1986 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Colorado Springs, United States
Date	(1986-08-27 - 1986-09-07)27 August–7 September 1986
Velodrome	7-Eleven USOTC Velodrome
Events	14
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The 1986 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Colorado Springs, United States in 1986.^[1] Fourteen events were contested, 12 for men (5 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.^[2]

In the same period, the 1986 UCI Road World Championships were also organized in Colorado Springs.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's professional events
Men's keirin details	Michel Vaarten  Belgium	Dieter Giebken  West Germany	Urs Freuler  Switzerland
Men's sprint details	Kōichi Nakano  Japan	Hideyuki Matsui (松井英幸)  Japan	Nobuyuki Tawara  Japan
Men's individual pursuit details	Tony Doyle  Great Britain	Hans-Henrik Ørsted  Denmark	Jesper Worre  Denmark
Men's points race details	Urs Freuler  Switzerland	Michel Vaarten  Belgium	Stefano Allocchio  Italy
Men's motor-paced details	Bruno Vicino  Italy	Constant Tourné  Belgium	Giovanni Renosto  Italy
Men's amateur events
Men's 1 km time trial details	Maic Malchow  East Germany	Martin Vinnicombe  Australia	Jens Glücklich  East Germany
Men's sprint details	Michael Hübner  East Germany	Lutz Heßlich  East Germany	Ralf-Guido Kuschy  East Germany
Men's individual pursuit details	Viatcheslav Ekimov  Soviet Union	Gintautas Umaras  Soviet Union	Dean Woods  Australia
Men's team pursuit details	Czechoslovakia Pavel Soukup Aleš Trčka Svatopluk Buchta Teodor Černý	East Germany Steffen Blochwitz Dirk Meier Bernd Dittert Roland Hennig	Soviet Union Viatcheslav Ekimov Alexander Krasnov Viktor Manakov Gintautas Umaras
Men's points race details	Dan Frost  Denmark	Olaf Ludwig  East Germany	Leonard Nitz  United States
Men's motor-paced details	Mario Gentili  Italy	Luigi Bielli  Italy	Roland Königshofer  Austria
Men's tandem details	Czechoslovakia Vítězslav Vobořil Roman Řehounek	United States Kit Kyle David Lindsey	Italy Andrea Faccini Roberto Nicotti
Women's events
Women's sprint details	Christa Rothenburger  East Germany	Erika Salumäe  Soviet Union	Connie Paraskevin  United States
Women's individual pursuit details	Jeannie Longo  France	Rebecca Twigg  United States	Barbara Ganz  Switzerland

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (GDR)	3	3	2	8
2	Italy (ITA)	2	1	3	6
3	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2	0	0	2
4	Soviet Union (URS)	1	2	1	4
5	Belgium (BEL)	1	2	0	3
6	Denmark (DEN)	1	1	1	3
	Japan (JPN)	1	1	1	3
8	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	2	3
9	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
11	United States (USA)	0	2	2	4
12	Australia (AUS)	0	1	1	2
13	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
14	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		14	14	14	42

References