1976 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships
| Venue | Liège, .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
|---|---|
| Date | August 1976 |
The 1976 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships were the second annual Junior World Championships for track cycling held in Liège, Belgium.[1]
The Championships had four events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit and Team pursuit. Robert Dill-Bundi became the first cyclist to retain a world junior title, and the first to win two gold medals in the championships.
Events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's events[2] | |||
| Sprint | Lutz Heßlich East Germany
|
Ralf-Guido Kuschy East Germany
|
Mar Pavirani Italy
|
| Points race | Rüdiger Leitlof West Germany
|
Jens Schroder Denmark
|
P Torresan Italy
|
| Individual pursuit | Robert Dill-Bundi.svg.png){kind=small} Switzerland
|
Gerald Mortag East Germany
|
Mike Richards New Zealand
|
| Team pursuit | Gerald Mortag Detlef Macha Jürgen Lippold Olaf Hill East Germany
|
Silvestro Milani Roberto Bonanzi Dante Morandi Domenico Pellegrino Italy
|
Nikolai Makarov Nikolai Seduro Peter Tchevardov Valeri Uraev  Soviet Union
|
Medal table
* Host nation (Belgium)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Source: [1]
References
- ^ a b World Junior Championships 1976 - Medal Table at the-sports.org
- ^ World Junior Championships - Results Men 1976 at the-sports.org