title: 1981 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships
text: # 1981 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships
  
  The 1981 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the seventh annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Grimma, Leipzig, West Germany in August 1981.
  
  The Championships had five events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit, Team pursuit and 1 kilometre time trial.
  
  ## Events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's Events ||||
  | Sprint details | Olaf Arndt East Germany | P. Rampazzo Italy | Bruno Bannes France |
  | Points race details | Fabio Lana Italy | Mat Lange West Germany | Kenneth Bering Denmark |
  | Individual pursuit details | Reinhard Alber West Germany | Marat Ganeyev Soviet Union | Martin Palis Soviet Union |
  | Kilo details | Marcelo Alexandre Argentina | Dirk Streicher East Germany | Stefano Baudino Italy |
  | Team pursuit details | Soviet Union Dainis Grantinch Martin Palis Marat Ganeyev Yuri Kasakov | East Germany Frank Siggelkowe Carsten Wolf Steven Planitzer Thomas Raddatz | France Pascal Carrara Bruno Wojtinek Christian Noiret Dominique Lecrocq |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
  | 2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 4 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 5 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 7 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
  