[1] It took place Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 August in Lugano, Switzerland.

[3] Italian Riccardo Filippi beat his compatriot Gastone Nencini in a sprint of two.

Shortly behind, Belgian Rik Van Looy won the sprint of a group ahead of his compatriots Michel Van Aerde and André Noyelle.

[4] The professional world championship was ridden on Sunday, August 30.

[5] In the same period, the 1953 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Oerlikon Velodrome in Zürich, Switzerland.