Venue: | Zürich, Switzerland |
Date: | 27 August - 13 September 1961 |
Velodrome: | Oerlikon Velodrome |
Events: | 8 |
Previous: | Leipzig/Chemnitz 1960 |
Next: | Milan 1962 |
The 1961 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Zürich, Switzerland from 27 August to 1 September 1961.[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 | Jos De Bakker | |||
Rudi Altig | Willy Trepp | Leandro Faggin | ||||
Men's motor-paced | Karl-Heinz Marsell | Paul Depaepe | Max Meier | |||
Men's Amateur Events | ||||||
Men's sprint | Sergio Bianchetto | Giuseppe Beghetto | Ron Baensch | |||
Henk Nijdam | Jacob Oudkerk | Marcel Delattre | ||||
Men's motor-paced | Leendert Van der Meulen | Siegfried Wustrow | Georg Stoltze | |||
Women's Events | ||||||
Galina Ermolaeva | Valentina Maksimova | Jean Dunn | ||||
Yvonne Reynders | Beryl Burton | Marie-Thérèse Naessens |