1959 World Track Cycling Championships

Host City Amsterdam
Country NED
Held 8 – 13 August 1959
Competitors 24
Countries 11

Events

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

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Italy ITA 2 2 0 4
2 France FRA 1 3 1 5
3 Soviet Union URS 1 1 1 3
4 Netherlands NED 1 0 2 3
5 Great Britain GBR 1 0 1 2
6 Germany GER 1 0 0 1
= Spain ESP 1 0 0 1
8 Switzerland SUI 0 1 1 2
9 Luxembourg LUX 0 1 0 1
10 Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
= East Germany GDR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Sprint, Men Valentino Gasparella ITA Sante Gaiardoni ITA André Gruchet FRA
Sprint Professionals, Men Antonio Maspes ITA Michel Rousseau FRA Jan Derksen NED
Stayer, Men Arie van Houwelingen NED Bernard Deconinck FRA Lothar Meister GDR
Stayer, Men Guillermo Timoner ESP Walter Bucher SUI Norbert Koch NED
Individual Pursuit Professionals, Men Roger Rivière FRA Albert Bouvet FRA Jean Brankart BEL
Individual Pursuit, Men Rudi Altig GER Mario Vallotto ITA Willy Trepp SUI
Sprint, Women Galina Yermolayeva URS Valentina Maksimova URS Jean Dunn GBR
Individual Pursuit, Women Beryl Burton GBR Elsy Jacobs LUX Lyudmila Kochetova URS