1970 World Track Cycling Championships

Host City Leicester
Country GBR
Held 6 – 12 August 1970
Competitors 42
Countries 14

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 3
Team Pursuit Men Medal 12 3
Tandem Men Medal 6 3
1 km Time Trial Men Medal 3 3
Sprint Women Medal 3 1
Individual Pursuit Women Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Germany GER 3 1 0 4
2 Soviet Union URS 2 2 3 7
3 Great Britain GBR 1 1 1 3
4 Denmark DEN 1 1 0 2
5 France FRA 1 0 3 4
6 Netherlands NED 1 0 2 3
7 Australia AUS 1 0 0 1
= Switzerland SUI 1 0 0 1
9 East Germany GDR 0 2 0 2
= Italy ITA 0 2 0 2
11 Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
= New Zealand NZL 0 1 0 1
13 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1
= Spain ESP 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Sprint, Men Daniel Morelon FRA Peder Pedersen DEN Gérard Quintyn FRA
Sprint Professionals, Men Gordon Johnson AUS Sante Gaiardoni ITA Leijn Loevesijn NED
Stayer, Men Cees Stam NED Horst Gnas GER Antonio Cerda ESP
Stayer, Men Ehrenfried Rudolph GER Théo Verschueren BEL Piet de Wit NED
Individual Pursuit, Men Xaver Kurmann SUI Ian Hallam GBR Viktor Bykov URS
Individual Pursuit Professionals, Men Hugh Porter GBR Lorenzo Bosisio ITA Charly Grosskost FRA
Team Pursuit, Men Germany GER East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS
Tandem, Men Jürgen Barth / Rainer Müller GER Hans-Jürgen Geschke / Werner Otto GDR Gérard Quintyn / Daniel Morelon FRA
1 km Time Trial, Men Niels Fredborg DEN Harry Kent NZL Anton Tkáč TCH
Sprint, Women Galina Tsareva URS Galina Yermolayeva URS Valentina Savina URS
Individual Pursuit, Women Tamara Garkuchina URS Raisa Obodovskaya URS Beryl Burton GBR