1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships explained
The 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1981.[1] Fourteen events were contested, 12 for men (5 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.
Medal summary
Competitors
See main article: Netherlands at the 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. The next riders were selected by the KNWU after the Dutch national championships and were published on 10 August 1981.[2]
| Amateur riders!Rider!Event | Individual pursuit
team pursuit
points race | | Erick Ge.. | Motor-paced | | Ab Harren | team pursuit
points race | | Motor-paced | | Rik Moorman | team pursuit | | Individual pursuit
team pursuit
points race | | Sprint
Tandem | | Motor-paced | | John Roozenburg | team pursuit
points race | | Motor-paced | | Sprint
1 km time trial | | Sprint
Tandem | | Eric Dompeling (reserve) | team pursuit | | | | |
Australia
- Men's professional
Danny Clark - men's keirinBelgium
- Women
Claudine Vierstraete - women's sprint (eliminated Galina Tsareva in earlier round)
Gerda Sierens - women's individual pursuitCanada
- Men's amateurs
? - men's team pursuit
? - men's team pursuit
? - men's team pursuit
? - men's team pursuitDenmark
- Men's professional
Oersted - individual pursuitCzech Republic
- Women
? - women's sprint (won her qualification heat)
Hana Hotova - women's sprint (finished 2nd in qualification heat)East Germany
- Men's amateur
Detlaf Macha - amateur individual pursuit (won qualification in 4:46.71, won final in 4:47.78)France
- Men's amateur
Cahard - sprint (felt and broke two ribs)
- Men's professional
Patrick Clerc - keirin (felt in 1st round repaches and was taken away with a brancard)West Germany
- Women
Claudia Lommatzsch - women's sprint (qualified 1st round, qualified 2nd round, won 3rd round from Sue Novarra (2-0), quarter final.., won bronze final from Natalya Kroetsjeniskaja after 3 races)
- Men's amateur
Rainer Podlesch - motor-paced (qualified for final after winning qualification heat)
Schutz - motor-paced
- Men's professional
Schultz - motor-pacedItaly
- Men's amateur
Fusarpoli - motor-paced (qualified for final after winning qualification heat)
- Men's professional
Borgognoni - individual pursuit
Morandi - individual pursuit
Vicino - motor-paced
- Women
Rosella Gabiati - women's sprint (won 1st round from Sue Novarra)Lebanon
- Men's amateur
Ahmed Abdussal Gariani - sprint (lost from Rainier Valkenburg in 1st round)Poland
- Men's amateur
Jan Jankiewicz - individual pursuit (lost bronze medal race from Maurizio Bidinost (5:52.01 vs 4:49.40))
Platek - sprint (won 2nd round repaches from Rainier Valkenburg)
Konkoleweski - tandem (lost from the Netherlands in first round, won the repechages)
? - tandem (lost from the Netherlands in first round, won the repechages)Brazil
? - men's amateur individual pursuit
Soviet Union
- Women's
Galina Tsareva - women's sprint (eliminated by Claudine Vierstraete)
Natalya Kroetsjeniskaja - women's sprint (lost bronze final from Claudia Lommatzsch after 3 races)
Olga Kibardina - women's individual pursuit
- Men's amateur
Goelasjvili - sprint (won 2nd round from Rainier Valkenburg)Switzerland
- Men's amateur
Max Hurzeler - motor-paced
Isler - sprint (lost from Rainier Valkenburg in 1st round)
- Men's professional
Urs Freuler - keirinUnited States
- Women
Conny Paravaskin - sprint (finished 3rd in her qualification heat)
Sheila Young - sprint (qualified 1st round, won 2nd round from Erica Oomen, qualified 3rd round, result quarter final?)
Sue Novarra - sprint (lost 1st round from Rosella Gabiati, lost 2nd round, won 2nd round repechages from Erica Oomen, lost 3rd round from Lommatzsch (0-2))
- Men's professional
Eric Heiden - individual pursuit (finished 19th and last)See also
Notes and References
- http://www.bikecult.com/bikecultbook/sports_trackWorlds.html World Championship Track Cycling 2014-1893
- http://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LLC/1981-08-10/edition/0/page/14 Baanploeg voor WK wielrennen
