| Date: | 3–14 August 1960 |
| Velodrome: | Alfred-Rosch-Kampfbahn Chemnitz Velodrome |
| Events: | 8 |
| Previous: | Amsterdam 1959 |
| Next: | Zürich 1961 |
The 1960 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Leipzig and Chemnitz, East Germany from 3 to 14 August 1960.[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 | Oscar Plattner | Jos De Bakker | |||
| Rudi Altig | Willy Trepp | Ercole Baldini | ||||
| Men's motor-paced | Guillermo Timoner | Martin Wierstra | Norbert Koch | |||
| Men's Amateur Events | ||||||
| Men's sprint | Sante Gaiardoni | Leo Sterckx | David Handley | |||
| Marcel Delattre | Henk Nijdam | Siegfried Köhler | ||||
| Men's motor-paced | Georg Stoltze | Siegfried Wustrow | Henk Buis | |||
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Galina Ermolaeva | Valentina Maksimova | Jean Dunn | ||||
| Beryl Burton | Marie-Thérèse Naessens | Lyubov Shogina | ||||