title: 1988 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
text: # 1988 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
  
  The 1988 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Ghent, Belgium from 21 to 25 August 1988. Eight events were contested, 7 for men (5 for professionals, 2 for amateurs) and 1 for women with a demonstration non-Championship points race for women.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's Elite Events ||||
  | Men's keirin details | Claudio Golinelli Italy | Ottavio Dazzan Italy | Michel Vaarten Belgium |
  | Men's sprint details | Stephen Pate Australia | Claudio Golinelli Italy | Nobuyuki Tawara Japan |
  | Men's individual pursuit details | Lech Piasecki Poland | Tony Doyle Great Britain | Jesper Worre Denmark |
  | Men's points race details | Daniel Wyder Switzerland | Adriano Baffi Italy | Michael Marcussen Denmark |
  | Men's motor-paced details | Danny Clark Australia | Constant Tourné Belgium | Walter Brugna Italy |
  | Men's Amateur Events ||||
  | Men's motor-paced details | Vincenzo Colamartino Italy | Roland Königshofer Austria | Roland Renn Germany |
  | Men's tandem details | France Fabrice Colas Frédéric Magné | West Germany Greil Hans-Jürgen Uwe Butchmann | Czechoslovakia Jiří Illek Lubomír Hargaš |
  | Women's Events ||||
  | Women's individual pursuit details | Jeannie Longo France | Barbara Ganz Switzerland | Mindee Mayfield United States |
  | Women's points race details | Sally Hodge Great Britain | Barbara Ganz Switzerland | Monique de Bruin Netherlands |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 1 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 3 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
  | 4 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
  | 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 6 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 8 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 11 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
  