1968 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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The 1968
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
were the World Championship for
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 ...
. The events for the professional men and women's were held in
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the other events took place in
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/ref> Eleven events were contested, 9 for men (3 for professionals, 6 for amateurs) and 2 for women between 22 and 27 August 1968.


Medal summary


Medal table


See also

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1968 UCI Road World Championships The 1968 UCI Road World Championships took place from 31 August-1 September 1968 in Imola, Italy (for professionals), on a 75 km circuit starting and arriving at the "Enzo and Dino Ferrari" auto racing circuit. The amateur races were held f ...


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 ...
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 cycle races hosted by Uruguay International cycle races hosted by Italy 1960s in track cycling 1968 in cycle racing