1954 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

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1954 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Host city Cologne and Wuppertal, West Germany
Date(s)  (1954-08-27 - 1954-08-29)27-29 August 1954
Velodrome Müngersdorfer Stadion
Stadion am Zoo
Events 5
1953
1955

The 1954 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Cologne and Wuppertal, West Germany from 27 to 29 August 1954.[1] Five events for men were contested, 3 for professionals and 2 for amateurs.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint
details
Reg Harris
 United Kingdom
Arie van Vliet
 Netherlands
Enzo Sacchi
 Italy
Men's individual pursuit
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Guido Messina
 Italy
Hugo Koblet
  Switzerland
Lucien Gillen
 Luxembourg
Men's motor-paced
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Adolph Verschueren
 Belgium
Jan Pronk
 Netherlands
Joe Bunker
 Australia
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint
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Cyril Peacock
 United Kingdom
John Tressider
 Australia
Georges Gaignard
 France
Men's individual pursuit
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Leandro Faggin
 Italy
Peter Broterthon
 United Kingdom
Norman Sheil
 United Kingdom

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Great Britain 2 1 1 4
2  Italy 2 0 1 3
3  Belgium 1 0 0 1
4  Netherlands 0 2 0 2
5  Australia 0 1 1 2
6   Switzerland 0 1 0 1
7  France 0 0 1 1
 Luxembourg 0 0 1 1

See also

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