. Amateurs and professionals competed in separate events until 1993, after which they raced together in "open" races. Championships are open to riders selected by their national cycling association. They compete in the colours of their country.

The winner of ICA championships received a gold medal. The UCI awards a gold medal and a rainbow jersey to the winner. Silver and bronze medals are awarded to the second and third place contestants. World champions wear their rainbow jersey until the following year's championship, but they may wear it only in the type of event in which they won it. Former champions can wear rainbow cuffs to their everyday jerseys.

World track championships are allocated to different countries each year. They are run by that country's national cycling association, although the top referees (President of the Commissaire's panel – PCP, Secretary, Starter, and Judge Referee) are International Commissaires appointed by the UCI.

Hosts

Hosts	Editions hosted
France	15
Germany	14
Belgium	13
Italy	13
Denmark	11
Great Britain	9
Netherlands	8
Switzerland	8
Spain	5
United States	4
Australia	3
Canada,  Poland,  Austria,  Czechoslovakia,  Colombia	2
Hong Kong,  Belarus,  Venezuela,  Japan,  Norway,  Hungary,  Uruguay	1

Championships

Number	Year	Country	City	Velodrome	Events
1	1893	United States	Chicago	South Side Park	3
2	1894	Belgium	Antwerp		3
3	1895	Germany	Cologne	Riehler Radrennbahn	4
4	1896	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrup Velodrome	4
5	1897	United Kingdom	Glasgow	Celtic Park	4
6	1898	Austria	Vienna	Prater Park	4
7	1899	Canada	Montreal	Vélodrome de Queen's Park	4
8	1900	France	Paris	Parc des Princes	4
9	1901	Germany	Berlin	Radrennbahn Friedenau	4
10	1902	Italy	Rome		4
		Germany	Berlin	Radrennbahn Friedenau
11	1903	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrup Velodrome	4
12	1904	United Kingdom	London	Crystal Palace	4
13	1905	Belgium	Antwerp		4
14	1906	Switzerland	Geneva		4
15	1907	France	Paris	Parc des Princes	4
16	1908	Germany	Leipzig	Sportplatz Leipzig	4
			Berlin	Radrennbahn Steglitz
17	1909	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrup Velodrome	4
18	1910	Belgium	Brussels		4
19	1911	Italy	Rome		4
20	1912	United States	Newark	Newark Velodrome	3
21	1913	Germany	Berlin	Deutsches Stadion	4
			Leipzig	Sportplatz Leipzig
22	1914	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrup Velodrome	1
1915–1919: not held due to the WWI
23	1920	Belgium	Antwerp		3
24	1921	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrup Velodrome	3
25	1922	United Kingdom	Liverpool		3
		France	Paris
26	1923	Switzerland	Zürich	Oerlikon Velodrome	3
27	1924	France	Paris	Parc des Princes	3
28	1925	Netherlands	Amsterdam		3
29	1926	Italy	Milan		3
			Turin
30	1927	Germany	Cologne	Müngersdorfer Radrennbahn	3
			Elberfeld	Stadion am Zoo
31	1928	Hungary	Budapest	Millenáris Sporttelep	3
32	1929	Switzerland	Zürich	Oerlikon Velodrome	3
33	1930	Belgium	Brussels	Heysel Stadium	3
34	1931	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrup Velodrome	3
35	1932	Italy	Rome	Stadio Nazionale PNF	3
36	1933	France	Paris	Parc des Princes	3
37	1934	Germany	Leipzig	Sportplatz Leipzig	3
38	1935	Belgium	Brussels	Heysel Stadium	3
39	1936	Switzerland	Zürich	Oerlikon Velodrome	3
40	1937	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrup Velodrome	3
41	1938	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Olympic Stadium	3
42	1939	Italy	Milan	Velodromo Vigorelli[1]	2
1940–1945: not held due to the WWII
43	1946	Switzerland	Zürich	Oerlikon Velodrome	5
44	1947	France	Paris	Parc des Princes	5
45	1948	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Olympic Stadium	5
46	1949	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrup Velodrome	5
47	1950	Belgium	Rocourt	Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt	5
48	1951	Italy	Milan	Velodromo Vigorelli[1]	5
49	1952	France	Paris	Parc des Princes	5
50	1953	Switzerland	Zürich	Oerlikon Velodrome	5
51	1954	West Germany	Cologne	Müngersdorfer Stadion	5
			Wuppertal	Stadion am Zoo
52	1955	Italy	Milan	Velodromo Vigorelli[1]	5
53	1956	Denmark	Copenhagen	Ordrup Velodrome	5
54	1957	Belgium	Rocourt	Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt	5
55	1958	France	Paris	Parc des Princes	8
56	1959	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Olympic Stadium	8
57	1960	East Germany	Leipzig	Alfred-Rosch-Kampfbahn	8
			Chemnitz	Chemnitz Velodrome
58	1961	Switzerland	Zürich	Oerlikon Velodrome	8
59	1962	Italy	Milan	Velodromo Vigorelli[1]	9
60	1963	Belgium	Rocourt	Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt	9
61	1964	France	Paris	Parc des Princes	9
62	1965	Spain	San Sebastián	Velódromo de Anoeta	9
63	1966	West Germany	Frankfurt	Waldstadion	11
64	1967	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Olympic Stadium	11
65	1968	Italy	Rome	Olympic Velodrome	11
		Uruguay	Montevideo	Americo Ricaldoni
66	1969	Belgium	Antwerp	Sportpaleis	11
		Czechoslovakia	Brno	Brno Velodrome
67	1970	United Kingdom	Leicester	Saffron Lane Velodrome	11
68	1971	Italy	Varese	Luigi Ganna Velodrome	11
69	1972	France	Marseille	Stade Vélodrome	11
70	1973	Spain	San Sebastián	Velódromo de Anoeta	11
71	1974	Canada	Montreal	Le Stade du CEPSUM	11
72	1975	Belgium	Rocourt	Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt	11
73	1976	Italy	Monteroni di Lecce	Ulivi Velodrome	12
74	1977	Venezuela	San Cristóbal	José de Jesús Mora Figueroa Velodrome	12
75	1978	West Germany	Munich	Radstadion	12
76	1979	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Velodrome Amsterdam	12
77	1980	France	Besançon	Stade Léo Lagrange	10
78	1981	Czechoslovakia	Brno	Brno Velodrome	14
79	1982	United Kingdom	Leicester	Saffron Lane Velodrome	14
80	1983	Switzerland	Zürich	Oerlikon Velodrome	14
81	1984	Spain	Barcelona	Velòdrom d'Horta	14
82	1985	Italy	Bassano del Grappa	Stadio Rino Mercante	14
83	1986	United States	Colorado Springs	7-Eleven USOTC Velodrome	14
84	1987	Austria	Vienna	Ferry-Dusika-Hallenstadion	14
85	1988	Belgium	Ghent	Vlaams Wielercentrum Eddy Merckx	9
86	1989	France	Lyon	Vélodrome Georges-Préveral	15
87	1990	Japan	Maebashi	Green Dome Maebashi	15
88	1991	Germany	Stuttgart	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	12
89	1992	Spain	Valencia	Luis Puig Velodrome	6
90	1993	Norway	Hamar	Vikingskipet Olympic Arena	11
91	1994	Italy	Palermo	Velodromo Paolo Borsellino	11
92	1995	Colombia	Bogotá	Luis Carlos Galán Velodrome	12
93	1996	United Kingdom	Manchester	Manchester Velodrome	12
94	1997	Australia	Perth	Perth SpeedDome	12
95	1998	France	Bordeaux	Vélodrome de Bordeaux	12
96	1999	Germany	Berlin	Velodrom	12
97	2000	United Kingdom	Manchester	Manchester Velodrome	12
98	2001	Belgium	Antwerp	Sportpaleis	12
99	2002	Denmark	Ballerup	Siemens Arena	15
100	2003	Germany	Stuttgart	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	15
101	2004	Australia	Melbourne	Melbourne Park Multi-Purpose Venue	15
102	2005	United States	Los Angeles	VELO Sports Center	15
103	2006	France	Bordeaux	Vélodrome de Bordeaux	15
104	2007	Spain	Palma de Mallorca	Palma Arena	17
105	2008	United Kingdom	Manchester	Manchester Velodrome	18
106	2009	Poland	Pruszków	BGŻ Arena	19
107	2010	Denmark	Ballerup	Ballerup Super Arena	19
108	2011	Netherlands	Apeldoorn	Omnisport Apeldoorn	19
109	2012	Australia	Melbourne	Melbourne Park Multi-Purpose Venue	19
110	2013	Belarus	Minsk	Minsk-Arena	19
111	2014	Colombia	Cali	Velódromo Alcides Nieto Patiño	19
112	2015	France	Montigny-le-Bretonneux	Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines	19
113	2016	United Kingdom	London	Lee Valley VeloPark	19
114	2017	Hong Kong	Tseung Kwan O New Town	Hong Kong Velodrome	20
115	2018	Netherlands	Apeldoorn	Omnisport Apeldoorn	20
116	2019	Poland	Pruszków	BGŻ Arena	20
117	2020	Germany	Berlin	Velodrom	20
118	2021	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Ashgabat Velodrome
119	2022	France	Montigny-le-Bretonneux	Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
120	2023	United Kingdom	Glasgow	Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
121	2024	Denmark	Ballerup	Ballerup Super Arena

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2020 World Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	143	114	128	385
2	Great Britain	106	81	67	254
3	Netherlands	100	94	89	283
4	Australia	85	92	73	250
5	Italy	80	88	100	268
6	Germany	74	72	88	234
7	Soviet Union	58	50	35	143
8	Belgium	50	52	50	152
9	United States	48	46	43	137
10	East Germany	34	31	28	93
11	Switzerland	33	34	36	103
12	Denmark	30	38	35	103
13	West Germany	29	31	30	90
14	Russia	24	23	28	75
15	Spain	19	21	15	55
16	Czechoslovakia	14	9	18	41
17	Belarus	14	2	8	24
18	New Zealand	13	21	20	54
19	Japan	13	12	13	38
20	Poland	9	7	9	25
21	Colombia	6	5	0	11
22	Canada	5	19	15	39
23	Austria	5	7	11	23
24	Hong Kong	5	2	4	11
25	China	4	14	10	28
26	Ukraine	4	7	3	14
27	Cuba	4	4	5	13
28	Czech Republic	3	5	7	15
29	Commonwealth Games Federation	3	2	3	8
30	Lithuania	2	8	11	21
31	Norway	2	3	4	9
32	Ireland	2	3	3	8
33	Mexico	1	7	4	12
34	Argentina	1	5	10	16
35	Malaysia	1	2	5	8
36	South Africa	1	2	1	4
37	Luxembourg	0	2	2	4
38	Greece	0	1	2	3
39	Barbados	0	1	1	2
	Portugal	0	1	1	2
	South Korea	0	1	1	2
42	Bohemia	0	1	0	1
	Latvia	0	1	0	1
	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
45	Sweden	0	0	2	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	2	2
47	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Liechtenstein	0	0	1	1
Totals (49 nations)		1025	1022	1023	3070

Results by country

• Argentina
• Australia
• Austria
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Canada
• Chile
• Chinese Taipei
• Cuba
• Denmark
• Finland
• Greece
• Hong Kong
• Ireland
• Japan
• Kazakhstan
• Lithuania
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Poland
• Russia
• Slovakia
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Spain
• Suriname
• Switzerland
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Ukraine
• United States
• Uzbekistan
• Venezuela

Results by event

• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's 1 km time trial
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's scratch
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team sprint
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's tandem (defunct)
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's madison
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit
• UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint
• UCI Motor-paced World Championships (defunct)

See also

• UCI Track Cycling World Ranking
• UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
• UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
• UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships

References

Media related to UCI Track World Championships at Wikimedia Commons

1. Williams, Richard (21 March 2014). "Historic Vigorelli velodrome rescued by volunteers who fought off inertia". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2014.