1961 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Zürich, Switzerland
Date(s)	(1961-08-27 - 1961-09-13)27 August - 13 September 1961
Velodrome	Oerlikon Velodrome
Events	8
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The 1961 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Zürich, Switzerland from 27 August to 1 September 1961.^[1] Eight events were contested, 6 for men (3 for professionals, 3 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Antonio Maspes  Italy	Michel Rousseau  France	Jos De Bakker  Belgium
Men's individual pursuit details	Rudi Altig  West Germany	Willy Trepp  Switzerland	Leandro Faggin  Italy
Men's motor-paced details	Karl-Heinz Marsell  West Germany	Paul Depaepe  Belgium	Max Meier  Switzerland
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint details	Sergio Bianchetto  Italy	Giuseppe Beghetto  Italy	Ron Baensch  Australia
Men's individual pursuit details	Henk Nijdam  Netherlands	Jacob Oudkerk  Netherlands	Marcel Delattre  France
Men's motor-paced details	Leendert Van der Meulen  Netherlands	Siegfried Wustrow  East Germany	Georg Stoltze  East Germany
Women's Events
Women's sprint details	Galina Ermolaeva  Soviet Union	Valentina Maksimova  Soviet Union	Jean Dunn  Great Britain
Women's individual pursuit details	Yvonne Reynders  Belgium	Beryl Burton  Great Britain	Marie-Thérèse Naessens  Belgium

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	2	1	1	4
2	Netherlands (NED)	2	1	0	3
	West Germany (FRG)	2	1	0	3
4	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	2	4
5	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	0	2
6	East Germany (RDA)	0	1	1	2
	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
10	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		8	9	8	25

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