The 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships is the World Championship for track cycling. It took place in Palma de Mallorca, Spain from March 29, 2007 to April 1, 2007. The event was dominated by the Great Britain team who topped the medals table, winning seven of the seventeen gold medals on offer.
| Venue | Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
|---|---|
| Date | March 29–April 1, 2007 |
| Velodrome | Palma Arena |
| Events | 17 |
The 2007 programme comprised 17 events, including the 10 Olympic events, and was also the first time that the multi-disciplinary Omnium – a cycling equivalent to the athletics pentathlon consisting of 5 events – was contested.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Colombia (COL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Events | ||||||
| Sprint | Theo Bos Netherlands | Grégory Baugé France | Mickaël Bourgain France | |||
| 1 km time trial | Chris Hoy Great Britain | François Pervis France | Jamie Staff Great Britain | |||
| Individual pursuit | Bradley Wiggins Great Britain | Robert Bartko Germany | Sergi Escobar Spain | |||
| Team pursuit | Great Britain (GBR) Edward Clancy Geraint Thomas Paul Manning Bradley Wiggins | Ukraine (UKR) Lyubomyr Polatayko Maxim Polischuk Vitaliy Popkov Vitaliy Shchedov | Denmark (DEN) Casper Jørgensen Jens-Erik Madsen Michael Mørkøv Alex Rasmussen | |||
| Team sprint | France (FRA) Grégory Baugé Mickaël Bourgain Arnaud Tournant | Great Britain (GBR) Ross Edgar Chris Hoy Craig MacLean | Germany (GER) Robert Förstemann Maximilian Levy Stefan Nimke | |||
| Keirin | Chris Hoy Great Britain | Theo Bos Netherlands | Ross Edgar Great Britain | |||
| Scratch | Wong Kam Po Hong Kong | Wim Stroetinga Netherlands | Rafał Ratajczyk Poland | |||
| Points race | Joan Llaneras Spain | Iljo Keisse Belgium | Mikhail Ignatiev Russia | |||
| Madison | Switzerland (SUI) Franco Marvulli Bruno Risi | Netherlands (NED) Peter Schep Danny Stam | Czech Republic (CZE) Alois Kaňkovský Petr Lazar | |||
| Omnium | Alois Kaňkovský Czech Republic | Walter Pérez Argentina | Brad Huff United States | |||
| Women's Events | ||||||
| Sprint | Victoria Pendleton Great Britain | Guo Shuang China | Anna Meares Australia | |||
| 500 m time trial | Anna Meares Australia | Lisandra Guerra Cuba | Natallia Tsylinskaya Belarus | |||
| Individual pursuit | Sarah Hammer United States | Rebecca Romero Great Britain | Katie Mactier Australia | |||
| Team sprint | Great Britain (GBR) Victoria Pendleton Shanaze Reade | Netherlands (NED) Yvonne Hijgenaar Willy Kanis | Australia (AUS) Kristine Bayley Anna Meares | |||
| Keirin | Victoria Pendleton Great Britain | Guo Shuang China | Anna Meares Australia | |||
| Scratch | Yumari González Cuba | María Luisa Calle Colombia | Adrie Visser Netherlands | |||
| Points race | Katherine Bates Australia | Mie Lacota Denmark | Catherine Cheatley New Zealand | |||
See also
- 2007 in track cycling
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