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1983 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

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1983 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenueZürich, Switzerland Switzerland
Date(s) (1983)1983
VelodromeOerlikon Velodrome
Events14

The 1983 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Zürich, Switzerland in 1983.[1] Fourteen events were contested, 12 for men (5 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's keirin
details
Urs Freuler
 Switzerland
Danny Clark
 Australia
Gilbert Hatton
 United States
Men's sprint
details
Kōichi Nakano
 Japan
Yavé Cahard
 France
Ottavio Dazzan
 Italy
Men's individual pursuit
details
Steele Bishop
 Australia
Robert Dill-Bundi
 Switzerland
Hans-Henrik Ørsted
 Denmark
Men's points race
details
Urs Freuler
 Switzerland
Guido Bontempi
 Italy
Gary Sutton
 Australia
Men's motor-paced
details
Bruno Vicino
 Italy
René Koos
 Netherlands
Martin Havik
 Netherlands
Men's Amateur Events
Men's 1 km time trial
details
Sergei Kopylov
 Soviet Union
Gerhard Scheller
 West Germany
Lothar Thoms
 East Germany
Men's sprint
details
Lutz Hesslich
 East Germany
Sergei Kopylov
 Soviet Union
Michael Hübner
 East Germany
Men's individual pursuit
details
Viktor Kupovets
 Soviet Union
Bernd Dittert
 East Germany
Dainis Liepiņš
 Soviet Union
Men's team pursuit
details
 West Germany
Rolf Gölz
Roland Günther
Gerhard Strittmatter
Michael Marx
 East Germany
Carsten Wolf
Mario Hernig
Bernd Dittert
Hans-Joachim Pohl
 Czechoslovakia
Pavel Soukup
Aleš Trčka
František Raboň
Robert Štěrba
Men's points race
details
Michael Marcussen
 Denmark
Hans-Joachim Pohl
 East Germany
Ivan Romanov
 Soviet Union
Men's motor-paced
details
Rainer Podlesch
 West Germany
Mattheus Pronk
 Netherlands
Walter Baumgartner
 Switzerland
Men's tandem
details
 France
Philippe Vernet
Franck Depine
 Czechoslovakia
Ivan Kučírek
Pavel Martínek
 West Germany
Dieter Giebken
Fredy Schmidtke[2][3]
Women's Events
Women's sprint
details
Connie Paraskevin
 United States
Claudia Lommatzsch
 West Germany
Isabelle Nicoloso
 France
Women's individual pursuit
details
Connie Carpenter
 United States
Cynthia Olavarri
 United States
Jeannie Longo
 France

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 West Germany (FRG)2204
2 Soviet Union (URS)2125
3 Switzerland (SUI)2114
 United States (USA)2114
5 East Germany (RDA)1326
6 France (FRA)1124
7 Australia (AUS)1113
 Italy (ITA)1113
9 Denmark (DEN)1012
10 Japan (JPN)1001
11 Netherlands (NED)0213
12 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0112
Totals (12 entries)14141341

See also

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References

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  1. ^ World Championship Track Cycling 2014-1893
  2. ^ Dieter Giebken
    Fredy Schmidtke were disqualified due to a positif doping test on éphédrine afterwards
  3. ^ "Dopingfälle - S". cycling4fans.de. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2011.