1978 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

1978 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

Venue	Washington, D.C., United States
Date(s)	(1978)1978

The 1978 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the fourth annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Washington, D.C., United States in August 1978. Washington, D.C. was the host city for the 1978 Junior World Championships, but the track events were held at the Trexlertown Velodrome (PA). It was the first championship to be held outside Europe

The Championships had five events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit, Team pursuit and 1 kilometre time trial.

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Events
Sprint	Sergei Kopylov Soviet Union	Mich Hotzan East Germany	Frank Micke East Germany
Points race	Kenny De Maerteleire Belgium	Allan Peiper Australia	Michael Marx West Germany
Individual pursuit	Alex Grosser East Germany	Viktor Manakov Soviet Union	Thomas Schnelle East Germany
Kilo	Frank Micke East Germany	Sergei Kopylov Soviet Union	Heinz Isler Switzerland
Team pursuit	Soviet Union Alexandre Krasnov Nikolai Manakov Viktor Manakov Ivan Mitchenko	West Germany Frank Enger Markus Intra Michael Maue Peter Stalla	East Germany Bernd Dittert Michael Koller Axel Grosser Thomas Schnelle

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	2	2	0	4
2	East Germany (GDR)	2	1	3	6
3	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	0	1
4	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	1	2
5	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
6	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		5	5	5	15

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