| Venue: | Munich, West Germany  |
| Date: | 1978 |
| Velodrome: | Munich Olympic Velodrome |
| Events: | 12 |
| Previous: | San Cristóbal 1977 |
| Next: | Amsterdam 1979 |
The 1978 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Munich, West Germany in 1978.[1] Twelve events were contested, 10 for men (3 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.
| Men's Professional Events | ||||||
| Men's sprint | Kōichi Nakano | Dieter Berkmann | Yoshi Sugata (菅田順和) | |||
| Gregor Braun | Roy Schuiten | Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke | ||||
| Men's motor-paced | Wilfried Peffgen | Martin Venix | Cees Stam | |||
| Men's Amateur Events | ||||||
| Lothar Thoms | Jocelyn Lovell | Rainer Hönisch | ||||
| Men's sprint | Anton Tkáč | Emanuel Raasch | Christian Drescher | |||
| Detlef Macha | Norbert Dürpisch | Uwe Unterwalder | ||||
| Men's team pursuit | Robert Dill-Bundi Urs Freuler Hans Kaenel Walter Baumgartner | |||||
| Men's points race | Noël Dejonckheere | Walter Baumgartner | Jean-Jacques Rebiere | |||
| Men's motor-paced | Rainer Podlesch | Mattheus Pronk | Martin Rietveld | |||
| Men's tandem | Vladimír Vačkář Miloslav Vymazal | Sjaak Pieters Laurens Veldt | ||||
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Women's sprint | Galina Tsareva | Sue Novara | Iva Zajíčková | |||
| Women's individual pursuit | Keetie van Oosten-Hage | Anna Riemersma | Luigina Bissoli | |||