| Venue: | Amsterdam, Netherlands  |
| Date: | 1979 |
| Velodrome: | Olympisch Stadion |
| Events: | 12 |
| Previous: | Munich 1978 |
| Next: | Besançon 1980 |
The 1979 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1979.[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 | Michel Vaarten | |||
| Bert Oosterbosch | Francesco Moser | Herman Ponsteen | ||||
| Men's motor-paced | Martin Venix | Wilfried Peffgen | Cees Stam | |||
| Men's Amateur Events | ||||||
| Lothar Thoms | Gordon Singleton | Eduard Rapp | ||||
| Men's sprint | Lutz Hesslich | Emanuel Raasch | Christian Drescher | |||
| Nikolaï Makarov | Maurizio Bidinost | Alain Bondue | ||||
| Men's team pursuit | Maurizio Bidinost Pierangelo Bincoletto Silvestro Milani Sandro Callari | |||||
| Men's points race | Igor Sláma | Pierangelo Bincoletto | Urs Freuler | |||
| Men's motor-paced | Mattheus Pronk | Guido Van Meel | Gaby Minneboo | |||
| Men's tandem | Vladimír Vačkář Miloslav Vymazal | |||||
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Women's sprint | Galina Tsareva | Truus van der Plaat | Sue Novara | |||
| Women's individual pursuit | Keetie van Oosten-Hage | Anna Riemersma | Luigina Bissoli | |||