1959 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

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.

1959 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date(s)	(1959-08-08 - 1959-08-13)8–13 August 1959
Velodrome	Olympisch Stadion
Events	8
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Medal summary

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

Medal table

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
	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
	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		8	8	8	24

See also

• 1959 UCI Road World Championships