2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships took place in Minsk, Belarus from 20 to 24 February 2013 in the Minsk-Arena. The Championships featured 19 events, the same as 2012.

Great Britain, with five gold medals (four in Olympic events), and nine in total topped the medal table. Australia, Germany, France, the United States and Ireland all enjoyed a successful championships.

Becky James of Great Britain, debuting at this level, won four medals, including two gold, in a single Championships, the first British cyclist to do so. Sarah Hammer of the United States also won two gold medals from two events, as did Stefan Bötticher of Germany and Michael Hepburn of Australia.

Martyn Irvine of Ireland broke a 116-year wait for a male Irish track medal with silver in the individual pursuit, only to return an hour later to take Ireland's first ever track gold medal in the Scratch race. Laura Trott suffered her first major senior track defeat, taking silver in the Omnium behind Hammer, but she retained for a third time her Team Pursuit title with Dani King and debutant and World Junior Road Time Trial champion Elinor Barker.

Medal summary

Men's eventsMen's sprint 1:00.221 1:00.869 1:01.450 4:16.733 4:24.528 4:22.841Men's team pursuit Glenn O'SheaAlex EdmondsonMichael HepburnAlexander Morgan 3:56.751 Steven BurkeEd ClancySam HarrisonAndrew Tennant 4:00.967 Lasse Norman HansenCasper von FolsachMathias MøllerRasmus Quaade 3:59.821Men's team sprint René EndersStefan BötticherMaximilian Levy 43.495 Ethan MitchellSam WebsterEddie Dawkins 43.544 Julien PalmaFrançois PervisMichaël D'Almeida 43.798Men's keirin Men's scratch 17:23.505 Men's points race 35 points 34 points 30 pointsMen's madison Vivien BrisseMorgan Kneisky 18 points David MuntanerAlbert Torres 15 points Henning BommelTheo Reinhardt 13 pointsMen's omnium 18 points 21 points 22 points Women's eventsWomen's sprint 33.973 33.996 34.133Women's individual pursuit 3:32.050 3:40.685 3:36.830Women's team pursuit Laura TrottDani KingElinor Barker 3:18.140 Annette EdmondsonAmy CureMelissa Hoskins 3:19.913 Gillian CarletonJasmin GlaesserLaura Brown 3:20.704Women's team sprint Kristina VogelMiriam Welte 33.053 Gong JinjieGuo Shuang 33.083 Becky JamesVictoria Williamson 33.893Women's keirin Women's scratch 12:45.016 Women's points race 30 points 29 points 22 pointsWomen's omnium 20 points 24 points 26 points Shaded events are non-Olympic disciplines.

Medal table

2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

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