1968 World Track Cycling Championships

Host City Roma
Country ITA
Held 26 – 29 August 1968
Competitors 21
Countries 8

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Sprint Men Medal 3 3
Sprint Professionals Men Medal 3 2
Stayer Men Medal 3 3
Stayer Men Medal 3 3
Individual Pursuit Professionals Men Medal 3 3
Sprint Women Medal 3 1
Individual Pursuit Women Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Italy ITA 3 0 2 5
2 Soviet Union URS 2 1 1 4
3 Belgium BEL 1 1 1 3
4 Great Britain GBR 1 1 0 2
5 Netherlands NED 0 2 1 3
6 Denmark DEN 0 2 0 2
7 Germany GER 0 0 1 1
= Switzerland SUI 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Sprint, Men Luigi Borghetti ITA Niels Fredborg DEN Robert Van Lancker BEL
Sprint Professionals, Men Giuseppe Beghetto ITA Patrick Sercu BEL Giovanni Pettenella ITA
Stayer, Men Giuseppe Grassi ITA Cees Stam NED Benny Herger SUI
Stayer, Men Leo Proost BEL Piet de Wit NED Ehrenfried Rudolph GER
Individual Pursuit Professionals, Men Hugh Porter GBR Ole Ritter DEN Leandro Faggin ITA
Sprint, Women Alla Baguiniantz URS Irina Kirichenko URS Galina Yermolayeva URS
Individual Pursuit, Women Raisa Obodovskaya URS Beryl Burton GBR Keetie Hage NED