1971 British National Track Championships

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1971 British National Track Championships
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Date(s)Summer 1971
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The 1971 British National Track Championships were a series of track cycling competitions held during the summer of 1971.

Contents

Medal summary

Men's Events

EventVenueGoldSilverBronze
Time Trial [1] Leicester Velodrome Mick Bennett
Tony Brockhurst
Amateur Sprint [2] Ernie Crutchlow
Professional Sprint [3] [4] Salford Park, Birmingham Gordon Johnson Reg Barnett Reg Harris
Pro Individual Pursuit [5] Reg Smith
Am Individual Pursuit [6] [7] Welwyn (Herefordshire) Ian Hallam Ray Ward Alan Lloyd
Team pursuit [8] Quibell Park Stadium Birmingham RCC
Alan Lloyd
John Patston
Bob Jones
Dave Bond
34 Nomads



Kirkby



Madison [9] London Geoff Wiles
Dave Nie
Ray Barker
Danny Horton
Trevor Bull
Tony Gowland
Tandem Leicester Velodrome [7] David Rowe
Geoff Cooke
Pete Mugglestone
Tony Brockhurst
Stayers Leicester Velodrome Reg Barnett Sid Barras Tony Gowland
Motor Paced Leicester Velodrome Roy Cox & Bertus de Graf

Women's Events

EventVenueGoldSilverBronze
Individual Pursuit [10] Beryl Burton Bernadette Swinnerton Maureen Wroe or
Maggie Gordon-Smith

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