# 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1981. Fourteen events were contested, 12 for men (5 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's Professional Events ||||
| Men's keirin details | Danny Clark Australia | Guido Bontempi Italy | Chiyoshi Kuno (久保千代志) Japan |
| Men's sprint details | Kōichi Nakano Japan | Gordon Singleton Canada | Kenji Takahashi (高橋健二) Japan |
| Men's individual pursuit details | Alain Bondue France | Hans-Henrik Ørsted Denmark | Bert Oosterbosch Netherlands |
| Men's points race details | Urs Freuler Switzerland | Danny Clark Australia | Giuseppe Saronni Italy |
| Men's motor-paced details | René Kos Netherlands | Bruno Vicino Italy | Wilfried Peffgen West Germany |
| Men's Amateur Events ||||
| Men's 1 km time trial details | Lothar Thoms East Germany 1:05.85 | Fredy Schmidtke West Germany 1:06.02 | Sergei Kopylov Soviet Union 1:06.56 |
| Men's sprint details | Sergei Kopylov Soviet Union | Lutz Hesslich East Germany | Detlef Uibel East Germany |
| Men's individual pursuit details | Detlef Macha East Germany 4:47.78 | Dainis Liepiņš Soviet Union 4:55.19 | Maurizio Bidinost Italy 4:49.40 |
| Men's team pursuit details | East Germany Detlef Macha Bernd Dittert Axel Grosser Volker Winkler | Soviet Union Alexandre Krasnov Viktor Manakov Alexandre Kulikov Nikolai Kuznetzov | Czechoslovakia Martin Penc Aleš Trčka František Raboň Jiří Pokorný |
| Men's points race details | Lutz Haueisen East Germany | Leonard Harvey Nitz United States | Michael Marcussen Denmark |
| Men's motor-paced details | Mattheus Pronk Netherlands | Rainer Podlesch West Germany | Max Hurzeler Switzerland |
| Men's tandem details | Czechoslovakia Ivan Kučírek Pavel Martínek | West Germany Dieter Giebken Fredy Schmidtke | Poland Ryszard Konkolewski Zbigniew Piątek |
| Women's Events ||||
| Women's sprint details | Sheila Young United States | Claudine Vierstraete Belgium | Claudia Lommatzsch West Germany |
| Women's individual pursuit details | Nadezhda Kibardina Soviet Union | Tamara Polyakova Soviet Union | Jeannie Longo France |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | East Germany (RDA) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

## Competitors
### The Netherlands

The next riders were selected by the KNWU after the Dutch national championships and were published on 10 August 1981.
Women :
| Rider | Event |
| Erika Omen | Sprint |
| Sandra de Nijs | Sprint |
| Petra de Bruin | Individual pursuit |
| Monique Kauffmann | Individual pursuit |
Amateur riders :
| Rider | Event |
| Ab van Asten | Individual pursuit team pursuit points race |
| Erick Ge.. | Motor-paced |
| Ab Harren | team pursuit points race |
| Gaby Minneboo | Motor-paced |
| Rik Moorman | team pursuit |
| Peter Pieters | Individual pursuit team pursuit points race |
| Sjaak Pieters | Sprint Tandem |
| Mathé Pronk | Motor-paced |
| John Roozenburg | team pursuit points race |
| Ger Slot | Motor-paced |
| Reinier Valkenburg | Sprint 1 km time trial |
| Tom Vrolijk | Sprint Tandem |
| Eric Dompeling (reserve) | team pursuit |
Professionals :
| Rider | Event |
| Bert Oosterbosch | Individual pursuit |
| Roy Schuiten | Individual pursuit |
| Herman Ponsteen (if he is fit) | Individual pursuit |
| Hans Vonk | Points race |
| Martin Venix | Motor-paced |
| René Kos | Motor-paced |
| Martin Rietveld | Motor-paced |

### Australia
#### Men's professional

    Danny Clark - men's keirin

### Belgium
#### Women

    Claudine Vierstraete - women's sprint (eliminated Galina Tsareva in earlier round)
    Gerda Sierens - women's individual pursuit

### Canada
#### Men's amateurs

    ? - men's team pursuit
    ? - men's team pursuit
    ? - men's team pursuit
    ? - men's team pursuit

### Denmark
#### Men's professional

    Oersted - individual pursuit

### Czech Republic
#### Women

    ? - women's sprint (won her qualification heat)
    Hana Hotova - women's sprint (finished 2nd in qualification heat)

### East Germany
#### Men's amateur

    Detlaf Macha - amateur individual pursuit (won qualification in 4:46.71, won final in 4:47.78)

### France
#### Men's amateur

    Cahard - sprint (felt and broke two ribs)

#### Men's professional

    Patrick Clerc - keirin (felt in 1st round repaches and was taken away with a brancard)

### West Germany
#### Women

    Claudia Lommatzsch - women's sprint (qualified 1st round, qualified 2nd round, won 3rd round from Sue Novarra (2-0), quarter final.., won bronze final from Natalya Kroetsjeniskaja after 3 races)

#### Men's amateur

    Rainer Podlesch - motor-paced (qualified for final after winning qualification heat)
    Schutz - motor-paced

#### Men's professional

    Schultz - motor-paced

### Italy
#### Men's amateur

    Fusarpoli - motor-paced (qualified for final after winning qualification heat)

#### Men's professional

    Borgognoni - individual pursuit
    Morandi - individual pursuit
    Vicino - motor-paced

#### Women

    Rosella Gabiati - women's sprint (won 1st round from Sue Novarra)

### Lebanon
#### Men's amateur

    Ahmed Abdussal Gariani - sprint (lost from Rainier Valkenburg in 1st round)

### Poland
#### Men's amateur

    Jan Jankiewicz - individual pursuit (lost bronze medal race from Maurizio Bidinost (5:52.01 vs 4:49.40))
    Platek - sprint (won 2nd round repaches from Rainier Valkenburg)
    Konkoleweski - tandem (lost from the Netherlands in first round, won the repechages)
    ? - tandem (lost from the Netherlands in first round, won the repechages)

### Brazil

    ? - men's amateur individual pursuit

### Soviet Union
#### Women's

    Galina Tsareva - women's sprint (eliminated by Claudine Vierstraete)
    Natalya Kroetsjeniskaja - women's sprint (lost bronze final from Claudia Lommatzsch after 3 races)
    Olga Kibardina - women's individual pursuit

#### Men's amateur

    Goelasjvili - sprint (won 2nd round from Rainier Valkenburg)

### Switzerland
#### Men's amateur

    Max Hurzeler - motor-paced
    Isler - sprint (lost from Rainier Valkenburg in 1st round)

#### Men's professional

    Urs Freuler - keirin

### United States
#### Women

    Conny Paravaskin - sprint (finished 3rd in her qualification heat)
    Sheila Young - sprint (qualified 1st round, won 2nd round from Erica Oomen, qualified 3rd round, result quarter final?)
    Sue Novarra - sprint (lost 1st round from Rosella Gabiati, lost 2nd round, won 2nd round repechages from Erica Oomen, lost 3rd round from Lommatzsch (0-2))

#### Men's professional

    Eric Heiden - individual pursuit (finished 19th and last)