1953 World Track Cycling Championships

Host City Zürich
Country SUI
Held 21 – 26 August 1953
Competitors 15
Countries 8

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Sprint Men Medal 3 2
Sprint Professionals Men Medal 3 3
Stayer Men Medal 3 2
Individual Pursuit Men Medal 3 2
Individual Pursuit Professionals Men Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Italy ITA 2 3 1 6
2 Netherlands NED 1 0 1 2
3 Australia AUS 1 0 0 1
= Belgium BEL 1 0 0 1
5 France FRA 0 1 1 2
6 Denmark DEN 0 1 0 1
7 Germany GER 0 0 1 1
= Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Sprint, Men Marino Morettini ITA Cesare Pinarello ITA Werner Potzernheim GER
Sprint Professionals, Men Arie van Vliet NED Enzo Sacchi ITA Reg Harris GBR
Stayer, Men Adolph Verschueren BEL Roger Queugnet FRA Henri Lemoine FRA
Individual Pursuit, Men Guido Messina ITA Loris Campana ITA Daan de Groot NED
Individual Pursuit Professionals, Men Sid Patterson AUS Kay Werner Nielsen DEN Antonio Bevilacqua ITA