1979 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
# 1979 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 1979 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1979. 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 | Dieter Berkmann West Germany | Michel Vaarten Belgium |
| Men's individual pursuit details | Bert Oosterbosch Netherlands | Francesco Moser Italy | Herman Ponsteen Netherlands |
| Men's motor-paced details | Martin Venix Netherlands | Wilfried Peffgen West Germany | Cees Stam Netherlands |
| Men's Amateur Events ||||
| Men's 1 km time trial details | Lothar Thoms East Germany | Gordon Singleton Canada | Eduard Rapp Soviet Union |
| Men's sprint details | Lutz Hesslich East Germany | Emanuel Raasch East Germany | Christian Drescher East Germany |
| Men's individual pursuit details | Nikolaï Makarov Soviet Union | Maurizio Bidinost Italy | Alain Bondue France |
| Men's team pursuit details | East Germany Lutz Haueisen Gerald Mortag Axel Grosser Volker Winkler | Soviet Union Viktor Manakov Vassili Ehrlich Vladimir Osokin Vitali Petrakov | Italy Maurizio Bidinost Pierangelo Bincoletto Silvestro Milani Sandro Callari |
| Men's points race details | Igor Sláma Czechoslovakia | Pierangelo Bincoletto Italy | Urs Freuler Switzerland |
| Men's motor-paced details | Mattheus Pronk Netherlands | Guido Van Meel Belgium | Gaby Minneboo Netherlands |
| Men's tandem details | France Yavé Cahard Franck Depine | West Germany Dieter Giebken Fredy Schmidtke | Czechoslovakia Vladimír Vačkář Miloslav Vymazal |
| Women's Events ||||
| Women's sprint details | Galina Tsareva Soviet Union | Truus van der Plaat Netherlands | Sue Novara United States |
| Women's individual pursuit details | Keetie van Oosten-Hage Netherlands | Anna Riemersma Netherlands | Luigina Bissoli Italy |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
