1960 World Track Cycling Championships

Host City Leipzig
Country GER
Held 3 – 14 August 1960
Competitors 18
Countries 9

Events

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

Medal table

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

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Sprint, Men Sante Gaiardoni ITA Leo Sterckx BEL Dave Handley GBR
Sprint Professionals, Men Antonio Maspes ITA Oscar Plattner SUI Joseph De Bakker BEL
Individual Pursuit, Men Marcel Delattre FRA Henk Nijdam NED Siegfried Köhler GDR
Individual Pursuit Professionals, Men Rudi Altig GER Willy Trepp SUI Ercole Baldini ITA
Sprint, Women Galina Yermolayeva URS Valentina Maksimova URS Jean Dunn GBR
Individual Pursuit, Women Beryl Burton GBR Marie-Thérèse Naessens BEL Lyubov Shogina URS