UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI's predecessor, the International Cycling Association (ICA).

Current events include: time trial, keirin, individual pursuit, team pursuit, points race, scratch race, sprint, team sprint, omnium, madison and elimination race. Until 2024, women's events were generally shorter than men's. Since 2025, all events have the same length. Events which are no longer held include the motor paced events and tandem events.

History World championships were first held in 1893, in Chicago, under the ICA. They were for amateurs. Separate professional races were held from 1895, in Cologne. Amateurs and professionals competed in separate events until 1993, after which they raced together in "open" races. Championships are open to riders selected by their national cycling association. They compete in the colours of their country.

The winner of ICA championships received a gold medal. The UCI awards a gold medal and a rainbow jersey to the winner. Silver and bronze medals are awarded to the second and third place contestants. World champions wear their rainbow jersey until the following year's championship, but they may wear it only in the type of event in which they won it. Former champions can wear rainbow cuffs to their everyday jerseys.

World track championships are allocated to different countries each year. They are run by that country's national cycling association, although the top referees (President of the Commissaire's panel – PCP, Secretary, Starter, and Judge Referee) are International Commissaires appointed by the UCI.

Venues To take advantage of the best weather conditions and reduce the risk of weather-related program changes, the UCI has long organized track world championships in the (northern) summer. Until 1966, the competition must by regulation take place on an open-air velodrome. It was not until the 1969 edition, organized at the Antwerps Sportpaleis, that the first championship was held on an indoor velodrome. From 1987, the trend reversed and indoor velodromes took over. From 1987 to 1995, there were five world championships organized on an indoor velodrome. Colombia hosts in 1995 the last track world championship organized outdoor.

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Championships Number Year Country City Velodrome EventsNameLengthSurfaceIn-/Out-door11893 Chicago South Side Park 321894 Antwerp Zurenborg velodrome400 mconcreteOutdoor331895 Cologne Riehler Radrennbahn333.33 m 441896 Copenhagen Ordrupbanen333.33 mconcreteOutdoor451897 Glasgow Celtic Park 461898 Vienna Prater Park 471899 Montreal Vélodrome de Queen's Park 481900 Paris Parc des Princes666 mconcreteOutdoor491901 Berlin 500 mconcreteOutdoor410 1902 Rome Velodromo di Porta Salaria 500 mconcreteOutdoor4 Berlin 500 mconcreteOutdoor111903 Copenhagen Ordrupbanen370 mconcreteOutdoor4121904 London Crystal Palace 4131905 Antwerp Zurenborg velodrome400 mwoodOutdoor4141906 Geneva Vélodrome de la Jonction 4151907 Paris Parc des Princes666 mconcreteOutdoor4161908 Leipzig 4 Berlin 171909 Copenhagen Ordrupbanen370 mconcreteOutdoor4181910 Brussels Velodroom van Karreveld 4191911 Rome 400 mconcreteOutdoor4201912 Newark Newark Velodrome268 mwoodOutdoor3211913 Berlin Deutsches Stadion666 mOutdoor4 Leipzig 500 mOutdoor221914 Copenhagen Ordrupbanen370 mconcreteOutdoor1 1915–1919: not held due to World War I231920 Antwerp The Garden City Velodrome400 mconcreteOutdoor3241921 Copenhagen Ordrupbanen370 mconcreteOutdoor3251922 Liverpool Liverpool Velodrome 3 Paris Parc des Princes666 mconcreteOutdoor261923 Zürich Oerlikon Velodrome333.33 mconcreteOutdoor3271924 Paris Parc des Princes666 mconcreteOutdoor3281925 Amsterdam Olympisch Stadion 3291926 Milan Velódromo Sempione 3 Turin 301927 Cologne Müngersdorfer Radrennbahn 3 Elberfeld Stadion am Zoo311928 Budapest Millenáris Sporttelep 3321929 Zürich Oerlikon Velodrome333.33 mconcreteOutdoor3331930 Brussels Heysel Stadium 3341931 Copenhagen Ordrupbanen370 mconcreteOutdoor3351932 Rome Stadio Nazionale PNF 3361933 Paris Parc des Princes454 mconcreteOutdoor3371934 Leipzig 3381935 Brussels Heysel Stadium 3391936 Zürich Oerlikon Velodrome333.33 mconcreteOutdoor3401937 Copenhagen Ordrupbanen370 mconcreteOutdoor3411938 Amsterdam Olympisch StadionOutdoor3421939 Milan Velodromo Vigorelli397.27 mwoodOutdoor, track covered2 1940–1945: not held due to World War II431946 Zürich Oerlikon Velodrome333.33 mconcreteOutdoor5441947 Paris Parc des Princes454 mconcreteOutdoor5451948 Amsterdam Olympisch StadionOutdoor5461949 Copenhagen Ordrupbanen370 mconcreteOutdoor5471950 Rocourt Stade Vélodrome de RocourtOutdoor5481951 Milan Velodromo Vigorelli397.27 mwoodOutdoor, track covered5491952 Paris Parc des Princes454 mconcreteOutdoor5501953 Zürich Oerlikon Velodrome333.33 mconcreteOutdoor5511954 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion400 mconcreteOutdoor5 Wuppertal Stadion am Zoo521955 MilanVelodromo Vigorelli397.27 mwoodOutdoor, track covered5531956 Copenhagen Ordrupbanen370 mconcreteOutdoor5541957 Rocourt Stade Vélodrome de RocourtOutdoor5551958 Paris Parc des Princes454 mconcreteOutdoor8561959 Amsterdam Olympisch StadionOutdoor8571960 Leipzig Alfred-Rosch-Kampfbahn 8 Chemnitz Chemnitz Velodrome581961 Zürich Oerlikon Velodrome333.33 mconcreteOutdoor8591962 Milan Velodromo Vigorelli397.27 mwoodOutdoor, track covered601963 Rocourt Stade Vélodrome de RocourtOutdoor9611964 Paris Parc des Princes454 mconcreteOutdoor9621965 San Sebastián Velódromo de Anoeta285.714 mconcreteOutdoor9631966 Frankfurt Waldstadion400 mconcreteOutdoor11641967 Amsterdam Olympisch StadionOutdoor11651968 Rome Olympic Velodrome400 mwoodOutdoor11 Montevideo Americo Ricaldoni333.33 mconcreteOutdoor661969 Antwerp Sportpaleis250 mwoodIndoor11 Brno Brno Velodrome400 mconcreteOutdoor, track covered671970 Leicester Saffron Lane Velodrome333.33 mwoodOutdoor11681971 Varese Luigi Ganna Velodrome446 mconcreteOutdoor11691972 Marseille Stade Vélodrome 6701973 San Sebastián Velódromo de Anoeta285.714 mconcreteIndoor11711974 Montreal Le Stade du CEPSUMOutdoor11721975 Rocourt Stade Vélodrome de RocourtOutdoor11731976 Monteroni di Lecce Ulivi Velodrome333.33 mwoodOutdoor7741977 San Cristóbal 333.33 mconcreteOutdoor12751978 Munich Radstadion285.714 mwood 12761979 Amsterdam Olympisch StadionOutdoor12771980 Besançon Stade Léo LagrangeOutdoor10781981 Brno Brno Velodrome400 mconcreteOutdoor, track covered14791982 Leicester Saffron Lane Velodrome333.33 mwoodOutdoor14801983 Zürich Oerlikon Velodrome333.33 mconcreteOutdoor14811984 Barcelona Velòdrom d'Horta250 mwoodOutdoor9821985 Bassano del Grappa Stadio Rino Mercante400 mconcreteOutdoor14831986 Colorado Springs 7-Eleven USOTC Velodrome333.33 mconcreteOutdoor14841987 Vienna Ferry-Dusika-Hallenstadion250 mwoodIndoor14851988 Ghent Vlaams Wielercentrum Eddy Merckx250 mwoodIndoor9861989 Lyon 333.33 mresinOutdoor15871990 Maebashi Green Dome Maebashi335 mIndoor15881991 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle285.714 mwoodIndoor15891992 Valencia Luis Puig Velodrome250 mconcreteIndoor8901993 Hamar Vikingskipet250 mwoodIndoor11911994 Palermo Velodromo Paolo Borsellino400 mconcreteOutdoor11921995 Bogotá Luis Carlos Galán Velodrome333.33 mconcreteOutdoor12931996 Manchester Manchester Velodrome250 mwoodIndoor12941997 Perth Perth SpeedDome250 mwoodIndoor12951998 Bordeaux Vélodrome de Bordeaux250 mwoodIndoor12961999 Berlin Velodrom250 mwoodIndoor12972000 Manchester Manchester Velodrome250 mwoodIndoor12982001 Antwerp Sportpaleis250 mwoodIndoor12992002 Ballerup Siemens Arena250 mwoodIndoor151002003 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle285.714 mwoodIndoor151012004 Melbourne Melbourne Park Multi-Purpose Venue250 mwoodIndoor151022005 Los Angeles VELO Sports Center250 mwoodIndoor151032006 Bordeaux Vélodrome de Bordeaux250 mwoodIndoor151042007 Palma de Mallorca Palma Arena250 mwoodIndoor171052008 Manchester Manchester Velodrome250 mwoodIndoor181062009 Pruszków BGŻ Arena250 mwoodIndoor191072010 Ballerup Ballerup Super Arena250 mwoodIndoor191082011 Apeldoorn Omnisport Apeldoorn250 mwoodIndoor191092012 Melbourne Melbourne Park Multi-Purpose Venue250 mwoodIndoor191102013 Minsk Minsk-Arena250 mwoodIndoor191112014 Cali Velódromo Alcides Nieto Patiño250 mwoodOutdoor, fully covered191122015 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines250 mwoodIndoor191132016 London Lee Valley VeloPark250 mwoodIndoor191142017 Tseung Kwan O New Town Hong Kong Velodrome250 mwoodIndoor201152018 Apeldoorn Omnisport Apeldoorn250 mwoodIndoor201162019 Pruszków BGŻ Arena250 mwoodIndoor201172020 Berlin Velodrom250 mwoodIndoor201182021 Roubaix 250 mwoodIndoor221192022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines250 mwoodIndoor221202023 Glasgow Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome250 mwoodIndoor221212024 Ballerup Ballerup Super Arena250 mwoodIndoor221222025 Santiago 250 mwoodIndoor221232026 ShanghaiShanghai Velodrome250 mwood Indoor221242027 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesVélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 1252028 Asunción Velódromo Olímpico Nacional 1262029 Abu Dhabi 1272030 Brisbane Anna Meares Velodrome 1282031Trentino

All-time medal table Updated after the 2025 World Championships.

Most successful athletes Updated after the 2025 World Championships.

Men NoAthlete Total Years Events 1 2030 23 2017–2025 1 km time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint 2 1432 19 1997–2008 1 km time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint 3 11111 23 2016–2025 1 km time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint 4 1186 25 1999–2012 1 km time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint 5 1024 16 1993–2002 1 km time trial, Sprint, Team sprint 6 1003 15 1978–1989 Keirin, Points race, Team Pursuit 7 1000 10 1977–1986 Sprint 8 942 15 2009–2018 Madison, Points race, Team Pursuit 9 941 14 2006–2019 Sprint, Team sprint 10 835 16 1964–1980 Keirin, Sprint, Tandem

Women NoAthlete Total Years Events 1 11106 27 2003–2015 500 m time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint 2 1114 16 2012–2018 Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint 3 1010 11 1994–1999 500 m time trial, Sprint 4 952162005–2012500 m time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint 5 945182011–2021Madison, Omnium, Points race, Scratch 6 852152006–2017Individual Pursuit, Omnium, Points race, Team Pursuit 7 832132020–2023500 m time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint 8 812112019–2023500 m time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint 9 811102000–2007500 m time trial, Sprint 10 811102016–2025Individual Pursuit, Team Pursuit Harrie Lavreysen won the most individual titles with 13. Félicia Ballanger is the female athlete with most individual titles with ten.

Lavreysen is also the only rider to win four gold medals in a single edition, in 2025.

Most successful in each event 22 Events are held as part of the World championships. The table below summarises the most successful athlete and nation in each of the 22 separate events. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of golds, silvers and bronze respectively won by the athlete or nation in that specific event. Athletes and nations are differentiated in the standard way, first by number of golds, then silvers, then bronze medals.