The 1960 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for

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. They took place in

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and

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from 3 to 14 August 1960.World Championship Track Cycling 2014-1893
/ref> Eight events were contested, 6 for men (3 for professionals, 3 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Medal summary

Medal table

References

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Track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

UCI Track Cycling World Championships by year International sports competitions hosted by East Germany Sports competitions in Leipzig 1960 in track cycling 1960 in German sport International cycle races hosted by Germany

Medal summary

Medal table

See also

References