1963 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

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1963 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenueRocourt, Belgium
Date(s) (1963-08-01 - 1963-08-07)1–7 August 1963
VelodromeStade Vélodrome de Rocourt
Events9
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The 1963 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Rocourt, Belgium from 1 to 7 August 1963.[1] Nine events were contested, 7 for men (3 for professionals, 4 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint
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Sante Gaiardoni
 Italy
Antonio Maspes
 Italy
Jos De Bakker
 Belgium
Men's individual pursuit
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Leandro Faggin
 Italy
Peter Post
 Netherlands
Henk Nijdam
 Netherlands
Men's motor-paced
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Leo Proost
 Belgium
Paul Depaepe
 Belgium
Robert Varnajo
 France
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint
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Patrick Sercu
 Belgium
Sergio Bianchetto
 Italy
Pierre Trentin
 France
Men's individual pursuit
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Jan Walschaerts
 Belgium
Stanislav Moskvin
 Soviet Union
Hugh Porter
 Great Britain
Men's team pursuit
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 Soviet Union
Arnold Belgardt
Sergey Tereshchenkov
Stanislav Moskvin
Leonid Kolumbet
 West Germany
Lothar Claesges
Clemens Grossimlinghaus
Karl-Heinz Henrichs
Ernst Streng
 
Kurt Vid Stein
Men's motor-paced
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Romain De Loof
 Belgium
Karl-Heinz Matthes
 East Germany
Uli Cuginbuhl
 Switzerland
Women's Events
Women's sprint
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Galina Ermolaeva
 Soviet Union
Irina Kiritchenko
 Soviet Union
Valentina Savina
 Soviet Union
Women's individual pursuit
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Beryl Burton
 Great Britain
Yvonne Reynders
 Belgium
Lyubov Rjabchenko
 Soviet Union

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Belgium (BEL)4217
2 Soviet Union (URS)2226
3 Italy (ITA)2204
4 Great Britain (GBR)1012
5 Netherlands (NED)0112
6 East Germany (RDA)0101
 West Germany (FRG)0101
8 France (FRA)0022
9 Denmark (DEN)0011
 Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (10 entries)99927

See also

References