The 1972 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Marseille, France, in 1972.^[1] Due to the 1972 Summer Olympics only six events were contested, 4 for men (3 for professionals, 1 for amateurs) and 2 for women.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Professional Events
Men's sprint details	Robert Van Lancker  Belgium	Gordon Johnson  Australia	Giordano Turrini  Italy
Men's individual pursuit details	Hugh Porter  Great Britain	Ferdinand Bracke  Belgium	Dirk Baert  Belgium
Men's motor-paced details	Theo Verschueren  Belgium	Cees Stam  Netherlands	Dieter Kemper  West Germany
Men's Amateur Events
Men's motor-paced details	Horst Gnas  West Germany	Jean Breuer  West Germany	Gaby Minneboo  Netherlands
Women's Events
Women's sprint details	Galina Ermolaeva  Soviet Union	Wilhelmina Brinkhof  Netherlands	Sheila Young  United States
Women's individual pursuit details	Tamara Garkuchina  Soviet Union	Keetie Hage  Netherlands	Lyubov Zadorojnala  Soviet Union

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Belgium (BEL)	2	1	1	4
2	Soviet Union (URS)	2	0	1	3
3	West Germany (FRG)	1	1	1	3
4	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
5	Netherlands (NED)	0	3	1	4
6	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
7	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		6	6	6	18