List of European records in track cycling explained

European records in the sport of track cycling are the all-time best marks set by racing for a member nation of the Union Européenne de Cyclisme (UEC). UEC doesn't maintain an official list for such performances. All bests shown on this list are tracked by statisticians not officially sanctioned by the governing body.

Men

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlaceRef
Flying 200 m time trial9.088 WRHarrie Lavreysen7 August 2024Olympic GamesSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France[1]
Flying 200 m time trial
(sea level)
9.088 WBHarrie Lavreysen7 August 2024Olympic GamesSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
250 m time trial (standing start)16.984 WBRené Enders5 December 2013World CupAguascalientes, Mexico[2]
250 m time trial (standing start)(sea level)17.005Ryan Owens1 November 2019World CupMinsk, Belarus[3]
Flying 500 m time trial24.564Jeffrey Hoogland31 October 2023Aguascalientes, Mexico
Team sprint40.949 WRJeffrey Hoogland
Harrie Lavreysen
Roy van den Berg
6 August 2024Olympic GamesSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France[4]
1 km time trial55.433 WRJeffrey Hoogland31 October 2023Aguascalientes, Mexico[5]
1 km time trial (sea level)57.813 WBJeffrey Hoogland9 February 2023European ChampionshipsGrenchen, Switzerland[6]
1km Madison time trial54.446Ed Clancy
George Atkins
1 February 2014Revolution SeriesManchester, United Kingdom[7]
3000m individual pursuit3:02.792+Filippo Ganna14 October 2022World ChampionshipsSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
4000m individual pursuit3:59.636 WRFilippo Ganna14 October 2022World ChampionshipsSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France[8]
4000m team pursuit3:42.032Simone Consonni
Filippo Ganna
Francesco Lamon
Jonathan Milan
4 August 2021Olympic GamesIzu, Japan[9]
Hour record56.792 kmFilippo Ganna8 October 2022Grenchen, Switzerland[10]
Hour record (sea level)56.792 kmFilippo Ganna8 October 2022Grenchen, Switzerland
Hour record
(UCI best human effort)
56.792 kmFilippo Ganna8 October 2022Grenchen, Switzerland

Women

EventRecordAthleteNationalityDateMeetPlaceRef
Flying 200 m time trial10.029 WRLea Friedrich9 August 2024Olympic GamesSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France[11]
250 m time trial (standing start)18.420Daria Shmeleva17 February 2017World CupCali, Colombia[12]
Flying 500 m time trial27.450Yana Burlakova21 October 2023Russian ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia[13]
500 m time trial32.668Emma Hinze13 August 2022European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany[14]
500 m time trial (sea level)32.668 WBEmma Hinze13 August 2022European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany
Team sprint (500 m)31.905Lea Friedrich
Emma Hinze
2 August 2021Olympic GamesIzu, Japan[15]
Team sprint (750 m)45.186 WRKaty Marchant
Emma Finucane
Sophie Capewell
5 August 2024Olympic GamesSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France[16]
Flying 1 km time trial1:05.232Erika Salumäe27 May 1987Moscow, Russia
1 km time trial1:06.144Anastasiia Voinova8 August 2019Saint Petersburg, Russia
2000m individual pursuit2:11.132+Lisa Brennauer29 February 2020World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany[17]
3000m individual pursuit3:17.572Lisa Brennauer23 October 2021World ChampionshipsRoubaix, France[18]
3000m team pursuit3:14.051 WRDani King
Joanna Rowsell
Laura Trott
4 August 2012Olympic GamesLondon, Great Britain[19]
4000m team pursuit4:04.242 WRFranziska Brauße
Lisa Brennauer
Lisa Klein
Mieke Kröger
3 August 2021Olympic GamesIzu, Japan[20]
Hour record50.267 km WRVittoria Bussi13 October 2023Aguascalientes, Mexico[21]
Hour record (sea level)49.254 kmEllen van Dijk23 May 2022Grenchen, Switzerland[22]
Hour record
(UCI best human effort)
48.159 kmJeannie Longo-Ciprelli26 October 1996Mexico City, Mexico
* In 2013, the 3000m team pursuit, 3 rider format was replaced by the UCI with a 4000m team pursuit, 4 person format.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's Sprint – Qualifying – Results. olympics.com. 7 August 2024. 7 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Men's Team Sprint Results. Tissot Timing. 5 December 2013. 6 December 2013.
  3. Web site: Men's Team Sprint Results. Tissot Timing. 1 November 2019. 1 November 2019.
  4. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's Team Sprint – Final Classification. olympics.com. 6 August 2024. 6 August 2024.
  5. Web site: Jeffrey Hoogland smashes one-kilometre time trial world record. cyclingweekly.com. Adam Becket. 1 November 2023. 31 October 2023.
  6. Web site: Men's 1 km Time Trial – Qualifying – Results. tissottiming.com. 9 February 2023. 9 February 2023.
  7. Web site: Revolution Series – Rudy Project RT stay out in front of Elite Championship as Team Sky win Round 4. 2014-10-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20141223130141/http://www.cyclingrevolution.com/news/article/rudy-project-rt-stay-out-in-front-of-elite-championship-as-team-sky-win-round-4.html. 2014-12-23. dead.
  8. Web site: Men's Individual Pursuit Final Classification. Tissot Timing. 14 October 2022. 14 October 2022.
  9. Web site: Cycling Track – Men's Team Pursuit – Final Classification. olympics.com. TOCOG. 4 August 2021. 4 August 2021. 4 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210804092530/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CTR/OG2020-_CTR_C74B_CTRMPURTEAM4----------------------.pdf. dead.
  10. News: Filippo Ganna smashes UCI Hour Record with 56.792km, beats Boardman's Superman mark. velonews.com. Shane Stokes. 8 October 2022. 10 October 2022.
  11. Web site: Cycling Track – Women's Sprint – Qualifying – Results. olympics.com. COJOP2024. 9 August 2024. 9 August 2024.
  12. Web site: Women's Team Sprint Final Results. Tissot Timing. 17 February 2017. 9 March 2017.
  13. Web site: Чемпионат России по велосипедному спорту – Трек – Женщины – Гит 500 м с ходу – Результаты. ru. velostar.ru. 2 January 2024.
  14. Web site: Track Cycling – Women's Time Trial 500m – Qualifying – Results. Atos. 13 August 2022. 13 August 2022.
  15. Web site: Cycling Track – Women's Team Sprint – First Round Results. olympics.com. TOCOG. 2 August 2021. 2 August 2021. 2 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210802081129/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CTR/OG2020-_CTR_C73D2_CTRWSPRTEAM3----------RND1--------.pdf. dead.
  16. Web site: Cycling Track – Women's Team Sprint – Final Classification. olympics.com. 5 August 2024. 5 August 2024.
  17. Web site: Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying Results. 29 February 2020. Tissot Timing. 29 February 2020.
  18. Web site: Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying Results. 23 October 2021. Tissot Timing. 23 October 2021.
  19. Web site: Women's Team Pursuit Results. www.london2012.com. 4 August 2012. 7 August 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20121208193414/http://www.london2012.com/cycling-track/event/women-team-pursuit/records/index.html. 8 December 2012.
  20. Web site: Cycling Track – Women's Team Pursuit – Final Classification. olympics.com. TOCOG. 3 August 2021. 3 August 2021. 3 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210803094052/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/CTR/OG2020-_CTR_C74B_CTRWPURTEAM4----------------------.pdf. dead.
  21. Web site: Vittoria Bussi reclaims the UCI Hour Record timed by Tissot and breaks the legendary 50-kilometre barrier. UCI. 14 October 2023. 2 November 2023.
  22. News: Ellen van Dijk convincingly beats the UCI Hour Record timed by Tissot. UCI. 23 May 2022. 1 June 2022.