The 1993 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were held at Vikingskipet in Hamar

Hamar

is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, from 17 to 29 August 1993. Eleven events were held, eight for men and three for women, with five world records being set.

Venue

The games were hosted in Vikingskipet, an indoor speed skating rink

Speed skating rink

A speed skating rink is an ice rink in which a speed skating competition is held.-The rink:...

 which opened in 1992 for the 1994 Winter Olympics

1994 Winter Olympics

The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer failed to win the bid for the 1992 event. Lillehammer was awarded the games in 1988, after having beat...

. Originally the plan had been to construct a velodrome in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, but instead it was decided to erect a temporary velodrome within the Hamar venue. It temporary structure cost NOK 15 million, and was dismounted after the world championships.