1978 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 1978 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Munich, West Germany in 1978.^[1] Twelve events were contested, 10 for men (3 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

1978 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Munich, West Germany
Date(s)	(1978)1978
Velodrome	Munich Olympic Velodrome
Events	12
← San Cristóbal 1977 Amsterdam 1979 →

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Kōichi Nakano  Japan	Dieter Berkmann  West Germany	Yoshi Sugata (菅田順和)  Japan
Men's individual pursuit details	Gregor Braun  West Germany	Roy Schuiten  Netherlands	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke  Belgium
Men's motor-paced details	Wilfried Peffgen  West Germany	Martin Venix  Netherlands	Cees Stam  Netherlands
Men's Amateur Events
Men's 1 km time trial details	Lothar Thoms  East Germany	Jocelyn Lovell  Canada	Rainer Hönisch  East Germany
Men's sprint details	Anton Tkáč  Czechoslovakia	Emanuel Raasch  East Germany	Christian Drescher  East Germany
Men's individual pursuit details	Detlef Macha  East Germany	Norbert Dürpisch  East Germany	Uwe Unterwalder  East Germany
Men's team pursuit details	East Germany Uwe Unterwalder Gerald Mortag Matthias Wiegand Volker Winkler	Soviet Union Vladimir Osokin Vassili Ehrlich Vitali Petrakov Igor Pilipenko	Switzerland Robert Dill-Bundi Urs Freuler Hans Kaenel Walter Baumgartner
Men's points race details	Noël Dejonckheere  Belgium	Walter Baumgartner  Switzerland	Jean-Jacques Rebiere  France
Men's motor-paced details	Rainer Podlesch  West Germany	Mattheus Pronk  Netherlands	Martin Rietveld  Netherlands
Men's tandem details	Czechoslovakia Vladimír Vačkář Miloslav Vymazal	United States Gerald Ash Leslie Darcewski	Netherlands Sjaak Pieters Laurens Veldt
Women's Events
Women's sprint details	Galina Tsareva  Soviet Union	Sue Novara  United States	Iva Zajíčková  Czechoslovakia
Women's individual pursuit details	Keetie van Oosten-Hage  Netherlands	Anna Riemersma  Netherlands	Luigina Bissoli  Italy

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (GDR)	3	2	3	8
2	West Germany (FRG)	3	1	0	4
3	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2	0	1	3
4	Netherlands (NED)	1	4	3	8
5	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	0	2
6	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	1	2
	Japan (JPN)	1	0	1	2
8	United States (USA)	0	2	0	2
9	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
10	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
11	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		12	12	12	36

See also

• 1978 UCI Road World Championships