The world track cycling championship in 1951 was held from August 24 to August 28, 1951 in Milan ( Italy ). In total, 5 sets of awards were played at the championship - 3 among professionals and 2 among amateurs.
Medalists
Professionals
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Sprint | Reg Harris | Jacques bellege | Sidney Petterson |
| Individual Pursuit | Antonio Bevilacqua | Hugo Coblet | Kay Werner Nielsen |
| Race for the leader | Jan Pronk | Andre Llayer | Henri Lemoine |
Lovers
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Sprint | Enzo Sacchi | Russell Mockridge | Marino Morettini |
| Individual Pursuit | Mino de Rossi | Rafael Glorio | ҐView Messina |
Overall Medal Score
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | five |
| 2 | Netherlands | one | 0 | 0 | one |
| - | Great Britain | one | 0 | 0 | one |
| four | Belgium | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| five | Australia | 0 | one | one | 2 |
| - | France | 0 | one | one | 2 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| eight | Denmark | 0 | 0 | one | one |