UCI track world championships 1997

The 87th UCI Track World Championships took place from August 27 to 31, 1997 at the Midvale Speed ​​Dome in Perth . There were twelve disciplines on the program, eight for men and four for women.

The French team won six of twelve gold medals to be won, the Australian hosts only won one.

The Italian four-wheeler was only able to defend his world championship title because of a mistake by the opponent: In the final run, the Ukrainian team had a lead of one and a half seconds one kilometer from the finish. A little later, the wheels of two Ukrainian riders touched each other and all four athletes fell. The cycling : "There was a standing ovation from the audience for the unfortunate losers, whose smile returned on the lap of honor."

Results women

discipline	space	country	athlete	time
sprint	1		Félicia Ballanger	12.017 (1) 11.726 (2)
	2		Michelle Ferris
	3		Oxana Grischina	12.049 (1) 12.462 (2)
Time trial (500 m)	1		Félicia Ballanger	34.681
	2		Michelle Ferris	35.719
	3		Magali Faure	35.898
Single pursuit (3000 m)	1		Judith Arndt	3.38,730
	2		Natalia Karimova	3.40,090
	3		Yvonne McGregor	3.38,526
Points race	1		Natalia Karimova	29 p.
	2		Teodora Ruano Sanchón	29 p.
	3		Belem Guerrero	19 p.

Results men

discipline	space	country	athlete	time
sprint	1		Florian Rousseau	10.882 (1) 11.149 (2)
	2		Jens Fiedler
	3		Darryn Hill	10.991 (1) 10.927 (2)
Keirin	1		Frédéric Magné
	2		Jean-Pierre van Zyl
	3		Marty Nothstein
Time trial 1000 meters	1		Shane Kelly	1.03,156
	2		Soeren Lausberg	1.03,397
	3		Stefan Nimke	1.03,470
Olympic sprint	1		Vincent Le Quellec / Florian Rousseau / Arnaud Tournant	44,926
	2		Sören Lausberg / Jan van Eijden / Eyk Pokorny	46.257
	3		Danny Day / Sean Eadie / Sean Kelly	46.268
Single pursuit (4000 m)	1		Philippe Ermenault	4.23.058
	2		Alexei Markov	4.27,350
	3		Andrea Collinelli	4.27,511
Team pursuit (4000 m)	1		Mario Benetton / Adler Capelli / Cristiano Citton / Andrea Collinelli	4.10,225
	2		Oleksandr Symonenko / Oleksandr Fedenko / Serhij Matwjejew / Oleksandr Klymenko	DNF (lintel)
	3		Carlos Da Cruz / Philippe Ermenault / Jérôme Neuville / Franck Perque
Points race (50 km)	1		Silvio Martinello	37 P.
	2		Bruno Risi	16 p.
	3		Joan Llaneras	15 p.
Two-man team driving	1		Miguel Alzamora / Joan Llaneras	19 p.
	2		Silvio Martinello / Marco Villa	13 P.
	3		Gabriel Curuchet / Juan Curuchet	11 p.

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	6th		2	8th
2	Italy	2	1	1	4th
3	Germany	1	3	1	5
4th	Australia	1	2	2	5
5	Russia	1	2	1	4th
6th	Spain	1	1	1	3
7th	South Africa		1		1
7th	Switzerland		1		1
7th	Ukraine		1		1
10	Argentina			1	1
10	Mexico			1	1
10	United Kingdom			1	1
10	United States			1	1

See also

• UCI Road World Championships 1997

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• Cycling , 1997

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cycling , September 2, 1997, p. 7.