1963 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

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.

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Belgium (BEL)	4	2	1	7
2	Soviet Union (URS)	2	2	2	6
3	Italy (ITA)	2	2	0	4
4	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	1	2
5	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
6	East Germany (RDA)	0	1	0	1
6	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
8	France (FRA)	0	0	2	2
9	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
9	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		9	9	9	27

Medal summary