1979 Juniors Track World Championships
| Host city |
Buenos Aires,  Argentina |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | August 1979 |
The 1979 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the fifth annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in August 1979.[1] It was the second championship to be held outside Europe, the second to be held in the Americas, and the first to be held in the southern hemisphere.
The Championships had five events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit, Team pursuit and 1 kilometre time trial. With two golds and a bronze, Fredy Schmidtke had the most successful single games for a cyclist to date, while future Tour de France legend Greg LeMond won his first major medal for the United States.
Events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Events | |||
| Sprint[2] |
Fredy Schmidtke West Germany |
Michel Cortinovis France |
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| Points race [2] |
Teun Van Vliet Netherlands |
Nikolay Trusov Russia |
Jean-François Chaurin France |
| Individual pursuit [2] |
Gadis Lapinch Soviet Union |
Greg LeMond United States |
Philippe Chevallier France |
| Kilo [2] |
Fredy Schmidtke West Germany |
Gadis Lapinch Soviet Union |
Michel Cortinovis France |
| Team pursuit [2] |
Soviet Union Gadis Liepinsch Dainis Liepinsch Vladimir Baluk Yuri Petrov |
France Daniel Pandèle Philippe Chevallier Jean-François Dury François Jurain |
West Germany Fredy Schmidtke Andreas Suckert Günther Kobek Gerhard Strittmatter |
Medal table[2]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | West Germany | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | France | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
References
- ↑ 1979 WJTC venue
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 1979 WJTC results the-sports.org
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