UCI Track World Championships 1999

The 89th UCI Track World Championships took place from October 20 to 24, 1999 in the Velodrom in Berlin . 33 nations were at the start.

These title fights saw competition between the two dominant track cycling nations, France and Germany. Athletes from these two countries won 21 out of a possible 36 medals . Two gold medals alone went to the French Arnaud Tournant, in the 1000 m time trial and in the Olympic sprint, but also to the German Robert Bartko, in the single pursuit and with the four-wheeler. The German Jens Fiedler won a gold (Keirin) and a silver medal (Sprint).

The women dominated the French Felicia Ballanger with a gold medal each in the sprint and time trial - she achieved this double victory for the fifth time in a row - as did her teammate Marion Clignet with world championship titles in the points race and the single pursuit.

Results women

discipline	space	country	athlete
sprint	1		Felicia Ballanger
	2		Michelle Ferris
	3		Tanya Dubnicoff
Time trial (500 m)	1		Felicia Ballanger
	2		Jiang Cuihua
	3		Ulrike Weichelt
Single pursuit (3000 m)	1		Marion Clignet
	2		Judith Arndt
	3		Rasa Mazeikyte
Points race	1		Marion Clignet
	2		Judith Arndt
	3		Sarah Ulmer

Results men

Arnaud Tournant (here in June 2008) won two gold medals in Berlin, his current trainer Florian Rousseau (right) became world champion in the Olympic sprint with him in 1999.

discipline	space	country	athlete
sprint	1		Laurent Gané
	2		Jens Fiedler
	3		Florian Rousseau
Time trial (1000 m)	1		Arnaud Tournant
	2		Shane Kelly
	3		Stefan Nimke
Keirin	1		Jens Fiedler
	2		Anthony Peden
	3		Frédéric Magné
Olympic sprint	1		Laurent Gané / Florian Rousseau / Arnaud Tournant
	2		Chris Hoy / Craig MacLean / Jason Queally
	3		Jens Fiedler / Sören Lausberg / Stefan Nimke
Single pursuit (4000 m)	1		Robert Bartko
	2		Jens Lehmann
	3		Mauro Trentini
Team pursuit (4000 m)	1		Robert Bartko / Daniel Becke / Guido Fulst / Christian Lademann / Jens Lehmann / Olaf Pollack
	2		Cyril Bos / Philippe Ermenault / Francis Moreau / Jérôme Neuville
	3		Wladislaw Borissow / Eduard Gritsun / Alexej Markow / Denis Smyslow
Points race (50 km)	1		Bruno Risi
	2		Vasyl Yakovlev
	3		Cho Ho-sung
Two-man team driving	1		Joan Llaneras / Isaac Gálvez
	2		Jimmi Madsen / Jakob Piil
	3		Andreas Kappes / Olaf Pollack

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	7th	1	2	10
2	Germany	3	4th	4th	11
3	Switzerland	1			1
3	Spain	1			1
5	Australia		2		2
6th	New Zealand		1	1	2
7th	United Kingdom		1		1
7th	People's Republic of China		1		1
7th	Denmark		1		1
7th	Ukraine		1		1
11	Canada			1	1
11	Russia			1	1
11	Italy			1	1
11	South Korea			1	1
11	Lithuania			1	1

See also

• UCI Road World Championships 1999

literature

• Werner Ruttkus / Wolfgang Schoppe / Hans-Alfred Roth : In the shine and shadow of the rainbow. A look back at the cycling world championships in racing, which have been held throughout Germany since 1895 , Berlin 1999

Remarks

1. ↑ In accordance with the UCI regulations, all riders who have competed in at least 2 races will receive a medal.