1996 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 1996 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Manchester, United Kingdom from August 28 to September 1, 1996. Twelve events were contested, eight for the men and four for the women.

1996 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Manchester, United Kingdom
Date(s)	(1996-08-28 - 1996-09-01)August 28–September 1, 1996
Velodrome	Manchester Velodrome
Events	12
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For the first time, the UCI Road World Championships was not organized in the same country as the Track Cycling World championships. In 1996, it took place in Lugano, Switzerland.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	4	1	4	9
2	Australia (AUS)	2	3	2	7
3	Italy (ITA)	2	1	2	5
4	United States (USA)	1	2	0	3
5	Russia (RUS)	1	0	1	2
6	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
8	Germany (GER)	0	4	3	7
9	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
Totals (9 entries)		12	12	12	36

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Events
Men's sprint details	Florian Rousseau  France		Marty Nothstein  United States		Darryn Hill  Australia
Men's 1 km time trial details	Shane Kelly  Australia	1:02.777	Sören Lausberg  Germany	1:02.795	Jan van Eijden  Germany	1:04.541
Men's individual pursuit details	Chris Boardman  Great Britain	4:11.114 WR	Andrea Collinelli  Italy	4:20.341	Francis Moreau  France	?
Men's team pursuit details	Andrea Capelli Cristiano Citton Andrea Collinelli Mauro Trentini  Italy	4:02.752	Cyril Bos Philippe Ermenault Jean-Michel Monin Francis Moreau  France	4:04.539	Guido Fulst Danilo Hondo Thorsten Rund Heiko Szonn  Germany	4:05.463
Men's team sprint details	Darryn Hill Gary Neiwand Shane Kelly  Australia	44.804	Sören Lausberg Jens Fiedler Michael Hübner  Germany	45.455	Laurent Gané Florian Rousseau Herve Thuet  France	45.810
Men's keirin details	Marty Nothstein  United States	10.982	Gary Neiwand  Australia		Frédéric Magné  France
Men's points race details	Joan Llaneras  Spain	29	Michael Sandstød  Denmark	29	Silvio Martinello  Italy	45 (-1 lap)
Men's madison details	Silvio Martinello Marco Villa  Italy	34	Scott McGrory Stephen Pate  Australia	25	Andreas Kappes Carsten Wolf  Germany	23
Women's Events
Women's sprint details	Félicia Ballanger  France	11.959	Annett Neumann  Germany	12.225	Magali Humbert-Faure  France	12.112
Women's 500 m time trial details	Félicia Ballanger  France	34.829	Annett Neumann  Germany	35.202	Michelle Ferris  Australia	35.694
Women's individual pursuit details	Marion Clignet  France	3:31.023	Lucy Tyler-Sharman  Australia	3:36.411	Antonella Bellutti  Italy	?
Women's points race details	Svetlana Samokhvalova  Russia	28	Janie Eickhoff  United States	18	Goulnara Fatkoulina  Russia	16

External links

• Official event website
• UCI website
• 1996 reports and results at cyclingnews.com