Track cycling world championships 1893

Arthur Augustus Zimmerman became the first cycling world champion.

The track cycling world championships in 1893 took place on August 11th and 12th, 1893 on the occasion of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago under the supervision of the International Cyclists' Association (ICA), a predecessor organization of today's Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) . They were the first official world championships in track cycling.

There were three races for amateurs. A race was 10 km (with 2 non-motorized pacemakers). US and Canadian racing drivers as well as the South African Laurens Smitz Meintjes took part . In a second race over the short distance of 1 mile ( sprint ) only Americans and Canadians were at the start.

The South African Meintjes won the stalker race over 62 miles behind multi-seat pacemaker guidance (without motor), which is considered to be the first unofficial World Championship in this discipline.

discipline	space	country	athlete
1 mile (sprint)	1	United States	Arthur Augustus Zimmerman
	2	United States	John S. Johnson
	3	United States	John Patrick Bliss
10 km race	1	United States	Arthur Augustus Zimmerman
	2	United States	John Patrick Bliss
	3	United States	John S. Johnson
Stand-up race (unofficial)	1	South African Republic	Laurens Smitz Meintjes
	2	United States	Charles Albrecht
	3	United States	Emil Ulbricht

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Nye, Hearts of Lions. The History of American Bicycling Racing , New York 1988, pp. 47-48.
2. ↑ Andrew Ritchie, Flying Yankee. The International Career of Arthur Augustus Zimmerman , Cheltenham 2009, pp. 68-75.