The 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1981. Fourteen events were contested, 12 for men (5 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women.
The Netherlands
The next riders were selected by the KNWU after the Dutch national championships and were published on 10 August 1981.
Men's professionalDanny Clark - men's keirin
WomenClaudine Vierstraete - women's sprint
02 ! (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 professionalOersted - individual pursuit
Women? - women's sprint (won her qualification heat)Hana Hotova - women's sprint (finished 2nd in qualification heat)
Men's amateurDetlaf Macha - amateur individual pursuit
01 ! (won qualification in 4:46.71, won final in 4:47.78)
Men's amateurCahard - sprint (felt and broke two ribs)
Men's professionalPatrick Clerc - keirin (felt in 1st round repaches and was taken away with a brancard)
WomenClaudia Lommatzsch - women's sprint
03 ! (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 amateurRainer Podlesch - motor-paced
02 ! (qualified for final after winning qualification heat)Schutz - motor-paced
Men's professionalSchultz - motor-paced
Men's amateurFusarpoli - motor-paced (qualified for final after winning qualification heat)
Men's professionalBorgognoni - individual pursuitMorandi - individual pursuitVicino - motor-paced
WomenRosella Gabiati - women's sprint (won 1st round from Sue Novarra)
Men's amateurAhmed Abdussal Gariani - sprint (lost from Rainier Valkenburg in 1st round)
Poland
Men's amateurJan 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'sGalina 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 amateurGoelasjvili - sprint (won 2nd round from Rainier Valkenburg)
Switzerland
Men's amateurMax Hurzeler - motor-paced
03 !Isler - sprint (lost from Rainier Valkenburg in 1st round)
Men's professionalUrs Freuler - keirin
WomenConny Paravaskin - sprint (finished 3rd in her qualification heat)
Sheila Young - sprint
01 ! (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 professionalEric Heiden - individual pursuit (finished 19th and last)