The world championship in road cycling in 1964 was held in Sallanches ( France ) from 3 to 6 September .
Medalists
| Cycle race | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Men | ||||||
| Professionals | Jan Janssen Netherlands | 7h35'52 " | Vittorio Adorni Italy | the same time | Raymond Pulidor France | the same time |
| Lovers | Eddie merks Belgium | 4h39'10 " | Willy Plancart Belgium | + 0'27 " | Östa Pettersson Sweden | the same time |
| 100 km in the mountains, teams | Italy Severino Andreoli Luciano Dalla Bona Pietro Guerra Ferruccio Manza | 2h07'20 " | Spain Juan Garcia Such Jose Ramon Goyeneche Ramon Saez Marceau Luis Pedro Santamarina | + 3'47 " | Belgium René Heuvelmans Roland De Neve Roland van de Reis Albert van Vlierberg | + 3'51 " |
| Women | ||||||
| Emilia Sonka the USSR | 1h44'37 " | Galina Yudina the USSR | the same time | Rosa Celse Belgium | the same time | |