1971 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 1971 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Varese, Italy in 1971.^[1] Eleven events were contested, 9 for men (3 for professionals, 6 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

1971 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Varese, Italy
Date(s)	(1971)1971
Velodrome	Luigi Ganna Velodrome
Events	11
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Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Leijn Loevesijn  Netherlands	Robert Van Lancker  Belgium	Giordano Turrini  Italy
Men's individual pursuit details	Dirk Baert  Belgium	Charly Grosskost  France	Hugh Porter  Great Britain
Men's motor-paced details	Theo Verschueren  Belgium	Jacob Oudkerk  Netherlands	Domenico de Lillo  Italy
Men's Amateur Events
Men's 1 km time trial details	Eduard Rapp  Soviet Union	Peder Pedersen  Denmark	Pierre Trentin  France
Men's sprint details	Daniel Morelon  France	Sergeï Kravtsov  Soviet Union	Ivan Kučírek  Czechoslovakia
Men's individual pursuit details	Martín Emilio Rodríguez  Colombia	Josef Fuchs  Switzerland	Giacomo Bazzan  Italy
Men's team pursuit details	Italy Pietro Algeri Giacomo Bazzan Giorgio Morbiato Luciano Borgognoni	East Germany Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Herbert Richter Uwe Unterwalder	West Germany Günter Haritz Udo Hempel Peter Vonhof Jürgen Colombo
Men's motor-paced details	Horst Gnas  West Germany	Rainer Podlesch  West Germany	Gaby Minneboo  Netherlands
Men's tandem details	East Germany Hans-Jürgen Geschke Werner Otto	West Germany Jürgen Barth Rainer Muller	France Pierre Trentin Daniel Morelon
Women's Events
Women's sprint details	Galina Tsareva  Soviet Union	Galina Ermolaeva  Soviet Union	Iva Zajíčková  Czechoslovakia
Women's individual pursuit details	Tamara Garkuchina  Soviet Union	Keetie Hage  Netherlands	Iva Zajíčková  Czechoslovakia

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	3	2	0	5
2	Belgium (BEL)	2	1	0	3
3	Netherlands (NED)	1	2	1	4
	West Germany (FRG)	1	2	1	4
5	France (FRA)	1	1	2	4
6	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	0	2
7	Italy (ITA)	1	0	3	4
8	Colombia (COL)	1	0	0	1
9	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
11	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	3	3
12	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		11	11	11	33

See also

• 1971 UCI Road World Championships