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1970 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 1970 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Leicester, United Kingdom in 1970. Eleven events were contested, 9 for men (3 for professionals, 6 for amateurs) and 2 for women.
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| Leicester, United Kingdom |
| (1970-08-06 - 1970-08-12)6–12 August 1970 |
| Saffron Lane Velodrome |
| 11 |
The 1970 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Leicester, United Kingdom in 1970. Eleven events were contested, 9 for men (3 for professionals, 6 for amateurs) and 2 for women.
In the same period, the 1970 UCI Road World Championships were also organized in Leicester.
Final of the Men's motor-paced (amateurs)
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Professional Events | |||
| Men's sprint | Gordon Johnson Australia | Sante Gaiardoni Italy | Leijn Loevesijn Netherlands |
| Men's individual pursuit | Hugh Porter Great Britain | Lorenzo Bosisio Italy | Charly Grosskost France |
| Men's motor-paced | Ehrenfried Rudolph West Germany | Theo Verschueren Belgium | Piet de Wit Netherlands |
| Men's Amateur Events | |||
| Men's 1 km time trial | Niels Fredborg Denmark | Harry Kent New Zealand | Anton Tkáč Czechoslovakia |
| Men's sprint | Daniel Morelon France | Peder Pedersen Denmark | Gérard Quintyn France |
| Men's individual pursuit | Xaver Kurmann Switzerland | Ian Hallam Great Britain | Viktor Bykov Soviet Union |
| Men's team pursuit | West Germany Günter Haritz Peter Vonhof Ernst Claußmeyer Udo Hempel | East Germany Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Herbert Richter Manfred Ulbricht | Soviet Union Stanislav Moskvin Vladimir Kuznetsov Viktor Bykov Vladimir Semenets |
| Men's motor-paced | Cees Stam Netherlands | Horst Gnas West Germany | Antonio Cerda Spain |
| Men's tandem | West Germany Jürgen Barth Rainer Muller | East Germany Hans-Jürgen Geschke Werner Otto | France Gérard Quintyn Daniel Morelon |
| Women's Events | |||
| Women's sprint | Galina Tsareva Soviet Union | Galina Ermolaeva Soviet Union | Valentina Savina Soviet Union |
| Women's individual pursuit | Tamara Garkuchina Soviet Union | Raisa Obodovskaya Soviet Union | Beryl Burton Great Britain |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
- 1970 UCI Road World Championships
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