The 2015 UEC European Track Championships was the sixth edition of the elite

UEC European Track Championships The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC ...

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and took place at the

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Grenchen Grenchen (french: Granges) is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located at the foot of the Jura mountains between Solothurn and Biel/Bienne, approximately north of Bern. With over 16,000 i ...

, Switzerland, between 14 and 18 October. The Event was organised by the

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. All European champions are awarded the

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which may be worn by the champion throughout the year when competing in the same event at other competitions. The 10 Olympic events (sprint, team sprint, team pursuit, keirin and omnium for men and women), as well as 11 other events are on the program for these European Championships. For the first time, the elimination races, known within track cycling as Devils (from the saying ''Devil take the hindmost'') were contested in their own right.

Participating nations

255 cyclists (98 women, 157 men) from 27 nations enrolled for the championships. The number of entrants per nation is shown in parentheses.Entrants women
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Schedule

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Schedule only indicating the finals.

Events

Notes

* Competitors named in ''italics'' only participated in rounds prior to the final. * In the Olympics, all shaded events (except the madison) are contested within the omnium only. * The madison is not contested in the Olympics.

Medal table

References

External links

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Results book
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