The 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2016. They took place in London in the Lee Valley VeloPark from 2–6 March 2016.
As the last major track cycling event prior to the 2016 Summer Olympics, the championships were particularly important for cyclists and national teams aiming to qualify for the track cycling competitions at Rio 2016. Hosts Great Britain finished top of the medals table with five gold, one silver and three bronze medals.
Preparations Tickets prices for the 12 different sessions ranged between £15 and £90, with student and over 60s discounts available. Higher priced tickets were tickets with better seating locations, afternoon (final) sessions and the sessions at the weekend. On 20 February 50,000 tickets were sold, with most of the sessions sold out.
For the championships 200 volunteers were recruited and helped in a variety of roles during set-up and across the event, from programme sellers and accreditation distributors to media and sports.
Schedule The schedule of events was as follows:
CompetitionFFinal
+Men Date → Wed 2Thu 3Fri 4Sat 5Sun 6Event ↓ A E A E A E A E A E Men's 1 km time trial F Men's individual pursuit Q F Men's keirin R1, R R2, F Men's omnium SR, IP ER TT, FL PR Men's points race F Men's scratch F Men's sprint Q, 1/16, 1/8, R QF SF, F Men's team pursuit Q R1 F Men's team sprint Q F Men's madison F
+Women Date → Wed 2Thu 3Fri 4Sat 5Sun 6Event ↓ A E A E A E A E A E Women's 500 m time trial F Women's individual pursuit Q F Women's keirin R1, R R2, F Women's omnium SR, IP ER TT, FL PR Women's points race F Women's scratch F Women's sprint Q, 1/16, 1/8, R QF SF, F Women's team pursuit Q R1 F Women's team sprint Q F
Medal summary
Medal table
Medalists Men's eventsSprintMen's sprint results Team SprintMen's team sprint results Ethan MitchellSam WebsterEddie Dawkins Nils van 't HoenderdaalJeffrey HooglandMatthijs BüchliHugo Haak René EndersMax NiederlagJoachim EilersTeam PursuitMen's team pursuit results Sam WelsfordMichael HepburnCallum ScotsonMiles ScotsonAlexander PorterLuke Davison Jonathan DibbenEd ClancyOwain DoullBradley WigginsSteven Burke Andy Tennant Lasse Norman HansenNiklas LarsenFrederik MadsenCasper von FolsachRasmus QuaadeKeirinMen's keirin results OmniumMen's omnium results Men's 1 km time trial results Men's individual pursuit results Scratch RaceMen's scratch results Points RaceMen's points race results MadisonMen's madison results Bradley WigginsMark Cavendish Morgan KneiskyBenjamin Thomas Sebastián MoraAlbert Torres Women's eventsSprintWomen's sprint results Team SprintWomen's team sprint results Daria ShmelevaAnastasia Voynova Gong JinjieZhong Tianshi Miriam WelteKristina VogelTeam PursuitWomen's team pursuit results Sarah HammerKelly CatlinChloé DygertJennifer Valente Allison BeveridgeJasmin GlaesserKirsti LayGeorgia Simmerling Laura TrottElinor BarkerCiara HorneJoanna RowsellKeirinWomen's keirin results OmniumWomen's omnium results Women's 500 m time trial results PursuitWomen's individual pursuit results Scratch RaceWomen's scratch results Points RaceWomen's points race results
Notes Riders named in italics did not participate in the medal finals. In the Olympics, all shaded events (except the madison) are contested within the omnium only. The madison is not contested in the Olympics.
Participating nations
390 cyclists from 45 countries were registered for the championships. The registered riders from Egypt and Morocco did not participate. The number of registered cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses. Note that not all registered riders competed at the championships.
Participating nationsClick on a nation to go to the nations' 2016 Championships page
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Broadcasting List of broadcastersEurope BBC: United Kingdom BeIN Sports: France, Monaco, Andorra & French speaking Africa Charlton: Israel Czech TV: Czech Republic France TV: France Match! Nash Sport: RussiaТелепрограмма спорта NOS: Netherlands ORF: Austria Polsat: Poland Pro TV: Romania RAI: Italy RTBF: Belgium Slovak TV: Slovakia Sport 1: Hungary Sportklub: Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Slovenia SRG SSR: Switzerland TV2: Norway Viasat: Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Lithuania, VRT: Belgium
North America/ Canada RDS: Canada Rogers Sportsnet: Canada Universal: USA
South America Globosat: Brazil TDN: PAN South America
Asia ASTRO: Malaysia I-Cable: Hong Kong NHK: Japan Sony India: India Sportcast: Taïwan SPOTV: Korea TrueVisions: Thailand
Africa Mnet Supersport: PAN-Africa
Australia SBS Australia: Australia Sky New Zealand: New Zealand
Worldwide SNTV: Worldwide Perform: Worldwide
References
External links Official website UCI Website Official results and starting lists