The 2013 UEC European Track Championships was the fourth edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Omnisport Arena in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, between 18 and 20 October. The Event was organised by the European Cycling Union.

All ten Olympic events, (sprint, team sprint, keirin, team pursuit and omnium, for both men and women) and the non-Olympic men's madison championship and points races for both genders were held as part of the championships.

A highly competitive championships, gold medals were share among five teams, and medals among ten teams, with Germany leading the medal table with three gold and three silver medals. Great Britain won the most medals with eight, three of them also gold, the same number as Russia. The host Netherlands also enjoyed a highly successful event, with two gold medals and six in all, by far their strongest showing at this level. Ireland also won its first ever medal at this level, a bronze in the men's omnium for world scratch race champion Martyn Irvine.

Individually Laura Trott of Great Britain, Maximilian Levy of Germany and Elia Viviani each won two gold medals, while Kristina Vogel won three medals, including gold in the women's sprint. Trott was also part of the Great Britain women's team pursuit quartet who twice lowered the world record in their event.

The Dutch team won bronze in the men's team pursuit.

Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's events
Sprint detailsDenis Dmitriev RussiaRobert Förstemann GermanyJason Kenny Great Britain
Team sprint detailsGermany René Enders Robert Förstemann Maximilian Levy43.636France Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida François Pervis43.902Russia Denis Dmitriev Andrey Kubeev Pavel Yakushevskiy44.537
Keirin detailsMaximilian Levy GermanyJason Kenny Great BritainFrançois Pervis France
Omnium detailsViktor Manakov Russia14 ptNetherlands Tim Veldt Netherlands (NED)29 ptMartyn Irvine Ireland40 pt
Team pursuit detailsGreat Britain Owain Doull Steven Burke Ed Clancy Andy Tennant Sam Harrison (q)4:02.258Russia Artur Ershov Ivan Kovalev Evgeny Kovalev Alexander Serov4:02.460Netherlands Netherlands Tim Veldt Dion Beukeboom Roy Eefting Jenning Huizenga4:04.993
Points race details non-OlympicElia Viviani Italy76 ptThomas Boudat France64 ptEloy Teruel Spain51 pt
Madison details non-OlympicItaly Elia Viviani Liam BertazzoSpain David Muntaner Albert TorresBelgium Kenny De Ketele Gijs Van Hoecke
Women's events
Sprint detailsKristina Vogel GermanyNetherlands Elis Ligtlee Netherlands (NED)Jessica Varnish Great Britain
Team sprint detailsRussia Yelena Brezhniva Olga Stretsova33.563Germany Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte33.598Great Britain Jessica Varnish Becky James33.771
Keirin detailsNetherlands Elis Ligtlee Netherlands (NED)Kristina Vogel GermanyVirginie Cueff France
Omnium detailsLaura Trott Great Britain15 ptNetherlands Kirsten Wild Netherlands (NED)15 ptJolien D'Hoore Belgium18 pt
Team pursuit detailsGreat Britain Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell (q) Dani King Elinor Barker Katie Archibald4:26.453 WRPoland Katarzyna Pawłowska Eugenia Bujak Małgorzata Wojtyra Edyta Jasińska4:35.957Russia Aleksandra Chekina Evgenia Romanyuta Gulnaz Badykova Maria Mishina4:34.491
Points race details non-OlympicNetherlands Kirsten Wild Netherlands (NED)15 ptDani King Great Britain14 ptLeire Olaberria Spain13 pt
  • q = rode in qualification round only.
  • w = won on countback
  • shaded events are non-Olympic

Medal table

* Host nation (Netherlands)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Germany3306
2Great Britain3238
3Russia3126
4Netherlands*2316
5Italy2002
6France0224
7Spain0123
8Poland0101
9Belgium0022
10Ireland0011
Totals (10 entries)13131339

Participating nations

24 nations participated.

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