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World Track Championships

The UCI World Track Championships is an annual event comprising races for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. The Championships is regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The current events (from 2021) include the same ten events for men and women: time trial, keirin, individual pursuit, team pursuit, points race, scratch race, sprint, team sprint, omnium and the madison.



History and Results

A Cycling World championships were first held in 1893, for amateur cyclists. A separate amateur and professional competition was held from 1895. Amateurs and professionals competed in separate events until 1993, after which they competed together in "open" races.

Year Location Country
2030 Anna Mears Velodrome, Brisbane Australia
2029 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
2028 TBA  
2027 Haute Savoie France
2026 Shanghai China
2025 Velódromo Peñalolén, Santiago Chile
2024 Ballerup Denmark
2023 Glasgow Scotland, UK
2022 Montigny-le-Bretonneux France
2021 Roubaix France
2020 Berlin Germany
2019 Pruszków Poland
2018 Apeldoorn The Netherlands
2017 Hong Kong Velodrome, Hong Kong China
2016 Lee Valley VeloPark, London UK
2015 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Paris France
2014 Cali Colombia
2013 Minsk Belarus
2012 Melbourne Australia
2011 Apeldoorn Netherlands
2010 Ballerup Denmark
2009 Pruszków Poland
2008 Manchester United Kingdom
2007 Palma de Mallorca Spain
2006 Bordeaux France
2005 Los Angeles USA
2004 Melbourne Australia
2003 Stuttgart Germany
2002 Ballerup Denmark
2001 Antwerp Belgium
2000 Manchester United Kingdom
1999 Berlin Germany
1998 Bordeaux France
1997 Perth Australia
1996 Manchester United Kingdom
1995 Bogotá Colombia
1994 Palermo Italy
1993 Hamar Norway
1992 Valencia Spain
1991 Stuttgart Germany
1990 Maebashi Japan
1989 Lyon France
1988 Ghent Belgium
1987 Vienna Austria
1986 Colorado Springs USA
1985 Bassano del Grappa Italy
1984 Barcelona Spain
1983 Zürich Switzerland
1982 Leicester United Kingdom
1981 Brno Czechoslovakia
1980 Besançon France
1979 Amsterdam Netherlands
1978 Munich West Germany
1977 San Cristóbal Venezuela
1976 Monteroni di Lecce Italy
1975 Rocourt Belgium
1974 Montreal Canada
1973 San Sebastián Spain
1972 Marseille France
1971 Varese Italy
1970 Leicester United Kingdom
1969 Antwerp Belgium
1968 Rome Italy
1967 Amsterdam Netherlands
1966 Frankfurt West Germany
1965 San Sebastián Spain
1964 Paris France
1963 Rocourt Belgium
1962 Milan Italy
1961 Zürich Switzerland
1960 Leipzig East Germany
1959 Amsterdam Netherlands
1958 Paris France
1957 Rocourt Belgium
1956 Copenhagen Denmark
1955 Milan Italy
1954 Cologne West Germany
1953 Zürich Switzerland
1952 Paris France
1951 Milan Italy
1950 Rocourt Belgium
1949 Copenhagen Denmark
1948 Amsterdam Netherlands
1947 Paris France
1946 Zürich Switzerland
1940–1945 No championships  
1939 Milan Italy
1938 Amsterdam Netherlands
1937 Copenhagen Denmark
1936 Zürich Switzerland
1935 Brussels Belgium
1934 Leipzig Germany
1933 Paris France
1932 Rome Italy
1931 Copenhagen Denmark
1930 Brussels Belgium
1929 Zürich Switzerland
1928 Budapest Hungary
1927 Cologne Germany
1926 Milan Italy
1925 Amsterdam Netherlands
1924 Paris France
1923 Zürich Switzerland
1922 Paris France
1921 Copenhagen Denmark
1920 Antwerp Belgium
1915–1919 No championships  
1914 Copenhagen Denmark
1913 Leipzig Germany
1912 Newark USA
1911 Rome Italy
1910 Brussels Belgium
1909 Copenhagen Denmark
1908 Berlin Germany
1907 Paris France
1906 Geneva Switzerland
1905 Antwerp Belgium
1904 London United Kingdom
1903 Copenhagen Denmark
1902 Rome Italy
1901 Berlin Germany
1900 Paris France
1899 Montreal Canada
1898 Vienna Austria
1897 Glasgow United Kingdom
1896 Copenhagen Denmark
1895 Cologne Germany
1894 Antwerp Belgium
1893 Chicago USA


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