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, Czechoslovakia in 1981. Fourteen events were contested, 12 for men (5 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Medal summary

Medal table

Competitors

The Netherlands

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''Leidse Courant'', 10 August 1981

Australia

;Men's professional : Danny Clark - men's keirin

Belgium

;Women :

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- 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) :

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- 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

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(2-0), quarter final.., won bronze final from Natalya Kroetsjeniskaja after 3 races) ;Men's amateur :

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- 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 :

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- 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 :

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- 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 :

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- motor-paced : Isler - sprint (lost from Rainier Valkenburg in 1st round) ;Men's professional :

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- keirin

United States

;Women : Conny Paravaskin - sprint (finished 3rd in her qualification heat) : Sheila Young - sprint (qualified 1st round, won 2nd round from

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, qualified 3rd round, result quarter final?) :

- sprint (lost 1st round from Rosella Gabiati, lost 2nd round, won 2nd round repechages from

, lost 3rd round from Lommatzsch (0-2)) ;Men's professional : Eric Heiden - individual pursuit (finished 19th and last)

References

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