| Venue: | Ghent, Belgium  |
| Date: | 21–25 August 1988 |
| Velodrome: | Blaarmeersen |
| Events: | 9 |
| Previous: | Vienna 1987 |
| Next: | Lyon 1989 |
The 1988 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Ghent, Belgium from 21 to 25 August 1988.[1] Eight events were contested, 7 for men (5 for professionals, 2 for amateurs) and 1 for women with a demonstration non-Championship points race for women.
| Men's Elite Events | ||||||
| Men's keirin | Claudio Golinelli | Ottavio Dazzan | Michel Vaarten | |||
| Men's sprint | Stephen Pate | Claudio Golinelli | Nobuyuki Tawara | |||
| Lech Piasecki | Tony Doyle | Jesper Worre | ||||
| Men's points race | Daniel Wyder | Adriano Baffi | Michael Marcussen | |||
| Men's motor-paced | Danny Clark | Constant Tourné | Walter Brugna | |||
| Men's Amateur Events | ||||||
| Men's motor-paced | Vincenzo Colamartino | Roland Königshofer | Roland Renn | |||
| Men's tandem | Jiří Illek Lubomír Hargaš | |||||
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Women's individual pursuit | Jeannie Longo | Barbara Ganz | Mindee Mayfield | |||
| Women's points race | Sally Hodge | Barbara Ganz | Monique de Bruin | |||