2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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Host city | London, Great Britain |
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Date(s) | 2–6 March |
Velodrome | Lee Valley VeloPark |
Nations participating | 45 |
Cyclists participating | 390 (list of riders) |
Events | 19 |
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The 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2016. They took place in London in the Lee Valley VeloPark from 2–6 March 2016.[1]
As the last major track cycling event prior to the 2016 Summer Olympics, the championships were particularly important for cyclists and national teams aiming to qualify for the track cycling competitions at Rio 2016.[2][3] Hosts Great Britain finished top of the medals table with five gold, one silver and three bronze medals.
Contents
Preparations
Tickets prices for the 12 different sessions ranged between £15 and £90, with student and over 60s discounts available. Higher priced tickets were tickets with better seating locations, afternoon (final) sessions and the sessions at the weekend. On 20 February 50,000 tickets were sold, with most of the sessions sold out.[4]
For the championships 200 volunteers were recruitedin and helped to a variety of roles during set-up and across the event, from programme sellers and accreditation distributors to media and sports.
Schedule
The schedule of events was as follows:[5]
Competition | F | Final |
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Q = qualifiers, R1 = first round, R2 = second round, R = repechages 1/16 = sixteenth finals, 1/8 = eighth finals, QF = quarterfinals, SF = semifinals
SR = Scratch Race, IP = Individual Pursuit, ER = Elimination Race, TT = Time Trial, FL = Flying Lap, PR = Points Race
Medal summary
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
3 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Russia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | China | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
6 | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
8 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
10 | Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
13 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
14 | France | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
15 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
Medalists
- Shaded events are non-Olympic
- Some cyclists' names are in Italic, because they compete in the tournament, but did not compete in the final round.
Participation
Riders
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Participating nations
390 cyclists from 45 countries were registered for the championships.[25] The registered riderS from Egypt and Morocco did not participate. The number of registered cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses. Not that not all registered riders have competed at the championships.
Participating nations Click on a nation to go to the nations' 2016 Championships page |
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Broadcasting
List of broadcasters[26] |
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References
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- ↑ Competition schedule
- ↑ Men's sprint results
- ↑ Men's 1 km time trial results
- ↑ Men's individual pursuit results
- ↑ Men's team pursuit results
- ↑ Men's team sprint results
- ↑ Men's keirin results
- ↑ Men's scratch results
- ↑ Men's points race results
- ↑ Men's madison results
- ↑ Men's omnium results
- ↑ Women's sprint results
- ↑ Women's 500 m time trial results
- ↑ Women's individual pursuit results
- ↑ Women's team pursuit results
- ↑ Women's team sprint results
- ↑ Women's keirin results
- ↑ Women's scratch results
- ↑ Women's points race results
- ↑ Women's omnium results
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- ↑ Телепрограмма спорта
External links
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- 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2016 in track cycling
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships by year
- International sports competitions hosted by London
- 2016 in British sport
- Cycle racing in London
- 2016 in London
- International cycle races hosted by England