1980 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships Explained

Venue:Mexico City,
Date:August 1980
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The 1980 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the sixth annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Mexico City, Mexico in August 1980.[1] It was the third successive championship to be held in the Americas.

The Championships had five events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit, Team pursuit and 1 kilometre time trial. Maic Malchow of East Germany and Dainis Leipinch of the Soviet Union were the most successful cyclists, winning the sprint double and pursuit double respectively.

Events

- bgcolor="#cccccc"Men's events
Sprint[2]
Maic Malchow
Olaf Arndt
El Guilachvli
Points race
Uwe Messerschmidt
Mat Lange
José Youshimatz
Pursuit
Dainis Liepiņš
Mario Kummer
Uwe Tromer
Kilo
Maic Malchow
Andris Lotsmelis
Rob Werner
Team pursuit

Andris Lotsmelis
Dainis Liepiņš
Martin Palis
Sergei Agupov

Mario Kummer
Frank Kuhn
Uwe Tromer
Gerald Buder

Pierce Hewitt
Gary Sadler
Darryl Webster
Anthony Mayer

Notes and References

  1. http://www.the-sports.org/track-cycling-world-junior-championships-results-1980-men-epm41996.html 1980 WJTC venue
  2. http://www.the-sports.org/track-cycling-world-junior-championships-results-1980-men-epm41996.html 1980 WJTC results