1977 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

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1977 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenueSan Cristóbal, Venezuela
Date(s) (1977)1977
VelodromeJosé de Jesús Mora Figueroa Velodrome
Events12
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The 1977 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in San Cristóbal, Venezuela in 1977.[1] Twelve events were contested, 10 for men (3 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Medal summary[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint
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Kōichi Nakano
 Japan
Yoshikazu Sugata (菅田順和)
 Japan
John Nicholson
 Australia
Men's individual pursuit
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Gregor Braun
 West Germany
Knut Knudsen
 Norway
Steve Heffernan
 Great Britain
Men's motor-paced
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Cees Stam
 Netherlands
Wilfried Peffgen
 West Germany
Pietro Algeri
 Italy
Men's Amateur Events
Men's 1 km time trial
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Lothar Thoms
 East Germany
Günther Schumacher
 West Germany
Hans Ledermann
 Switzerland
Men's sprint
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Hans-Jürgen Geschke
 East Germany
Emanuel Raasch
 East Germany
Lutz Hesslich
 East Germany
Men's individual pursuit
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Norbert Dürpisch
 East Germany
Uwe Unterwalder
 East Germany
Daniel Gisiger
 Switzerland
Men's team pursuit
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 East Germany
Norbert Dürpisch
Gerald Mortag
Matthias Wiegand
Volker Winkler
 West Germany
Günther Schumacher
Peter Vonhof
Hans Lutz
Henry Rincklin
 Switzerland
Robert Dill-Bundi
Daniel Gisiger
Hans Kaenel
Walter Baumgartner
Men's points race
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Constant Tourné
 Belgium
Jan Faltyn
 Poland
Nikolaï Makarov
 Soviet Union
Men's motor-paced
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Gaby Minneboo
 Netherlands
Bartolome Caldentey
 Spain
Rainer Podlesch
 West Germany
Men's tandem
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 Czechoslovakia
Vladimír Vačkář
Miloslav Vymazal
 Soviet Union
Vladimir Semenets
Aleksander Voronine
 West Germany
Horst Gewis
Wolfgang Schaffer
Women's Events
Women's sprint
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Galina Tsareva
 Soviet Union
Sue Novara
 United States
Iva Zajíčková
 Czechoslovakia
Women's individual pursuit
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Vera Kuznetsova
 Soviet Union
Anna Riemersma
 Netherlands
Karen Strong
 Canada

Medal table[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany (GDR)4217
2 Soviet Union (URS)2114
3 Netherlands (NED)2103
4 West Germany (FRG)1326
5 Japan (JPN)1102
6 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1012
7 Belgium (BEL)1001
8 Norway (NOR)0101
 Poland (POL)0101
 Spain (ESP)0101
 United States (USA)0101
12 Switzerland (SUI)0033
13 Australia (AUS)0011
 Canada (CAN)0011
 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (16 entries)12121236

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