UCI Track World Championships 1998

The 88th UCI Track World Championships took place from August 26th to 30th, 1998 at the Vélodrome de Bordeaux Lac stadium in Bordeaux . 32 nations competed in twelve disciplines. Around 30,000 spectators attended the competitions.

The dominant team at the World Cup was the French team in front of their home crowd, which was often perceived by athletes from other countries as "too nationalistic". France alone won six gold medals.

There was a scandal in the team pursuit for third place in the small final: The Italian team protested because the French team had illegally replaced a driver at short notice. The protest was recognized, so that the French could only start with three drivers. As a result, the French team did not even start. The cycling : "Italy was declared under the shrill whistling of the French fans who did not want to follow this correct decision, the winner of this race."

Outstanding was the performance of French rider Félicia Ballanger, who won two gold medals in the sprint and time trial and thus achieved this double for the fourth time in a row. In addition, she set a new world record over the 500 m.

Results women

discipline	space	country	athlete	time
sprint	1		Félicia Ballanger	11.701 (1) 11.742 (2)
	2		Michelle Ferris
	3		Tanya Dubnicoff	12.386 (1) 12.326 (2)
Time trial (500 m)	1		Félicia Ballanger	34,010 WR
	2		Tanya Dubnicoff	35,415
	3		Michelle Ferris	35,451
Single pursuit (3000 m)	1		Lucy Tyler-Sharman	3.35,225
	2		Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel	3.37,291
	3		Judith Arndt	3.35,676
Points race	1		Teodora Ruano Sanchón	6 p.
	2		Belem Guerrero	+ 1 round, 0 p.
	3		Olga Slyusareva	+ 2 rounds, 35 p.

Results men

discipline	space	country	athlete	time
sprint	1		Florian Rousseau	10.681 (1) 10.466 (2)
	2		Jens Fiedler
	3		Laurent Gané	10.775 (2) 10.749 (3)
Time trial (1000 m)	1		Arnaud Tournant	10.681 (1) 10.466 (2)
	2		Shane Kelly
	3		Erin Hartwell	10.775 (2) 10.749 (3)
Keirin	1		Jens Fiedler
	2		Ainārs Ķiksis
	3		Laurent Gané
Olympic sprint	1		Vincent Le Quellec / Florian Rousseau / Arnaud Tournant	44.338
	2		Danny Day / Shane Kelly / Graham Sharman	45.464
	3		Sören Lausberg / Stefan Nimke / Eyk Pokorny	45.210
Single pursuit (4000 m)	1		Philippe Ermenault	4.20,627
	2		Francis Moreau	4.21,466
	3		Robert Bartko	4.26,890
Team pursuit (4000 m)	1		Oleksandr Symonenko / Oleksandr Fedenko / Serhij Matwjejew / Ruslan Pidhornyj	4.02,895
	2		Daniel Becke / Guido Fulst / Christian Lademann / Robert Bartko	4.08,160
	3		Mario Benetton / Adler Capelli / Cristiano Citton / Andrea Collinelli
Points race (50 km)	1		Joan Llaneras	19 p.
	2		Andreas Kappes	+ 1 round, 41 p.
	3		Silvio Martinello	+ 1 round, 33 p.
Two-man team driving	1		Etienne De Wilde / Matthew Gilmore	34 P.
	2		Silvio Martinello / Marco Villa	22 p.
	3		Andreas Kappes / Stefan Steinweg	21 p.

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	6th	1	2	9
2	Spain	2			2
3	Germany	1	3	4th	8th
4th	Australia	1	3	1	5
5	Belgium	1			1
5	Ukraine	1			1
7th	Italy		1	2	3
8th	Canada		1	1	2
9	Latvia		1		1
9	Mexico		1		1
9	Netherlands		1		1
12	United States			1	1
12	Russia			1	1

See also

• UCI Road World Championships 1998

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• Cycling , 1998

Web links

• uci.ch