1908 UCI Track Cycling World Championships explained

Date:26 July - 2 August 1908
Velodrome:Radrennbahn Steglitz
Leipzig-Lindenau Radrennbahn
Events:4
Previous:Paris 1907
Next:Copenhagen 1909

The 1908 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Berlin for professionals and in Leipzig for amateurs in Germany from 26 July to 2 August 1908.[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
Gabriel Poulain
Charles-Louis Vanden Born
Men's motor-paced
Fritz Ryser
Eugenio Bruni
Arthur Vanderstuyft
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint
Victor Johnson
Benjamin Jones
Emile Demangel
Men's motor-paced
Leon Meredith
Gustav Janke
Léon Vanderstuyft

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Track Cycling World Championships 2014 to 1893. bikecult.com. 21 November 2014.