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