Track cycling world championships 1897

The Track Cycling World Championships 1897 took place from July 30th to August 2nd in Glasgow on the Velodrome in Celtic Park . The host was the “International Cyclists Association”, a predecessor organization of the UCI . Around 100 racing drivers from eleven nations took part.

Four races were held, two for amateurs and two for professional drivers . The disciplines on the program were aviation races, today sprint , over 1 mile and standing races over 100 km (behind non-motorized multi-seater pacemakers, so-called quadruple and quintuplets). 5,000 to 10,000 spectators were present at the individual races.

Willy Arend from Hanover became world champion in sprinters and thus the first German professional world champion in cycling. The Rad-Welt commented: “The German cycling sport should not forget that it owes Arend thanks for this special day.” There were also complaints from the riders about the “soot and dust layer” in the air in the industrial city of Glasgow.

Professional driver

discipline	space	country	athlete
1 mile flying race	1	German Empire	Willy Arend
	2	United Kingdom	Charles F. Barden
	3	France	Paul Nossam
Standing race over 100 km	1	United Kingdom	Jack William Stocks
	2	United Kingdom	Arthur Chase
	3	United Kingdom	Fred Armstrong

Amateurs

discipline	space	country	athlete
1 mile flying race	1	Denmark	Edwin Schrader
	2	United Kingdom	WP Fawcett
	3	Ireland	Harry Reynolds
Standing race over 100 km	1	United Kingdom	Edward Gould
	2	France	Émile Ouzou
	3	Denmark	Rasmond Tjaerby

literature

• Rad-Welt , July / August 1987