UCI track world championships 1932

The 28th UCI Track World Championships took place from August 27 to September 4, 1932 on the Velodrome of the “ Stadio Nazionale del PNF ” in Rome .

Because of the heat, the races didn't start until 8 p.m., which meant that they often didn't finish until after midnight. The bad lighting of the train was complained about. The cycling track itself was new, it was designed by the Münster architect Clemens Schürmann . It was 400 meters long and made of wood, which led to discussions, especially in the run-up to the standing races, as the professionals were used to driving mainly on cement.

15 drivers from nine countries were registered for the world championships for professional stayers. Their races met with little interest from the Italian public as the sport was little known in Italy. Around 5,000 spectators were lost in the 18,000-seat stadium during the preliminary and final runs. The finals had to be postponed by a day because of a strong thunderstorm, "Petrus, who is closest to the Eternal City [...] probably wanted to demonstrate that it is not appropriate to schedule two 100 km races without a day of rest in between."

For the professional pilots , 16 drivers from nine countries competed, for the amateurs 24 athletes from ten countries. The surprising world champion among the amateur sprinters was Albert Richter from Cologne , whose subsequent seven-year professional career began after this World Cup. The Belgian Jef Scherens , who was to prove to be Richter's strongest competitor in the years to come, won the professional competition.

Results of the professional drivers

discipline	space	country	athlete
Air races over 1000 m	1	Belgium	Jef Scherens
	2	France	Lucien Michard
	3	German Empire	Mathias Engel
Standing race	1	France	Georges Paillard / Maurice Guérin
over 100 km	2	German Empire	Walter Sawall / Georges Grolimund
	3	German Empire	Erich Möller / Clarence Carman

Results of the amateurs

discipline	space	country	athlete
Flying races	1	German Empire	Albert Richter
over 1000 m	2	Italy	Nino Mozzo
	3	German Empire	Willi Frach

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Three years after the end of the World Cup, the line was dismantled in Rome and rebuilt as the Vigorelli line in Milan .
2. ^ Illustrated cycling sport , September 2, 1932

literature

• Illustrated cycling , August / September 1932