1979 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships
# 1979 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

The 1979 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the fifth annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in August 1979. It was the second championship to be held outside Europe, the second to be held in the Americas, and the first to be held in the southern hemisphere.

The Championships had five events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit, Team pursuit and 1 kilometre time trial. With two golds and a bronze, Fredy Schmidtke had the most successful single games for a cyclist to date, while future Tour de France legend Greg LeMond won his first major medal for the United States.

## Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's Events ||||
| Sprint details | Fredy Schmidtke West Germany | Michel Cortinovis France | Stefaan De Craene Belgium |
| Points race details | Teun van Vliet Netherlands | Nikolay Trusov Russia | Jean-François Chaurin France |
| Individual pursuit details | Gaidis Liepiņš Soviet Union | Greg LeMond United States | Philippe Chevallier France |
| Kilo details | Fredy Schmidtke West Germany | Gadis Lapinch Soviet Union | Michel Cortinovis France |
| Team pursuit details | Soviet Union Gaidis Liepiņš Dainis Liepiņš Vladimir Baluk Yuri Petrov | France Daniel Pandèle Philippe Chevallier Jean-François Dury François Jurain | West Germany Fredy Schmidtke Andreas Suckert Günther Kobek Gerhard Strittmatter |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
