1959_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships

1959 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

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The 1959 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands from 8 to 13 August 1959.^[1] Eight events were contested, 6 for men (3 for professionals, 3 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

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Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Antonio Maspes Italy	Michel Rousseau France	Jan Derksen Netherlands
Men's individual pursuit details	Roger Rivière France	Albert Bouvet France	Jean Brankart Belgium
Men's motor-paced details	Guillermo Timoner Spain	Walter Bucher Switzerland	Norbert Koch Netherlands
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint details	Valentino Gasparella Italy	Sante Gaiardoni Italy	André Gruchet France
Men's individual pursuit details	Rudi Altig West Germany	Mario Vallotto Italy	Willy Trepp Switzerland
Men's motor-paced details	Arie van Houwelingen Netherlands	Bernard Deconinck France	Lothar Meister East Germany
Women's Events
Women's sprint details	Galina Ermolaeva Soviet Union	Valentina Maksimova Soviet Union	Jean Dunn Great Britain
Women's individual pursuit details	Beryl Burton Great Britain	Elsy Jacobs Luxembourg	Lyudmilla Kochetova Soviet Union

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	2	2	0	4
2	France (FRA)	1	3	1	5
3	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	1	3
4	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	2	3
5	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	1	2
6	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
6	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	0	1
8	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
9	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	1	0	1
10	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
10	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		8	8	8	24

1959 UCI Track Cycling World Championships