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1960 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 1960 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Leipzig and Chemnitz, East Germany from 3 to 14 August 1960. Eight events were contested, 6 for men (3 for professionals, 3 for amateurs) and 2 for women.
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| Leipzig and Chemnitz, East Germany |
| (1960-08-03 - 1960-08-14)3–14 August 1960 |
| Alfred-Rosch-KampfbahnChemnitz Velodrome |
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The 1960 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Leipzig and Chemnitz, East Germany from 3 to 14 August 1960. Eight events were contested, 6 for men (3 for professionals, 3 for amateurs) and 2 for women.
In the same period, the 1960 UCI Road World Championships were organized on the Sachsenring and in Leipzig for the women's race, East Germany.
Official stamp of the championships
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Professional Events | |||
| Men's sprint | Antonio Maspes Italy | Oscar Plattner Switzerland | Jos De Bakker Belgium |
| Men's individual pursuit | Rudi Altig West Germany | Willy Trepp Switzerland | Ercole Baldini Italy |
| Men's motor-paced | Guillermo Timoner Spain | Martin Wierstra Netherlands | Norbert Koch Netherlands |
| Men's Amateur Events | |||
| Men's sprint | Sante Gaiardoni Italy | Leo Sterckx Belgium | David Handley Great Britain |
| Men's individual pursuit | Marcel Delattre France | Henk Nijdam Netherlands | Siegfried Köhler East Germany |
| Men's motor-paced | Georg Stoltze East Germany | Siegfried Wustrow East Germany | Henk Buis Netherlands |
| Women's Events | |||
| Women's sprint | Galina Ermolaeva Soviet Union | Valentina Maksimova Soviet Union | Jean Dunn Great Britain |
| Women's individual pursuit | Beryl Burton Great Britain | Marie-Thérèse Naessens Belgium | Lyubov Shogina Soviet Union |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
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