| Venue: | Rome, Italy  Montevideo, Uruguay  |
| Date: | 22–27 August 1968 |
| Velodrome: | Olympic Velodrome Americo Ricaldoni |
| Events: | 11 |
| Previous: | Amsterdam 1967 |
| Next: | Antwerp 1969 |
The 1968 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. The events for the professional men and women's were held in Rome, Italy. The other events took place in Montevideo, Uruguay.[1] Eleven events were contested, 9 for men (3 for professionals, 6 for amateurs) and 2 for women between 22 and 27 August 1968.
| Men's Professional Events | ||||||
| Men's sprint | Giuseppe Beghetto | Patrick Sercu | Giovanni Pettenella | |||
| Hugh Porter | Ole Ritter | Leandro Faggin | ||||
| Men's motor-paced | Leo Proost | Piet De Wit | Ehrenfried Rudolph | |||
| Men's Amateur Events | ||||||
| Niels Fredborg | Jack Simes | Gianni Sartori | ||||
| Men's sprint | Luigi Borghetti | Niels Fredborg | Robert Van Lancker | |||
| Mogens Frey | Xaver Kurmann | Lorenzo Bosisio | ||||
| Men's team pursuit | Erik Pettersson Tomas Pettersson Gösta Pettersson Josef Ripfel | |||||
| Men's motor-paced | Giuseppe Grassi | Cees Stam | Benny Herger | |||
| Men's tandem | Sanji Inoue Takao Mandarame | |||||
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Women's sprint | Alla Baguiniantz | Irina Kiritchenko | Galina Ermolaeva | |||
| Women's individual pursuit | Raisa Obodovskaya | Beryl Burton | Keetie van Oosten-Hage | |||