2023 UCI Cycling World Championships

Venue	Glasgow and across Scotland
Date(s)	(2023-08-03 - 2023-08-13)3–13 August 2023
Coordinates	55°51′40″N 4°15′00″W / 55.8611°N 4.25°W / 55.8611; -4.25
Cyclists participating	c. 8,000
Events	216 in 13 Sports

The 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships was the inaugural edition of the UCI Cycling World Championships organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), held between 3 and 13 August 2023 in Glasgow.^[1]

The UCI Cycling World Championships, to be held every four years in the year preceding the Olympic Games, brings together various disciplines of cycling for them to be held as part of one event, including the UCI Road World Championships, UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and UCI Track Cycling World Championships.^[2]

The event had a budget of £45–50 million, with funding coming from various local and national bodies, including the Scottish Government and UK Sport.^[3] Glasgow City Council provided £15 million to the championships after it was predicted the economic boost would total £67 million.^[4]

Championships and locations

The 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships hosted individual UCI World Championships in 13 different disciplines, and was the world's biggest ever cycling event to date.^[5] It was confirmed that the following events would feature, with the full schedule announced on 8 September 2022.^[6]

In total, over 200 world champions were crowned^[7] and 2,600 athletes travelled to compete at the events with a further 8,000 cyclists taking part in a mass participation event.^[1] Disciplines included events for professional and amateurs, able-bodied and para cyclists, youth and age-grade athletes

The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, which are considered a winter discipline, and the UCI Gravel World Championships which were introduced after the awarding of the 2023 championships, and require a very specific terrain, are the only UCI disciplines not included, while junior and under-23 track cycling was also not included.

Schedule

115 events in cycling and 101 events in para cycling. In cycling UCI Gran Fondo World Championships had most event in this games with 40 events.

Full Schedule^[15]

Sports	Date (August)
	Wed 2	Thu 3	Fri 4	Sat 5	Sun 6	Mon 7	Tue 8	Wed 9	Thu 10	Fri 11	Sat 12	Sun 13	Total
BMX Freestyle Flatland									2				2
BMX Freestyle Park						2							2
BMX Racing												6	6
Indoor cycling										1	2	4	7
Track cycling		3	3	2	4	3	3	4					22
Road cycling				2	1		1	1	3	2	1	2	13
Gran Fondo			20			20							40
Para-cycling track		8	7	5	8	12	8						48
Para-cycling road								14	12	14	12	1	53
Trials								1			5		6
Mountain bike cross-country								3	4	2	2		11
Mountain bike downhill			2	2									4
Mountain bike marathon					2								2
Rainbow jersey		11	32	11	15	37	12	23	21	19	22	13	216

Medal tables

Overall

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain*	47	23	30	100
2	France	26	28	25	79
3	Netherlands	20	15	3	38
4	Germany	19	19	15	53
5	United States	15	9	12	36
6	Belgium	10	8	11	29
7	Switzerland	9	9	7	25
8	China	8	12	11	31
9	New Zealand	8	8	15	31
10	Australia	7	21	10	38
11	Spain	7	10	5	22
12	Italy	7	9	14	30
13	Denmark	4	2	5	11
14	Canada	3	7	9	19
15	Japan	3	6	6	15
16	Norway	3	3	2	8
17	Austria	2	3	9	14
18	Ireland	2	3	6	11
19	Poland	2	2	2	6
20	Ukraine	2	2	0	4
21	Czech Republic	2	1	0	3
22	Israel	2	0	0	2
	Latvia	2	0	0	2
24	Brazil	1	3	3	7
25	Colombia	1	2	2	5
26	Portugal	1	2	0	3
27	South Africa	1	1	1	3
28	Argentina	1	1	0	2
29	Sweden	1	0	1	2
30	Hungary	1	0	0	1
	Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1
	Liechtenstein	1	0	0	1
	Luxembourg	1	0	0	1
34	Slovakia	0	2	2	4
35	South Korea	0	2	0	2
	Thailand	0	2	0	2
37	Chile	0	1	0	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
40	Slovenia	0	0	4	4
41	Costa Rica	0	0	1	1
	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
Totals (45 entries)		220	218	215	653

Cycling

This medal table refers to all events except for para-cycling, including Gran Fondo.

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain*	23	12	21	56
2	Germany	14	12	6	32
3	France	13	19	10	42
4	United States	11	6	6	23
5	Belgium	8	5	8	21
6	Netherlands	7	6	3	16
7	Switzerland	6	5	5	16
8	New Zealand	6	4	9	19
9	Spain	3	6	4	13
10	Norway	3	3	1	7
11	Denmark	3	2	4	9
12	Australia	2	10	4	16
13	Italy	2	4	5	11
14	Austria	2	2	8	12
15	Poland	2	1	2	5
16	Israel	2	0	0	2
	Latvia	2	0	0	2
18	Canada	1	4	3	8
19	Japan	1	3	4	8
20	Portugal	1	2	0	3
21	Argentina	1	1	0	2
	Brazil	1	1	0	2
	Colombia	1	1	0	2
24	Hungary	1	0	0	1
	Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1
	Liechtenstein	1	0	0	1
	Luxembourg	1	0	0	1
28	Ireland	0	2	1	3
29	China	0	1	2	3
30	Chile	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	South Africa	0	1	0	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
35	Slovenia	0	0	4	4
36	Costa Rica	0	0	1	1
	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (41 entries)		119	117	116	352

Para-cycling

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain*	24	11	9	44
2	France	13	9	15	37
3	Netherlands	13	9	0	22
4	China	8	11	9	28
5	Australia	5	11	6	22
6	Germany	5	7	9	21
7	Italy	5	5	9	19
8	Spain	4	4	1	9
9	United States	4	3	6	13
10	Switzerland	3	4	2	9
11	New Zealand	2	4	6	12
12	Canada	2	3	6	11
13	Belgium	2	3	3	8
14	Japan	2	3	2	7
15	Ukraine	2	2	0	4
16	Ireland	2	1	5	8
17	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2
18	Denmark	1	0	1	2
	South Africa	1	0	1	2
20	Sweden	1	0	0	1
21	Brazil	0	2	3	5
22	Slovakia	0	2	1	3
23	South Korea	0	2	0	2
	Thailand	0	2	0	2
25	Colombia	0	1	2	3
26	Austria	0	1	1	2
27	Poland	0	1	0	1
28	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
Totals (29 entries)		101	101	99	301

Notes

References

External links

• Official website
• UCI website