The 1949 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Copenhagen, Denmark from 22 to 28 August 1949.^[1] Five events for men were contested, 3 for professionals and 2 for amateurs.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Reg Harris  Great Britain	Jan Derksen  Netherlands	Arie van Vliet  Netherlands
Men's individual pursuit details	Fausto Coppi  Italy	Lucien Gillen  Luxembourg	Wim van Est  Netherlands
Men's motor-paced details	Elio Frosio  Italy	Jan Pronk  Netherlands	Raoul Lesueur  France
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint details	Sid Patterson  Australia	Jacques Bellenger  France	John Held  United States
Men's individual pursuit details	Knud Andersen  Denmark	Cyril Cartwright  Great Britain	Aldo Gandini  Italy

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	2	0	1	3
2	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	0	2
3	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	0	1
5	Netherlands (NED)	0	2	2	4
6	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
7	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	1	0	1
8	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		5	5	5	15