2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
# 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships took place in Minsk, Belarus from 20 to 24 February 2013 in the Minsk-Arena. The Championships featured 19 events, the same as 2012.

Great Britain, with five gold medals (four in Olympic events), and nine in total topped the medal table. Australia, Germany, France, the United States and Ireland all enjoyed a successful championships.

Becky James of Great Britain, debuting at this level, won four medals, including two gold, in a single Championships, the first British cyclist to do so. Sarah Hammer of the United States also won two gold medals from two events, as did Stefan Bötticher of Germany and Michael Hepburn of Australia.

Martyn Irvine of Ireland broke a 116-year wait for a male Irish track medal with silver in the individual pursuit, only to return an hour later to take Ireland's first ever track gold medal in the Scratch race. Laura Trott suffered her first major senior track defeat, taking silver in the Omnium behind Hammer, but she retained for a third time her Team Pursuit title with Dani King and debutant and World Junior Road Time Trial champion Elinor Barker.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's events |||||||
| Men's sprint details | Stefan Bötticher Germany | | Denis Dmitriev Russia | | François Pervis France | |
| Men's 1 km time trial details | François Pervis France | 1:00.221 | Simon van Velthooven New Zealand | 1:00.869 | Joachim Eilers Germany | 1:01.450 |
| Men's individual pursuit details | Michael Hepburn Australia | 4:16.733 | Martyn Irvine Ireland | 4:24.528 | Stefan Küng Switzerland | 4:22.841 |
| Men's team pursuit details | Australia Glenn O'Shea Alex Edmondson Michael Hepburn Alexander Morgan | 3:56.751 | Great Britain Steven Burke Ed Clancy Sam Harrison Andrew Tennant | 4:00.967 | Denmark Lasse Norman Hansen Casper von Folsach Mathias Møller Rasmus Quaade | 3:59.821 |
| Men's team sprint details | Germany René Enders Stefan Bötticher Maximilian Levy | 43.495 | New Zealand Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster Eddie Dawkins | 43.544 | France Julien Palma François Pervis Michaël D'Almeida | 43.798 |
| Men's keirin details | Jason Kenny Great Britain | | Maximilian Levy Germany | | Matthijs Büchli Netherlands | |
| Men's scratch details | Martyn Irvine Ireland | 17:23.505 | Andreas Müller Austria | | Luke Davison Australia | |
| Men's points race details | Simon Yates Great Britain | 35 points | Eloy Teruel Spain | 34 points | Kirill Sveshnikov Russia | 30 points |
| Men's madison details | France Vivien Brisse Morgan Kneisky | 18 points | Spain David Muntaner Albert Torres | 15 points | Germany Henning Bommel Theo Reinhardt | 13 points |
| Men's omnium details | Aaron Gate New Zealand | 18 points | Lasse Norman Hansen Denmark | 21 points | Glenn O'Shea Australia | 22 points |
| Women's events |||||||
| Women's sprint details | Becky James Great Britain | | Kristina Vogel Germany | | Lee Wai Sze Hong Kong | |
| Women's 500 m time trial details | Lee Wai Sze Hong Kong | 33.973 | Miriam Welte Germany | 33.996 | Becky James Great Britain | 34.133 |
| Women's individual pursuit details | Sarah Hammer United States | 3:32.050 | Amy Cure Australia | 3:40.685 | Annette Edmondson Australia | 3:36.830 |
| Women's team pursuit details | Great Britain Laura Trott Dani King Elinor Barker | 3:18.140 | Australia Annette Edmondson Amy Cure Melissa Hoskins | 3:19.913 | Canada Gillian Carleton Jasmin Glaesser Laura Brown | 3:20.704 |
| Women's team sprint details | Germany Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte | 33.053 | China Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang | 33.083 | Great Britain Becky James Victoria Williamson | 33.893 |
| Women's keirin details | Becky James Great Britain | | Gong Jinjie China | | Lisandra Guerra Cuba | |
| Women's scratch details | Katarzyna Pawłowska Poland | 12:45.016 | Sofía Arreola Navarro Mexico | | Evgenia Romanyuta Russia | |
| Women's points race details | Jarmila Machačová Czech Republic | 30 points | Sofía Arreola Navarro Mexico | 29 points | Giorgia Bronzini Italy | 22 points |
| Women's omnium details | Sarah Hammer United States | 20 points | Laura Trott Great Britain | 24 points | Annette Edmondson Australia | 26 points |

* Shaded events are non-Olympic disciplines.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Germany (DEU) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
