The 1979 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships were the fifth annual Junior World Championships for track cycling held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in August 1979.World Junior Championships 1979 - Medal Table at the-sports.org It was the second championship to be held outside Europe, the second to be held in the Americas, and the first to be held in the southern hemisphere.
The Championships had five events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit, Team pursuit and 1 kilometre time trial. With two golds and a bronze, Fredy Schmidtke had the most successful single games for a cyclist to date, while future Tour de France legend Greg LeMond won his first major medal for the United States.
Events Men's EventsWorld Junior Championships - Results Men 1979 at the-sports.orgSprint Fredy Schmidtke Michel Cortinovis Stefaan De Craene Points race Teun van Vliet Nikolay Trusov Jean-François Chaurin Individual pursuit Gaidis Liepiņš Greg LeMond Philippe Chevallier Team pursuit Gaidis LiepiņšDainis LiepiņšVladimir BalukYuri Petrov Daniel PandèlePhilippe ChevallierJean-François DuryFrançois Jurain Fredy SchmidtkeAndreas SuckertGünther KobekGerhard StrittmatterTime trial Fredy Schmidtke Gadis Lapinch Michel Cortinovis
Medal table
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