1979 BRITISH NATIONAL TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 1979 British National Track Championships were a series of track cycling competitions held from late July to early August 1979 at the Leicester Velodrome.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Time Trial^[1]^[2]	Paul Swinnerton	Terry Tinsley	Peter McGowan
Amateur Sprint^[3]	Steve Cronshaw	Terry Tinsley	Paul Swinnerton
Professional Sprint^[4]	Ian Hallam	Dave Rowe	Ian Banbury
Prof Individual Pursuit^[5]	Ian Hallam	Ian Banbury	Steve Heffernan
Amateur Individual Pursuit
Team pursuit^[6]	34 Nomads Ron Keeble Peter Hamilton Tony James Glen Mitchell	Altrincham Mike Williams John Herety Ian Donohue Ian Binder	Tim Stevens Sean Yates Steven Sefton Roland O'Donnell
Amateur 50 km Points^[7]	Tony Doyle	Tony James	Glen Mitchell
Amateur 20 km Scratch^[8]	Gary Cresswell	Mick Davies	Graeme Nisbet
Madison^[9]	Tony Doyle & Glen Mitchell	Gary Cresswell & Hugh Cameron	Paul Fennell & Tony James
Professional Omnium^[10]	Ian Hallam	Mick Bennett	Steve Heffernan
Tandem^[11]	Steve Cronshaw & Paul Sydenham	Paul Swinnerton & Peter Humphries	Brad Thurrell & Gary Jones
Derny	Alan Johnson	Paul Gerrard	Des Fretwell

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sprint	Brenda Atkinson	Faith Murray	Catherine Swinnerton
Individual Pursuit^[12]	Brenda Atkinson	Anne Collingwood	Catherine Swinnerton

v t e British Cycling races
Stage races	RideLondon Classique Tour of Britain Tour of Britain Women
One-day races	Beaumont Trophy Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic Lincoln Grand Prix
Other	Tour Series Revolution Series Premier Calendar Tour of the Reservoir Manx International Stafford GP Six Days of London Junior Tour of Wales Welsh National Road Race Championships Derby Cyclo-cross Series Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross Strathpuffer
National championships	British National Track Championships British National Road Race Championships British National Time Trial Championships British National Circuit Race Championships British National Mountain Biking Championships British National Cyclo-cross Championships British National Hill Climb Championships
Defunct races	Archer Grand Prix Milk Race PruTour Velothon Wales Wincanton Classic Women's Tour of Scotland Tour de Yorkshire Women's Tour de Yorkshire London–Surrey Classic London Nocturne Newport Nocturne

v t e British Cycling races
Stage races	RideLondon Classique Tour of Britain Tour of Britain Women
One-day races	Beaumont Trophy Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic Lincoln Grand Prix
Other	Tour Series Revolution Series Premier Calendar Tour of the Reservoir Manx International Stafford GP Six Days of London Junior Tour of Wales Welsh National Road Race Championships Derby Cyclo-cross Series Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross Strathpuffer
National championships	British National Track Championships British National Road Race Championships British National Time Trial Championships British National Circuit Race Championships British National Mountain Biking Championships British National Cyclo-cross Championships British National Hill Climb Championships
Defunct races	Archer Grand Prix Milk Race PruTour Velothon Wales Wincanton Classic Women's Tour of Scotland Tour de Yorkshire Women's Tour de Yorkshire London–Surrey Classic London Nocturne Newport Nocturne