title: 1971 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
text: # 1971 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
  
  The 1971 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Varese, Italy in 1971. Eleven events were contested, 9 for men (3 for professionals, 6 for amateurs) and 2 for women.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's Professional Events ||||
  | Men's sprint details | Leijn Loevesijn Netherlands | Robert Van Lancker Belgium | Giordano Turrini Italy |
  | Men's individual pursuit details | Dirk Baert Belgium | Charly Grosskost France | Hugh Porter Great Britain |
  | Men's motor-paced details | Theo Verschueren Belgium | Jacob Oudkerk Netherlands | Domenico de Lillo Italy |
  | Men's Amateur Events ||||
  | Men's 1 km time trial details | Eduard Rapp Soviet Union | Peder Pedersen Denmark | Pierre Trentin France |
  | Men's sprint details | Daniel Morelon France | Sergeï Kravtsov Soviet Union | Ivan Kučírek Czechoslovakia |
  | Men's individual pursuit details | Martín Emilio Rodríguez Colombia | Josef Fuchs Switzerland | Giacomo Bazzan Italy |
  | Men's team pursuit details | Italy Pietro Algeri Giacomo Bazzan Giorgio Morbiato Luciano Borgognoni | East Germany Thomas Huschke Heinz Richter Herbert Richter Uwe Unterwalder | West Germany Günter Haritz Udo Hempel Peter Vonhof Jürgen Colombo |
  | Men's motor-paced details | Horst Gnas West Germany | Rainer Podlesch West Germany | Gaby Minneboo Netherlands |
  | Men's tandem details | East Germany Hans-Jürgen Geschke Werner Otto | West Germany Jürgen Barth Rainer Muller | France Pierre Trentin Daniel Morelon |
  | Women's Events ||||
  | Women's sprint details | Galina Tsareva Soviet Union | Galina Ermolaeva Soviet Union | Iva Zajíčková Czechoslovakia |
  | Women's individual pursuit details | Tamara Garkuchina Soviet Union | Keetie Hage Netherlands | Iva Zajíčková Czechoslovakia |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
  | 2 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
  | 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
  | 5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 6 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 7 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
  | 8 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
  | 12 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
  