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1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships Venue Brno , Czechoslovakia Date(s) (1981-08-31 - 1981-09-06 ) 31 August - 6 September 1981Velodrome Brno Velodrome Events 14
The 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling . They took place in Brno , Czechoslovakia in 1981.[ 1] Fourteen events were contested, 12 for men (5 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.
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The next riders were selected by the KNWU after the Dutch national championships and were published on 10 August 1981.[ 2]
Men's professional
Danny Clark - men's keirin
Women
Claudine Vierstraete - women's sprint (eliminated Galina Tsareva in earlier round)
Gerda Sierens - women's individual pursuit
Men's amateurs
? - men's team pursuit
? - men's team pursuit
? - men's team pursuit
? - men's team pursuit
Men's professional
Oersted - individual pursuit
Women
? - women's sprint (won her qualification heat)
Hana Hotova - women's sprint (finished 2nd in qualification heat)
Men's amateur
Detlaf Macha - amateur individual pursuit (won qualification in 4:46.71, won final in 4:47.78)
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)
Women
Claudia Lommatzsch - women's sprint (qualified 1st round, qualified 2nd round, won 3rd round from Sue Novarra (2-0), quarter final.., won bronze final from Natalya Kroetsjeniskaja after 3 races)
Men's amateur
Rainer Podlesch - motor-paced (qualified for final after winning qualification heat)
Schutz - motor-paced
Men's professional
Schultz - motor-paced
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)
Men's amateur
Ahmed Abdussal Gariani - sprint (lost from Rainier Valkenburg in 1st round)
Men's amateur
Jan Jankiewicz - 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)
? - men's amateur individual pursuit
Women's
Galina Tsareva - 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)
Men's amateur
Max Hurzeler - motor-paced
Isler - sprint (lost from Rainier Valkenburg in 1st round)
Men's professional
Urs Freuler - keirin
Women
Conny Paravaskin - sprint (finished 3rd in her qualification heat)
Sheila Young - sprint (qualified 1st round, won 2nd round from Erica Oomen , qualified 3rd round, result quarter final?)
Sue Novarra - sprint (lost 1st round from Rosella Gabiati , lost 2nd round, won 2nd round repechages from Erica Oomen , lost 3rd round from Lommatzsch (0-2))
Men's professional
Eric Heiden - individual pursuit (finished 19th and last)