1954 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1954 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Host city	Cologne and Wuppertal, West Germany
Date(s)	(1954-08-27 - 1954-08-29)27–29 August 1954
Velodrome	Müngersdorfer Stadion Stadion am Zoo
Events	5
← 1953 1955 →

The 1954 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Cologne and Wuppertal, West Germany from 27 to 29 August 1954.^[1] Five events for men were contested, 3 for professionals and 2 for amateurs.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint	Reg Harris United Kingdom	Arie van Vliet Netherlands	Enzo Sacchi Italy
Men's individual pursuit	Guido Messina Italy	Hugo Koblet Switzerland	Lucien Gillen Luxembourg
Men's motor-paced	Adolph Verschueren Belgium	Jan Pronk Netherlands	Joe Bunker Australia
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint	Cyril Peacock United Kingdom	John Tressider Australia	Georges Gaignard France
Men's individual pursuit	Leandro Faggin Italy	Peter Broterthon United Kingdom	Norman Sheil United Kingdom

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	2	1	1	4
2	Italy	2	0	1	3
3	Belgium	1	0	0	1
4	Netherlands	0	2	0	2
5	Australia	0	1	1	2
6	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
7	France	0	0	1	1
7	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1

UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Championships records

Years	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Cyclists	... 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Countries	Australia Cuba Netherlands (incomplete country list)

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