UCI track world championships 1933

The 29th UCI track world championships took place from August 11th to 15th, 1933 on the Velodrome of the Prinzenparkstadion in Paris , which was the fifth time a track world championship was held.

16 drivers from nine countries were registered for the world championship for professional stayers. It was won by Frenchman Charles Lacquehay with a seven-lap lead over second-placed Franco Giorgetti from Italy. The German Erich Metze was third, eight laps behind, while his team-mate Erich Möller had given up at 84 km.

For the professional pilots , 24 drivers from eleven countries started, for the amateurs 37 athletes from 13 countries, which meant a significant increase in the number of starters in this discipline compared to previous years. The finals of the professionals took place in front of 35,000 spectators.

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	Albert Richter
Standing race	1	France	Charles Lacquehay / Besson
over 100 km	2	Italy	Franco Giorgetti / Arthur Pasquier
	3	German Empire	Erich Metze / Karl Saldow

Results of the amateurs

discipline	space	country	athlete
Flying races	1	Netherlands	Jacobus van Egmond
over 1000 m	2	France	Roland Ulrich
	3	Denmark	Anker Meyer Andersen

literature

• Illustrated cycling , August 1933