1949_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships

1949 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

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The 1949 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Copenhagen, Denmark from 22 to 28 August 1949.^[1] Five events for men were contested, 3 for professionals and 2 for amateurs.

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Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Reg Harris Great Britain	Jan Derksen Netherlands	Arie van Vliet Netherlands
Men's individual pursuit details	Fausto Coppi Italy	Lucien Gillen Luxembourg	Wim van Est Netherlands
Men's motor-paced details	Elio Frosio Italy	Jan Pronk Netherlands	Raoul Lesueur France
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint details	Sid Patterson Australia	Jacques Bellenger France	John Held United States
Men's individual pursuit details	Knud Andersen Denmark	Cyril Cartwright Great Britain	Aldo Gandini Italy

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	2	0	1	3
2	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	0	2
3	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
3	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	0	1
5	Netherlands (NED)	0	2	2	4
6	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
7	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	1	0	1
8	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		5	5	5	15

1949 UCI Track Cycling World Championships