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2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenuePruszków, Poland Poland
Date(s) (2009-03-25 - 2009-03-29)25–29 March 2009
VelodromeBGŻ Arena
Events19

The 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the BGŻ Arena in Pruszków, Poland from 25 to 29 March 2009. Nineteen events were on the programme, with the women's omnium being added to the eighteen events contested at the 2008 championships.

Australia topped the medal table with four gold medals, with France on second and Great Britain on third place.

In the Men's events, Michael Mørkøv and Alex Rasmussen, both of Denmark, and Grégory Baugé of France took home two gold medals while Australian Cameron Meyer took home a gold and two silver medals. For the women, Simona Krupeckaitė of Lithuania won three medals; a gold and two bronzes. Victoria Pendleton and Elizabeth Armitstead of Great Britain won three medals each; a gold, a silver, and a bronze with.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia (AUS)44210
2 France (FRA)3216
3 Great Britain (GBR)2439
4 Denmark (DEN)2103
5 Germany (GER)2013
6 New Zealand (NZL)1113
7 Cuba (CUB)1102
 United States (USA)1102
9 Lithuania (LTU)1034
10 China (CHN)1001
 Italy (ITA)1001
12 Canada (CAN)0202
13 Netherlands (NED)0145
14 Malaysia (MAS)0112
15 Argentina (ARG)0101
16 Austria (AUT)0011
 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Czech Republic (CZE)0011
Totals (18 entries)19191957

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's events
Men's sprint
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Grégory Baugé
 France
Azizul Hasni Awang
 Malaysia
Kévin Sireau
 France
Men's 1 km time trial
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Stefan Nimke
 Germany
1:00.666 Taylor Phinney
 United States
1:01.611 Mohd Rizal Tisin
 Malaysia
1:01.658
Men's individual pursuit
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Taylor Phinney
 United States
4:17.631 Jack Bobridge
 Australia
4:20.091 Dominique Cornu
 Belgium
4:22.347
Men's team pursuit
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Michael Færk Christensen
Casper Jørgensen
Jens-Erik Madsen
Alex Rasmussen

Michael Mørkøv (qualifying round only)
 Denmark
3:58.246 Jack Bobridge
Rohan Dennis
Leigh Howard
Cameron Meyer
 Australia
3:58.863 Westley Gough
Peter Latham
Marc Ryan
Jesse Sergent
 New Zealand
4:00.248
Men's team sprint
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Grégory Baugé
Mickaël Bourgain
Kévin Sireau
 France
43.510 Matthew Crampton
Jason Kenny
Jamie Staff
 Great Britain
43.869 René Enders
Robert Förstemann
Stefan Nimke
 Germany
43.912
Men's keirin
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Maximilian Levy
 Germany
François Pervis
 France
Teun Mulder
 Netherlands
Men's scratch
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Morgan Kneisky
 France
Ángel Colla
 Argentina
Andreas Müller
 Austria
Men's points race
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Cameron Meyer
 Australia
24 Daniel Kreutzfeldt
 Denmark
22 Chris Newton
 Great Britain
21
Men's madison
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Michael Mørkøv
Alex Rasmussen
 Denmark
Leigh Howard
Cameron Meyer
 Australia
Martin Bláha
Jiří Hochmann
 Czech Republic
Men's omnium
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Leigh Howard
 Australia
19 Zachary Bell
 Canada
21 Tim Veldt
 Netherlands
24
Women's events
Women's sprint
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Victoria Pendleton
 Great Britain
Willy Kanis
 Netherlands
Simona Krupeckaitė
 Lithuania
Women's 500 m time trial
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Simona Krupeckaitė
 Lithuania
33.296
WR
Anna Meares
 Australia
33.796 Victoria Pendleton
 Great Britain
34.102
Women's individual pursuit
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Alison Shanks
 New Zealand
3:29.807 Wendy Houvenaghel
 Great Britain
3:32.174 Vilija Sereikaitė
 Lithuania
3:33.583
Women's team pursuit
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Elizabeth Armitstead
Wendy Houvenaghel
Joanna Rowsell

 Great Britain
3:22.720 Lauren Ellis
Jaime Nielsen
Alison Shanks
 New Zealand
3:23.993 Ashlee Ankudinoff
Sarah Kent
Josephine Tomic
 Australia
3:24.972
Women's team sprint
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Kaarle McCulloch
Anna Meares

 Australia
33.149
WR
Shanaze Reade
Victoria Pendleton
 Great Britain
33.380 Gintarė Gaivenytė
Simona Krupeckaitė
 Lithuania
33.495
Women's keirin
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Guo Shuang
 China
Clara Sanchez
 France
Willy Kanis
 Netherlands
Women's scratch
details
Yumari González
 Cuba
Elizabeth Armitstead
 Great Britain
Belinda Goss
 Australia
Women's points race
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Giorgia Bronzini
 Italy
18 Yumari González
 Cuba
15 Elizabeth Armitstead
 Great Britain
13
Women's omnium
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Josephine Tomic
 Australia
26 Tara Whitten
 Canada
27 Yvonne Hijgenaar
 Netherlands
27

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