# 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the BGŻ Arena in Pruszków, Poland from 25 to 29 March 2009. Nineteen events were on the programme, with the women's omnium being added to the eighteen events contested at the 2008 championships.
Australia topped the medal table with four gold medals, with France on second and Great Britain on third place.
In the Men's events, Michael Mørkøv and Alex Rasmussen, both of Denmark, and Grégory Baugé of France took home two gold medals while Australian Cameron Meyer took home a gold and two silver medals. For the women, Simona Krupeckaitė of Lithuania won three medals; a gold and two bronzes. Victoria Pendleton and Elizabeth Armitstead of Great Britain won three medals each; a gold, a silver, and a bronze with.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia (AUS) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Denmark (DEN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's events |||||||
| Men's sprint details | Grégory Baugé France | | Azizul Hasni Awang Malaysia | | Kévin Sireau France | |
| Men's 1 km time trial details | Stefan Nimke Germany | 1:00.666 | Taylor Phinney United States | 1:01.611 | Mohd Rizal Tisin Malaysia | 1:01.658 |
| Men's individual pursuit details | Taylor Phinney United States | 4:17.631 | Jack Bobridge Australia | 4:20.091 | Dominique Cornu Belgium | 4:22.347 |
| Men's team pursuit details | Michael Færk Christensen Casper Jørgensen Jens-Erik Madsen Alex Rasmussen Michael Mørkøv (qualifying round only) Denmark | 3:58.246 | Jack Bobridge Rohan Dennis Leigh Howard Cameron Meyer Australia | 3:58.863 | Westley Gough Peter Latham Marc Ryan Jesse Sergent New Zealand | 4:00.248 |
| Men's team sprint details | Grégory Baugé Mickaël Bourgain Kévin Sireau France | 43.510 | Matthew Crampton Jason Kenny Jamie Staff Great Britain | 43.869 | René Enders Robert Förstemann Stefan Nimke Germany | 43.912 |
| Men's keirin details | Maximilian Levy Germany | | François Pervis France | | Teun Mulder Netherlands | |
| Men's scratch details | Morgan Kneisky France | | Ángel Colla Argentina | | Andreas Müller Austria | |
| Men's points race details | Cameron Meyer Australia | 24 | Daniel Kreutzfeldt Denmark | 22 | Chris Newton Great Britain | 21 |
| Men's madison details | Michael Mørkøv Alex Rasmussen Denmark | | Leigh Howard Cameron Meyer Australia | | Martin Bláha Jiří Hochmann Czech Republic | |
| Men's omnium details | Leigh Howard Australia | 19 | Zachary Bell Canada | 21 | Tim Veldt Netherlands | 24 |
| Women's events |||||||
| Women's sprint details | Victoria Pendleton Great Britain | | Willy Kanis Netherlands | | Simona Krupeckaitė Lithuania | |
| Women's 500 m time trial details | Simona Krupeckaitė Lithuania | 33.296 WR | Anna Meares Australia | 33.796 | Victoria Pendleton Great Britain | 34.102 |
| Women's individual pursuit details | Alison Shanks New Zealand | 3:29.807 | Wendy Houvenaghel Great Britain | 3:32.174 | Vilija Sereikaitė Lithuania | 3:33.583 |
| Women's team pursuit details | Elizabeth Armitstead Wendy Houvenaghel Joanna Rowsell Great Britain | 3:22.720 | Lauren Ellis Jaime Nielsen Alison Shanks New Zealand | 3:23.993 | Ashlee Ankudinoff Sarah Kent Josephine Tomic Australia | 3:24.972 |
| Women's team sprint details | Kaarle McCulloch Anna Meares Australia | 33.149 WR | Shanaze Reade Victoria Pendleton Great Britain | 33.380 | Gintarė Gaivenytė Simona Krupeckaitė Lithuania | 33.495 |
| Women's keirin details | Guo Shuang China | | Clara Sanchez France | | Willy Kanis Netherlands | |
| Women's scratch details | Yumari González Cuba | | Elizabeth Armitstead Great Britain | | Belinda Goss Australia | |
| Women's points race details | Giorgia Bronzini Italy | 18 | Yumari González Cuba | 15 | Elizabeth Armitstead Great Britain | 13 |
| Women's omnium details | Josephine Tomic Australia | 26 | Tara Whitten Canada | 27 | Yvonne Hijgenaar Netherlands | 27 |