1997 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
# 1997 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 1997 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Perth, Western Australia from 27 to 31 August 1997. Twelve events were contested, eight for the men and four for the women. France dominated most of the events, taking home half of the gold medals on offer.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France (FRA) | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's Events |||||||
| Men's sprint details | Florian Rousseau France | | Jens Fiedler Germany | | Darryn Hill Australia | |
| Men's 1 km time trial details | Shane Kelly Australia | 1:03.156 | Sören Lausberg Germany | 1:03.397 | Stefan Nimke Germany | 1:03.470 |
| Men's individual pursuit details | Philippe Ermenault France | 4:23.058 | Alexei Markov Russia | 4:27.350 | Andrea Collinelli Italy | 4:27.511 |
| Men's team pursuit details | Andrea Capelli Cristiano Citton Andrea Collinelli Mario Benetton Italy | 4:10.225 | Oleksandr Klymenko Olexandr Fedenko Sergiy Matveyev Alexander Symonenko Ukraine | crashed | Carlos Da Cruz Philippe Ermenault Jérôme Neuville Franck Perque France | ? |
| Men's team sprint details | Vincent Le Quellec Florian Rousseau Arnaud Tournant France | 44.926 | Sören Lausberg Eyk Pokorny Jan van Eijden Germany | 46.257 | Danny Day Sean Eadie Shane Kelly Australia | 46.268 |
| Men's keirin details | Frédéric Magné France | | Jean-Pierre van Zyl South Africa | | Marty Nothstein United States | |
| Men's points race details | Silvio Martinello Italy | 37 | Bruno Risi Switzerland | 16 | Juan Llaneras Spain | 15 |
| Men's madison details | Miguel Alzamora Juan Llaneras Spain | 19 | Silvio Martinello Marco Villa Italy | 13 | Gabriel Curuchet Juan Curuchet Argentina | 11 |
| Women's Events |||||||
| Women's sprint details | Félicia Ballanger France | | Michelle Ferris Australia | | Oksana Grichina Russia | |
| Women's 500 m time trial details | Félicia Ballanger France | 34.681 | Michelle Ferris Australia | 35.719 | Magali Faure France | 35.898 |
| Women's individual pursuit details | Judith Arndt Germany | 3:38.730 | Natalia Karimova Russia | 3:40.090 | Yvonne McGregor Great Britain | |
| Women's points race details | Natalia Karimova Russia | 29 | Teodora Ruano Spain | 29 | Belem Guerrero Mexico | 19 |
