title: 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
text: # 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
  
  The 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany from July 30 to August 3, 2003. The championships were due to be held in Shenzhen, China, but were moved to Stuttgart following the 2003 SARS outbreak in China.
  
  One of Germany's best chances of earning a gold medal was the men's team pursuit, having broken the four-minute barrier at the 2000 Olympics. However, Erfurt coach Jens Lang and his cyclist Jens Lehmann disagreed with the national team selection, and threatened with not competing with Berlin riders Robert Bartko and Guido Fulst. As a result, the German federation decided to withdraw from the team pursuit event, and later decided to suspend the Erfurt riders from the national team.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
  | 2 | France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
  | 3 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | 4 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 5 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
  | 6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 7 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 8 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
  | 9 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 10 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 12 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 14 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 14 | Barbados (BAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 14 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 14 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 14 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's Events |||||||
  | Men's sprint details | Laurent Gané France | | Jobie Dajka Australia | | René Wolff Germany | |
  | Men's 1 km time trial details | Stefan Nimke Germany | 1:01.599 | Shane Kelly Australia | 1:01.957 | Arnaud Tournant France | 1:02.055 |
  | Men's individual pursuit details | Bradley Wiggins Great Britain | | Luke Roberts Australia | | Sergi Escobar Roure Spain | |
  | Men's team pursuit details | Graeme Brown Peter Dawson Brett Lancaster Luke Roberts Australia | | Rob Hayles Paul Manning Bradley Wiggins Bryan Steel Great Britain | | Fabien Merciris Jérôme Neuville Franck Perque Fabien Sanchez France | |
  | Men's team sprint details | Carsten Bergemann Jens Fiedler René Wolff Germany | | Mickaël Bourgain Laurent Gané Arnaud Tournant France | | Chris Hoy Craig MacLean Jamie Staff Great Britain | |
  | Men's keirin details | Laurent Gané France | | Jobie Dajka Australia | | Barry Forde Barbados | |
  | Men's scratch details | Franco Marvulli Switzerland | | Robert Sassone France | | Jean Pierre van Zyl South Africa | |
  | Men's points race details | Franz Stocher Austria | 77 | Joan Llaneras Spain | 74 | Jos Pronk Netherlands | 70 |
  | Men's madison details | Bruno Risi Franco Marvulli Switzerland | 13 | Gregory Henderson Hayden Roulston New Zealand | 5 | Juan Curuchet Walter Pérez Argentina | 5 |
  | Women's Events |||||||
  | Women's sprint details | Svetlana Grankovskaya Russia | | Natallia Tsylinskaya Belarus | | Nancy Contreras Mexico | |
  | Women's 500 m time trial details | Natallia Tsylinskaya Belarus | 34.078 | Nancy Contreras Mexico | 34.516 | Jiang Cuihua China | 34.746 |
  | Women's individual pursuit details | Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel Netherlands | | Katie Mactier Australia | | Olga Sliusareva Russia | |
  | Women's keirin details | Svetlana Grankovskaya Russia | | Anna Meares Australia | | Oxana Grishina Russia | |
  | Women's scratch details | Olga Sliusareva Russia | | Rochelle Gilmore Australia | | Adrie Visser Netherlands | |
  | Women's points race details | Olga Sliusareva Russia | 27 | Edita Kubelskienė Lithuania | 19 | Yoanka González Cuba | 16 |
  