1902 UCI Track Cycling World Championships explained

Date:	15 and 22 June 1902
Velodrome:	Velodromo di Porta Salaria Radrennbahn Friedenau
Events:	4
Previous:	Berlin 1901
Next:	Copenhagen 1903

The 1902 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Rome, Italy for the sprint disciplines on 15 June and -as the flat cycling track in Rome proved unsuitable- in Berlin, Germany for the motor paced disciplines on 22 June.^[1] Four events for men were contested, two for professionals and two for amateurs.

Medal summary

Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint	Thorvald Ellegaard	Harie Meyers	Pietro Bixio
Men's motor-paced	Thaddäus Robl	Émile Bouhours	Edouard-Henri Taylor ^[2]
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint	Charles Piard	Léon Delaborde	Orla Nord
Men's motor-paced	Alfred Görnemann	Fritz Keller	Johan Dielhe

Notes and References

Web site: Track Cycling World Championships 2014 to 1893. bikecult.com. 21 November 2014.
In some sources, Taylor is British. Edouard-Henri Taylor is listed here as French. He is born in Paris on 18/06/1880, French national motor paced champion in 1899, second in the 1980 world championships and third in 1902. Sources : « Le site du Cyclisme » : http://www.siteducyclisme.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=23315 Mémoire du Cyclisme : Web site: Mémoire du cyclisme . 2008-01-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080117080719/https://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/ . 2008-01-17 . Le Dico du sport : http://dicosport.lequipe.fr/resultats/cyclisme-1/championnats-du-monde-sur-piste-2047/demi-fond-9304/annee-1902/Hommes-0/