| Venue: | Marseille, France  |
| Date: | 1972 |
| Velodrome: | Stade Vélodrome |
| Events: | 11 |
| Previous: | Varese 1971 |
| Next: | San Sebastián 1973 |
The 1972 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Marseille, France, in 1972.[1] Due to the 1972 Summer Olympics only six events were contested, 4 for men (3 for professionals, 1 for amateurs) and 2 for women.
| Men's Professional Events | ||||||
| Men's sprint | Robert Van Lancker | Gordon Johnson | Giordano Turrini | |||
| Hugh Porter | Ferdinand Bracke | Dirk Baert | ||||
| Men's motor-paced | Theo Verschueren | Cees Stam | Dieter Kemper | |||
| Men's Amateur Events | ||||||
| Men's motor-paced | Horst Gnas | Jean Breuer | Gaby Minneboo | |||
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Women's sprint | Galina Ermolaeva | Wilhelmina Brinkhof | Sheila Young | |||
| Women's individual pursuit | Tamara Garkuchina | Keetie Hage | Lyubov Zadorojnala | |||