Netherlands at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships
This page is an overview of the Netherlands at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
List of medalists
This is a list of Dutch medals won at the UCI Track World Championships. This list does not include the amateur disciplines and defunct disciplines.Sources
Medal table
Medals by discipline
updated after the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| Men's 1 km time trial | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Men's individual pursuit | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | |
| Men's team pursuit | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Men's sprint | 13 | 8 | 10 | 31 | |
| Men's team sprint | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Men's keirin | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Men's scratch | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Men's points race | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Men's omnium | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Men's madison | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Women's 500 m time trial | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Women's individual pursuit | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 | |
| Women's team pursuit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Women's sprint | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Women's team sprint | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Women's keirin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Women's scratch | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Women's points race | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Women's omnium | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 41 | 40 | 45 | 126 | - |
Medals by championships
incomplete, you can help by adding the Dutch results at championships before 2001| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| 2001 Antwerp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2002 Ballerup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2003 Stuttgart | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2004 Melbourne | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 Los Angeles | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| 2006 Bordeaux | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2007 Palma de Mallorca | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 2008 Manchester | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 2009 Pruszków | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 2010 Ballerup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2011 Apeldoorn | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2013 Minsk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 2014 Cali | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 2015 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 London | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
Broken records at World Championships
''incomplete, only women's 3000 m team pursuit records listed''Women's 3000 m team pursuit
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| 3:31.596 | 51.040 | Ellen van Dijk Marlijn Binnendijk Elise van Hage | 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships |  1981The Netherlands competed at the 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1981. The event consisted of 14 disciplines for professional and amateur men and women. The Netherlands sent a team of 4 women, 13 amateur men and 7 professional men cyclists. With 2 gold and one bronze medal, the Netherlands finished third in the medal table.The next riders were selected by the KNWU after the Dutch national championships and were published on 10 August 1981. For the men's motor paced Martin Rietveld was replaced by Fred Rompelberg. From the five selected riders for the men's team pursuit Peter Pieters was not selected by the coach after his bad performance in the individual pursuit. ;Men's amateur points race ;Men's amateur 1 km time trial ;Men's amateur sprint ;Men's Keirin ;Men's amateur team pursuit ;Men's amateur tandem ;Men's individual pursuit ;Men's amateur individual pursuit The Dutch men Ad van Asten and national champion Peter Pieters finished disappointingly 29th and 35th. Their times were about 5 seconds slower as during the national championships in Nijmegen. ;Men's motor-paced ;Men's amateur motor-paced Both Mathé Pronk and Gaby Minneboo qualified with a second place in the 1st round directly for the final, respectively behind Podlesch from East Germany and Fusarpoli from Italy. Coach Stam was not totally satisfied as Ger Slot and Eric Geserick did not qualify. Minneboo tried to help Slot, but Slot was not good enough. Also the motor of his pacer Van Duivenbode damaged during the race and leaked oil. Just after the start a foot of Geserick came out of his toeclip, and couldn't ride thereafter his qualification well. ;Women's sprint ;Women's individual pursuit 2008The Netherlands competed at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester, Great Britain, from 26 March to 30 March 2008. The event consisted of 18 different disciplines for elite men and women, the Netherlands competed in 17 of them.;Sprint ;Time trial ;Individual Pursuit ;Team pursuit ;Team sprint ;Keirin
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;Points race ;Madison ;Omnium Source 2009The Netherlands competed at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Pruszków, Poland, from 25 March to 29 March 2009. The event consisted of 19 different disciplines for elite men and women.;Sprint ;Time trial ;Individual Pursuit ;Team pursuit ;Team sprint ;Keirin
;Scratch ;Points race ;Madison ;Omnium Source 2010The Netherlands competed at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Copenhagen, Denmark, from 24 March to 28 March 2010. The event consisted of 19 different disciplines for elite men and women, the Netherlands competed in 18 of them.;Sprint ;Time trial ;Individual Pursuit ;Team pursuit ;Team sprint ;Keirin
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;Points race ;Madison ;Omnium Source 2011The Netherlands competed at the 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, from 23 March to 27 March 2011. The event consisted of 19 different disciplines for elite men and women.;Sprint ;Time trial ;Individual Pursuit ;Team pursuit ;Team sprint ;Keirin
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;Points race ;Madison ;Omnium Source 2015Netherlands competed at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines at the Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines from 18 to 22 February 2015. A team of 13 cyclists was announced to represent the country in the event.;Men
Sources ;Women Sources 2016A team of 15 cyclists was announced to represent the country in the event. One of the entrants is Elis Ligtlee, a favourite in several sprint disciplines, who crashed at the Six days of Rotterdam in January. She had a concussion of the brain and bruises on her legs and hip but says she is fit for the World Championships. Also Theo Bos is part of the selection. After the 2008 Summer Olympics he changed from the track to the road. Two months before the 2016 World Track Championships he announced he returned to the track and wants to prove he is good enough to be part of the Dutch team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the team sprint.;Men Sources Hugo Haak competed in the qualifications instead of Matthijs Büchli. Dion Beukeboom competed in the qualifications and first round instead of Joost van der Burg. ;Women Sources |