| Venue: | Amsterdam, Netherlands  |
| Date: | 8–13 August 1959 |
| Velodrome: | Olympisch Stadion |
| Events: | 8 |
| Previous: | Paris 1958 |
| Next: | Leipzig/Chemnitz 1960 |
The 1959 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands from 8 to 13 August 1959.[1] Eight events were contested, 6 for men (3 for professionals, 3 for amateurs) and 2 for women.
| Men's Professional Events | ||||||
| Men's sprint | Antonio Maspes | Michel Rousseau | Jan Derksen | |||
| Roger Rivière | Albert Bouvet | Jean Brankart | ||||
| Men's motor-paced | Guillermo Timoner | Walter Bucher | Norbert Koch | |||
| Men's Amateur Events | ||||||
| Men's sprint | Valentino Gasparella | Sante Gaiardoni | André Gruchet | |||
| Rudi Altig | Mario Vallotto | Willy Trepp | ||||
| Men's motor-paced | Arie van Houwelingen | Bernard Deconinck | Lothar Meister | |||
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Galina Ermolaeva | Valentina Maksimova | Jean Dunn | ||||
| Beryl Burton | Elsy Jacobs | Lyudmilla Kochetova | ||||