1977 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
# 1977 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 1977 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in San Cristóbal, Venezuela in 1977. Twelve events were contested, 10 for men (3 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's Professional Events ||||
| Men's sprint details | Kōichi Nakano Japan | Yoshikazu Sugata (菅田順和) Japan | John Nicholson Australia |
| Men's individual pursuit details | Gregor Braun West Germany | Knut Knudsen Norway | Steve Heffernan Great Britain |
| Men's motor-paced details | Cees Stam Netherlands | Wilfried Peffgen West Germany | Pietro Algeri Italy |
| Men's Amateur Events ||||
| Men's 1 km time trial details | Lothar Thoms East Germany | Günther Schumacher West Germany | Hans Ledermann Switzerland |
| Men's sprint details | Hans-Jürgen Geschke East Germany | Emanuel Raasch East Germany | Lutz Hesslich East Germany |
| Men's individual pursuit details | Norbert Dürpisch East Germany | Uwe Unterwalder East Germany | Daniel Gisiger Switzerland |
| Men's team pursuit details | East Germany Norbert Dürpisch Gerald Mortag Matthias Wiegand Volker Winkler | West Germany Günther Schumacher Peter Vonhof Hans Lutz Henry Rincklin | Switzerland Robert Dill-Bundi Daniel Gisiger Hans Kaenel Walter Baumgartner |
| Men's points race details | Constant Tourné Belgium | Jan Faltyn Poland | Nikolaï Makarov Soviet Union |
| Men's motor-paced details | Gaby Minneboo Netherlands | Bartolome Caldentey Spain | Rainer Podlesch West Germany |
| Men's tandem details | Czechoslovakia Vladimír Vačkář Miloslav Vymazal | Soviet Union Vladimir Semenets Aleksander Voronine | West Germany Horst Gewis Wolfgang Schaffer |
| Women's Events ||||
| Women's sprint details | Galina Tsareva Soviet Union | Sue Novara United States | Iva Zajíčková Czechoslovakia |
| Women's individual pursuit details | Vera Kuznetsova Soviet Union | Anna Riemersma Netherlands | Karen Strong Canada |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
