Venue: | Mexico City, |
Date: | August 1980 |
Previous: | 1979 Buenos Aires |
Next: | 1981 Leipzig |
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.
- 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 |