title: 1976 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships
text: # 1976 World Juniors Track Cycling Championships
  
  The 1976 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the second annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Liège, Belgium.
  
  The Championships had four events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit and Team pursuit. Robert Dill-Bundi became the first cyclist to retain a world junior title, and the first to win two gold medals in the championships.
  
  ## Events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's events ||||
  | Sprint details | Lutz Hesslich East Germany | Ralf-Guido Kuschy East Germany | Mar Pavirani Italy |
  | Points race details | Rüdiger Leitlof West Germany | Jens Schroder Denmark | P Torresan Italy |
  | Individual pursuit details | Robert Dill-Bundi Switzerland | Gerald Mortag East Germany | Mike Richards New Zealand |
  | Team pursuit details | East Germany Gerald Mortag Detlef Macha Jürgen Lippold Olaf Hill | Italy Silvestro Milani Roberto Bonanzi Dante Morandi Domenico Pellegrino | Soviet Union Nikolai Makarov Nikolai Seduro Peter Tchevardov Valeri Uraev |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
  | 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 4 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 5 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 6 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 6 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
  