2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany from July 30 to August 3, 2003. The championships were due to be held in Shenzhen, China, but were moved to Stuttgart following the 2003 SARS outbreak in China.

2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenueStuttgart, Germany
Date(s) (2003-07-30 - 2003-08-03)July 30–August 3, 2003
VelodromeHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
Events15

One of Germany's best chances of earning a gold medal was the men's team pursuit, having broken the four-minute barrier at the 2000 Olympics. However, Erfurt coach Jens Lang and his cyclist Jens Lehmann disagreed with the national team selection, and threatened with not competing with Berlin riders Robert Bartko and Guido Fulst. As a result, the German federation decided to withdraw from the team pursuit event, and later decided to suspend the Erfurt riders from the national team.[1][2]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)4026
2 France (FRA)2226
3 Germany (GER)2013
4  Switzerland (SUI)2002
5 Australia (AUS)1708
6 Great Britain (GBR)1113
7 Belarus (BLR)1102
8 Netherlands (NED)1023
9 Austria (AUT)1001
10 Mexico (MEX)0112
 Spain (ESP)0112
12 Lithuania (LTU)0101
 New Zealand (NZL)0101
14 Argentina (ARG)0011
 Barbados (BAR)0011
 China (CHN)0011
 Cuba (CUB)0011
 South Africa (RSA)0011
Totals (18 nations)15151545

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Events
Men's sprint
Laurent Gané
 France
Jobie Dajka
 Australia
René Wolff
 Germany
Men's 1 km time trial
Stefan Nimke
 Germany
1:01.599 Shane Kelly
 Australia
1:01.957 Arnaud Tournant
 France
1:02.055
Men's individual pursuit
Bradley Wiggins
 Great Britain
Luke Roberts
 Australia
Sergi Escobar Roure
 Spain
Men's team pursuit
Graeme Brown
Peter Dawson
Brett Lancaster
Luke Roberts

 Australia
Rob Hayles
Paul Manning
Bradley Wiggins
Bryan Steel
 Great Britain
Fabien Merciris
Jérôme Neuville
Franck Perque
Fabien Sanchez
 France
Men's team sprint
Carsten Bergemann
Jens Fiedler
René Wolff

 Germany
Mickaël Bourgain
Laurent Gané
Arnaud Tournant
 France
Chris Hoy
Craig MacLean
Jamie Staff
 Great Britain
Men's keirin
Laurent Gané
 France
Jobie Dajka
 Australia
Barry Forde
 Barbados
Men's scratch
Franco Marvulli
  Switzerland
Robert Sassone
 France
Jean Pierre van Zyl
 South Africa
Men's points race
Franz Stocher
 Austria
77 Joan Llaneras
 Spain
74 Jos Pronk
 Netherlands
70
Men's madison
Bruno Risi
Franco Marvulli
  Switzerland
13 Gregory Henderson
Hayden Roulston
 New Zealand
5 Juan Curuchet
Walter Pérez
 Argentina
5
Women's Events
Women's sprint
Svetlana Grankovskaya
 Russia
Natallia Tsylinskaya
 Belarus
Nancy Contreras
 Mexico
Women's 500 m time trial
Natallia Tsylinskaya
 Belarus
34.078 Nancy Contreras
 Mexico
34.516 Jiang Cuihua
 China
34.746
Women's individual pursuit
Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel
 Netherlands
Katie Mactier
 Australia
Olga Sliusareva
 Russia
Women's keirin
Svetlana Grankovskaya
 Russia
Anna Meares
 Australia
Oxana Grishina
 Russia
Women's scratch
Olga Sliusareva
 Russia
Rochelle Gilmore
 Australia
Adrie Visser
 Netherlands
Women's points race
Olga Sliusareva
 Russia
27 Edita Kubelskienė
 Lithuania
19 Yoanka González
 Cuba
16

References

  1. German pursuit team out - Valkerie Mangnall, Cycling News, 1 August 2003
  2. Can Germany get back on track? - Cycling News, 20 August 2004
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