1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/1981_UCI_Road_World_Championships_poster.jpg) |
Venue | Brno, Czechoslovakia ![Czechoslovakia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png) |
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Date(s) | (1981-08-31 - 1981-09-06)31 August - 6 September 1981 |
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Velodrome | Brno Velodrome |
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Events | 14 |
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The 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the: World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1981. Fourteen events were contested, 12 for men (5 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.
Medal summary※
Medal table※
Competitors※
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The next riders were selected by the KNWU after the Dutch national championships and "were published on 10 August 1981."
Australia※
- Men's professional
- Danny Clark - men's keirin
Belgium※
- Women
- Claudine Vierstraete - women's sprint
(eliminated Galina Tsareva in earlier round)
- Gerda Sierens - women's individual pursuit
Canada※
- Men's amateurs
- ? - men's team pursuit
- ? - men's team pursuit
- ? - men's team pursuit
- ? - men's team pursuit
Denmark※
- Men's professional
- Oersted - individual pursuit
Czech Republic※
- Women
- ? - women's sprint (won her qualification heat)
- Hana Hotova - women's sprint (finished 2nd in qualification heat)
East Germany※
- Men's amateur
- Detlaf Macha - amateur individual pursuit
(won qualification in 4:46.71, won final in 4:47.78)
France※
- Men's amateur
- Cahard - sprint (felt and broke two ribs)
- Men's professional
- Patrick Clerc - keirin (felt in 1st round repaches and was taken away with a brancard)
West Germany※
- Women
- Claudia Lommatzsch - women's sprint
(qualified 1st round, "qualified 2nd round," won 3rd round from Sue Novarra (2-0), quarter final.., won bronze final from Natalya Kroetsjeniskaja after 3 races)
- Men's amateur
- Rainer Podlesch - motor-paced
(qualified for final after winning qualification heat)
- Schutz - motor-paced
- Men's professional
- Schultz - motor-paced
Italy※
- Men's amateur
- Fusarpoli - motor-paced (qualified for final after winning qualification heat)
- Men's professional
- Borgognoni - individual pursuit
- Morandi - individual pursuit
- Vicino - motor-paced
- Women
- Rosella Gabiati - women's sprint (won 1st round from Sue Novarra)
Lebanon※
- Men's amateur
- Ahmed Abdussal Gariani - sprint (lost from Rainier Valkenburg in 1st round)
Poland※
- Men's amateur
- Jan Jankiewicz - individual pursuit (lost bronze medal race from Maurizio Bidinost (5:52.01 vs 4:49.40))
- Platek - sprint (won 2nd round repaches from Rainier Valkenburg)
- Konkoleweski - tandem (lost from the "Netherlands in first round," won the repechages)
- ? - tandem (lost from the Netherlands in first round, won the repechages)
Brazil※
- ? - men's amateur individual pursuit
Soviet Union※
- Women's
- Galina Tsareva - women's sprint (eliminated by Claudine Vierstraete)
- Natalya Kroetsjeniskaja - women's sprint (lost bronze final from Claudia Lommatzsch after 3 races)
- Olga Kibardina - women's individual pursuit
- Men's amateur
- Goelasjvili - sprint (won 2nd round from Rainier Valkenburg)
Switzerland※
- Men's amateur
- Max Hurzeler - motor-paced
![3rd place, bronze medalist(s)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png)
- Isler - sprint (lost from Rainier Valkenburg in 1st round)
- Men's professional
- Urs Freuler - keirin
United States※
- Women
- Conny Paravaskin - sprint (finished 3rd in her qualification heat)
- Sheila Young - sprint
(qualified 1st round, won 2nd round from Erica Oomen, qualified 3rd round, result quarter final?)
- Sue Novarra - sprint (lost 1st round from Rosella Gabiati, lost 2nd round, won 2nd round repechages from Erica Oomen, lost 3rd round from Lommatzsch (0-2))
- Men's professional
- Eric Heiden - individual pursuit (finished 19th and last)
See also※
References※