1979 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships
Cycling championship held in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Venue | Buenos Aires, ![]() |
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Date(s) | (1979-08)August 1979 |
The 1979 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the fifth annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in August 1979.[1] It was the second championship to be held outside Europe, the second to be held in the Americas, and the first to be held in the southern hemisphere.
The Championships had five events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit, Team pursuit and 1 kilometre time trial. With two golds and a bronze, Fredy Schmidtke had the most successful single games for a cyclist to date, while future Tour de France legend Greg LeMond won his first major medal for the United States.
Events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's Events | |||
Sprint[2] details | Fredy Schmidtke![]() | Michel Cortinovis![]() | Stefaan De Craene![]() |
Points race details[2] | Teun van Vliet![]() | Nikolay Trusov![]() | Jean-François Chaurin![]() |
Individual pursuit details [2] | Gaidis Liepiņš![]() | Greg LeMond![]() | Philippe Chevallier![]() |
Kilo details[2] | Fredy Schmidtke![]() | Gadis Lapinch![]() | Michel Cortinovis![]() |
Team pursuit details[2] | ![]() Gaidis Liepiņš Dainis Liepiņš Vladimir Baluk Yuri Petrov | ![]() Daniel Pandèle Philippe Chevallier Jean-François Dury François Jurain | ![]() Fredy Schmidtke Andreas Suckert Günther Kobek Gerhard Strittmatter |
Medal table
Source: [2]
References
- ^ 1979 WJTC venue
- ^ a b c d e f 1979 WJTC results the-sports.org
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