1979 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 1979 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1979.^[1] Twelve events were contested, 10 for men (3 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Medal summary

Mattheus Pronk won the amateur motor-paced

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint	Kōichi Nakano Japan	Dieter Berkmann West Germany	Michel Vaarten Belgium
Men's individual pursuit	Bert Oosterbosch Netherlands	Francesco Moser Italy	Herman Ponsteen Netherlands
Men's motor-paced	Martin Venix Netherlands	Wilfried Peffgen West Germany	Cees Stam Netherlands
Men's Amateur Events
Men's 1 km time trial	Lothar Thoms East Germany	Gordon Singleton Canada	Eduard Rapp Soviet Union
Men's sprint	Lutz Hesslich East Germany	Emanuel Raasch East Germany	Christian Dresscher East Germany
Men's individual pursuit	Nikolaï Makarov Soviet Union	Maurizio Bidinost Italy	Alain Bondue France
Men's team pursuit	East Germany Lutz Haueisen Gerald Mortag Axel Grosser Volker Winkler	Soviet Union Viktor Manakov Vassili Ehrlich Vladimir Osokin Vitali Petrakov	Italy Maurizio Bidinost Pierangelo Bincoletto Silvestro Milani Sandro Callari
Men's points race	Igor Sláma Czechoslovakia	Pierangelo Bincoletto Italy	Urs Freuler Switzerland
Men's motor-paced	Mattheus Pronk Netherlands	Guido Van Meel Belgium	Gaby Minneboo Netherlands
Men's tandem	France Yavé Cahard Franck Depine	West Germany Dieter Giebken Fredy Schmidtke	Czechoslovakia Vladimir Vackar Miloslav Vymazal
Women's Events
Women's sprint	Galina Tsareva Soviet Union	Truus van der Plaat Netherlands	Sue Novara United States
Women's individual pursuit	Keetie van Oosten-Hage Netherlands	Anna Riemersma Netherlands	Liugina Bissoli Italy

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	4	2	3	9
2	East Germany	3	1	1	5
3	Soviet Union	2	1	1	4
4	Czechoslovakia	1	0	1	2
-	France	1	0	1	2
6	Japan	1	0	0	1
7	Italy	0	3	2	5
8	West Germany	0	3	0	3
9	Belgium	0	1	1	2
10	Canada	0	1	0	1
11	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
-	United States	0	0	1	1

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Championships records

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Cyclists	... 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Countries	Australia Cuba Netherlands (incomplete country list)

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