The 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1981.World Championship Track Cycling 2014-1893 Fourteen events were contested, 12 for men (5 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.
In the same period, the 1981 UCI Road World Championships were organized in Prague.
Medal summary Men's Professional EventsMen's keirin Danny Clark Guido Bontempi Chiyoshi Kubo (久保千代志) Men's sprint Kōichi Nakano Gordon Singleton Kenji Takahashi (高橋健二) Alain Bondue Hans-Henrik Ørsted Bert OosterboschMen's points raceUrs Freuler Danny Clark Giuseppe SaronniMen's motor-paced René Kos Bruno Vicino Wilfried Peffgen Men's Amateur EventsLothar Thoms Fredy Schmidtke Sergei Kopylov Men's sprint Sergei Kopylov Lutz Heßlich Detlef Uibel Detlef Macha Dainis Liepiņš Maurizio BidinostMen's team pursuit Detlef Macha Bernd Dittert Axel Grosser Volker Winkler Alexandre Krasnov Viktor Manakov Alexandre Kulikov Nikolai Kuznetzov Martin Penc Aleš Trčka František Raboň Jiří PokornýMen's points raceLutz Haueisen Leonard Harvey Nitz Michael MarcussenMen's motor-paced Mattheus Pronk Rainer Podlesch Max HurzelerMen's tandem Ivan Kučírek Pavel Martínek Dieter Giebken Fredy Schmidtke Ryszard Konkolewski Zbigniew Piątek Women's EventsWomen's sprintSheila YoungClaudine VierstraeteClaudia LommatzschWomen's individual pursuitNadezhda KibardinaTamara PolyakovaJeannie Longo
Medal table
Competitors
The Netherlands
The next riders were selected by the KNWU after the Dutch national championships and were published on 10 August 1981.Baanploeg voor WK wielrennen Leidse Courant, 10 August 1981 +WomenRiderEvent Erika Omen Sprint Sandra de Nijs Petra de Bruin Individual pursuit Monique Kauffmann+Amateur ridersRiderEvent Ab van Asten Individual pursuitteam pursuitpoints race Erick Ge.. Motor-paced Ab Harren team pursuit points race Gaby Minneboo Motor-paced Rik Moorman team pursuit Peter Pieters Individual pursuitteam pursuitpoints race Sjaak Pieters SprintTandem Mathé Pronk Motor-paced John Roozenburg team pursuit points race Ger Slot Motor-paced Reinier Valkenburg Sprint1 km time trial Tom Vrolijk SprintTandem Eric Dompeling (reserve) team pursuit+ProfessionalsRiderEvent Bert Oosterbosch Individual pursuit Roy Schuiten Herman Ponsteen (if he is fit) Hans Vonk Points race Martin Venix Motor-paced René Kos Martin Rietveld
Australia Men's professional Danny Clark - men's keirin
Belgium Women Claudine Vierstraete - women's sprint (eliminated Galina Tsareva in earlier round) Gerda Sierens - women's individual pursuit
Canada Men's amateurs ? - men's team pursuit ? - men's team pursuit ? - men's team pursuit ? - men's team pursuit
Denmark Men's professional Oersted - individual pursuit
Czech Republic Women ? - women's sprint (won her qualification heat) Hana Hotova - women's sprint (finished 2nd in qualification heat)
East Germany Men's amateur Detlaf Macha - amateur individual pursuit (won qualification in 4:46.71, won final in 4:47.78)
France Men's amateur Cahard - sprint (felt and broke two ribs) Men's professional Patrick Clerc - keirin (felt in 1st round repaches and was taken away with a brancard)
West Germany Women Claudia Lommatzsch - women's sprint (qualified 1st round, qualified 2nd round, won 3rd round from Sue Novarra (2-0), quarter final.., won bronze final from Natalya Kroetsjeniskaja after 3 races)
Men's amateur Rainer Podlesch - motor-paced (qualified for final after winning qualification heat) Schutz - motor-paced
Men's professional Schultz - motor-paced
Italy Men's amateur Fusarpoli - motor-paced (qualified for final after winning qualification heat) Men's professional Borgognoni - individual pursuit Morandi - individual pursuit Vicino - motor-paced Women Rosella Gabiati - women's sprint (won 1st round from Sue Novarra)
Lebanon Men's amateur Ahmed Abdussal Gariani - sprint (lost from Rainier Valkenburg in 1st round)
Poland Men's amateur Jan Jankiewicz - individual pursuit (lost bronze medal race from Maurizio Bidinost (5:52.01 vs 4:49.40)) Platek - sprint (won 2nd round repaches from Rainier Valkenburg) Konkoleweski - tandem (lost from the Netherlands in first round, won the repechages) ? - tandem (lost from the Netherlands in first round, won the repechages)
Brazil ? - men's amateur individual pursuit
Soviet Union Women's Galina Tsareva - women's sprint (eliminated by Claudine Vierstraete) Natalya Kroetsjeniskaja - women's sprint (lost bronze final from Claudia Lommatzsch after 3 races) Olga Kibardina - women's individual pursuit Men's amateur Goelasjvili - sprint (won 2nd round from Rainier Valkenburg)
Switzerland Men's amateur Max Hurzeler - motor-paced Isler - sprint (lost from Rainier Valkenburg in 1st round) Men's professional Urs Freuler - keirin
United States Women Conny Paravaskin - sprint (finished 3rd in her qualification heat) Sheila Young - sprint (qualified 1st round, won 2nd round from Erica Oomen, qualified 3rd round, result quarter final?) Sue Novarra - sprint (lost 1st round from Rosella Gabiati, lost 2nd round, won 2nd round repechages from Erica Oomen, lost 3rd round from Lommatzsch (0-2))
Men's professional Eric Heiden - individual pursuit (finished 19th and last)
See also 1981 UCI Road World Championships
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