1997 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships
# 1997 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships

The 1997 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships were the 23rd annual Junior World Championships for track cycling held at the Bellville Velodrome in Cape Town, South Africa in August 1997.

The Championships had five events for men (Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit, Team pursuit and 1 kilometre time trial) and two for women (Individual pursuit and Sprint).

## Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's Events ||||
| Sprint details | Tim Zuhlke Germany | Kane Selin Australia | Andrea Garavelli Italy |
| Points race details | Michael Rogers Australia | Libor Hlaváč Czech Republic | Morten Voss Christensen Denmark |
| Individual pursuit details | Marco Hesselschwerdt Germany | Michael Rogers Australia | Christian Bach Germany |
| Kilo details | Jeffrey Hopkins Australia | Tim Zuhlke Germany | Alberto Loddo Italy |
| Team pursuit details | Australia Graeme Brown Scott Davis Brett Lancaster Michael Rogers | Germany Robert Kaiser Marco Kesselschwerdt Eric Baumann Christian Bach | Italy Manuel Quinziato Ivan Ravaioli Luca Barazzutti Francesco Colavito |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Women's Events ||||
| Sprint details | Katrin Meinke Germany | Yumari González Valdivieso Cuba | Rosealee Hubbard Australia |
| Individual pursuit details | Alayna Burns Australia | Gitana Gruodyte Lithuania | Monika Tyburska Poland |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Australia (AUS) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
