1947 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

1947 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Venue	Paris, France
Date(s)	(1947-07-26 - 1947-08-03)26 July - 3 August 1947
Events	5
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The 1947 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Paris, France from 26 July to 3 August 1947.^[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	Jef Scherens  Belgium	Louis Gérardin  France	Georges Senfftleben  France
Men's individual pursuit details	Fausto Coppi  Italy	Antonio Bevilacqua  Italy	Hugo Koblet  Switzerland
Men's motor-paced details	Raoul Lesueur  France	Jean-Jacques Lamboley  France	Jan Pronk  Netherlands
Men's Amateur Events
Men's sprint details	Reg Harris  Great Britain	Cornelis Byster  Netherlands	Henri Sensever  France
Men's individual pursuit details	Arnaldo Benfenati  Italy	Atilio François  Uruguay	Knud Andersen  Denmark

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	2	1	0	3
2	France (FRA)	1	2	2	5
3	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
5	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
6	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	0	1
7	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		5	5	5	15

See also

• 1947 UCI Road World Championships

References