1964 UCI Track World Championships

The 54th UCI Track World Championships took place from September 8th to 13th, 1964 in the Prinzenparkstadion in Paris .

After a run between a Polish and a Danish sprinter, there was a physical argument: the Polish coach gave Danish driver Peder Pedersen a hook because he had allegedly obstructed his driver. The Polish federation apologized to the Union Cycliste Internationale and sent its trainer home immediately.

In the German team, however, several riders failed, as cycling wrote, "uncomfortable and unpleasant behavior", in which they enjoyed the Paris nightlife too extensively. The magazine called on the Association of German Cyclists to punish such behavior by withdrawing the nomination for the Olympic Games .

At this World Cup, which attracted particular attention in view of the Olympic Games that began shortly thereafter, none of the world champions from the previous year could defend their title.

Results

Women

discipline	space	country	athlete
sprint	1	Soviet Union	Irina Kirichenko
	2	Soviet Union	Galina Yermolayeva
	3	France	Gisèle Caille
Single pursuit (3000 m)	1	Belgium	Yvonne Reynders
	2	United Kingdom	Beryl Burton
	3	Soviet Union	Aino Puronen

Men (professionals)

discipline	space	country	athlete
sprint	1	Italy	Antonio Maspes
	2	Australia	Ron Baensch
	3	Belgium	Jos De Bakker
Single pursuit (5000 m)	1	Belgium	Ferdi Bracke
	2	Italy	Leandro Faggin
	3	Italy	Ercole Baldini
Standing race (100 km)	1	Spain	Guillermo Timoner / August Meuleman
	2	Belgium	Leo Proost / Georges Grolimund
	3	BR Germany	Karl-Heinz Marsell / Otto Faltin

Men (amateurs)

discipline	space	country	athlete
sprint	1	France	Pierre Trentin
	2	France	Daniel Morelon
	3	Italy	Sergio Bianchetto
Single pursuit (4000 m)	1	Netherlands	Tiemen Groen
	2	Belgium	Herman Van Loo
	3	Czechoslovakia	Jiří Daler
Team pursuit (4000 m)	1	BR Germany	Lothar Claesges / Karl Link / Karl-Heinz Henrichs / Ernst Streng
	2	Italy	Attilio Benfatto / Vincenzo Mantovani / Carlo Rancati / Franco Testa
	3	Soviet Union	Arnold Beljgard / Leonid Columbet / Stanislav Moskvin / Sergeï Teretschenkov
Standing race (1 hour)	1	Netherlands	Jacob Oudkerk / August Meuleman
	2	Belgium	Jean Walschaerts / Otto Faltin
	3	France	Daniel Salmon / Georges Grolimund

literature

• Cycling , September 1964

Web links

• stayer.de (PDF; 18 kB)

See also

• UCI Road World Championships 1964