The 1961 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Zürich, Switzerland from 27 August to 1 September 1961.^[1] Eight events were contested, 6 for men (3 for professionals, 3 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Antonio Maspes Italy	Michel Rousseau France	Jos De Bakker Belgium
Men's individual pursuit details	Rudi Altig West Germany	Willy Trepp Switzerland	Leandro Faggin Italy
Men's motor-paced details	Karl-Heinz Marsell West Germany	Paul Depaepe Belgium	Max Meier Switzerland
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint details	Sergio Bianchetto Italy	Giuseppe Beghetto Italy	Ron Baensch Australia
Men's individual pursuit details	Henk Nijdam Netherlands	Jacob Oudkerk Netherlands	Marcel Delattre France
Men's motor-paced details	Leendert Van der Meulen Netherlands	Siegfried Wustrow East Germany	Georg Stoltze East Germany
Women's Events
Women's sprint details	Galina Ermolaeva Soviet Union	Valentina Maksimova Soviet Union	Jean Dunn Great Britain
Women's individual pursuit details	Yvonne Reynders Belgium	Beryl Burton Great Britain	Marie-Thérèse Naessens Belgium

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	2	1	1	4
2	Netherlands (NED)	2	1	0	3
2	West Germany (FRG)	2	1	0	3
4	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	2	4
5	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	0	2
6	East Germany (RDA)	0	1	1	2
	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
10	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		8	9	8	25

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