1980_World_Juniors_Track_Cycling_Championships

1980 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

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The 1980 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the sixth annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Mexico City, Mexico in August 1980.^[1] It was the third successive championship to be held in the Americas.

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The Championships had five events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit, Team pursuit and 1 kilometre time trial. Maic Malchow of East Germany and Dainis Leipinch of the Soviet Union were the most successful cyclists, winning the sprint double and pursuit double respectively.

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Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's events
Sprint^[2] details	Maic Malchow East Germany	Olaf Arndt East Germany	El Guilachvli Soviet Union
Points race details^[2]	Uwe Messerschmidt West Germany	Mat Lange West Germany	José Youshimatz Mexico
Pursuit details ^[2]	Dainis Liepiņš Soviet Union	Mario Kummer East Germany	Uwe Tromer East Germany
Kilo details^[2]	Maic Malchow East Germany	Andris Lotsmelis Soviet Union	Rob Werner West Germany
Team pursuit details^[2]	Soviet Union Andris Lotsmelis Dainis Liepiņš Martin Palis Sergei Agupov	East Germany Mario Kummer Frank Kuhn Uwe Tromer Gerald Buder	Great Britain Pierce Hewitt Gary Sadler Darryl Webster Anthony Mayer

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (GDR)	2	3	1	6
2	Soviet Union (URS)	2	1	1	4
3	West Germany (FRG)	1	1	1	3
4	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
4	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		5	5	5	15

1980 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships