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| Venue | Glasgow and across Scotland |
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| Date | (2023-08-03 -2023-08-13)3–13 August 2023 |
| Coordinates | 55°51′40″N4°15′00″W / 55.8611°N 4.25°W /55.8611; -4.25 |
| Cyclists participating | c. 8,000 |
| Events | 216 in 13 Sports |
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The2023 UCI Cycling World Championships was the inaugural edition of theUCI Cycling World Championships organised by theUnion Cycliste Internationale (UCI), held between 3 and 13 August 2023 inGlasgow.[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 theUCI Road World Championships,UCI Mountain Bike World Championships andUCI Track Cycling World Championships.[2]
The event had a budget of £45–50 million, with funding coming from various local and national bodies, including theScottish Government andUK Sport.[3]Glasgow City Council provided £15 million to the championships after it was predicted the economic boost would total £67 million.[4]
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
TheUCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, which are considered a winter discipline, and theUCI 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.
115 events in cycling and 101 events in para cycling. In cyclingUCI Gran Fondo World Championships had most event in this games with 40 events.
| C | competition day | Number of finals |
| 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 | |||||||
_pictogram.svg) BMX Freestyle Flatland | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| BMX Freestyle Park | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
_pictogram.svg) BMX Racing | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
 Indoor cycling | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
_pictogram.svg) Track cycling | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22 | |||||||||||
_pictogram.svg) Road cycling | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Gran Fondo | 20 | 20 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg) Para-cycling track | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||||
_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg) Para-cycling road | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 53 | |||||||||||||
| Trials | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
_pictogram.svg) Mountain bike cross-country | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
_pictogram.svg) 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 | |||||||
* 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 | |
This medal table refers to all events except for para-cycling, includingGran 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 | |
* 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 | |
Glasgow will host a number of World Championship events including the BMX Freestyle Park, BMX Freestyle Flatland and Trials (at Glasgow Green) [...]
