{{Short description|Motorcycle speedway world championship season}} {{Use British English|date=January 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Motorsport season |title = [[Individual Speedway World Championship]] |link = Individual Speedway World Championship |year = 1979 }} The '''1979 Individual Speedway World Championship''' was the 34th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.<ref>{{cite book|last=Oakes|first=Peter|title=1981 Speedway Yearbook|year=1981|pages=20–21|publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd|isbn=0-86215-017-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-speedway-championships.html|title=World Championship 1936-1994|website=Edinburgh Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf|title=WORLD FINALS 1936-1994|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK|website=Speedway.org|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex|title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX|website=British Speedway|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>

In his 14th straight World Final appearance (dating back to [[1966 Individual Speedway World Championship|1966]]), New Zealand's [[Ivan Mauger]] won his 6th [[Speedway World Championship]], breaking the previous record of 5 wins held by himself and legendary [[Swedish people|Swede]] [[Ove Fundin]]. Mauger scored 14 points to defeat local favourite [[Zenon Plech]] (13) and young [[English people|English]] tearaway [[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]] (11), with Lee the only rider to defeat Mauger on the day. Lee also had to defeat [[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]] ([[United States of America|USA]]), [[Billy Sanders]] (Australia) and defending champion [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] in a runoff for third after all four riders finished on 11 points. This would prove to be the last appearance for Ivan Mauger as a rider in a World Final.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bott|first=Richard|title=The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4|year=1980|page=22|publisher=Stanley Paul & Co Ltd|isbn=0-09-141751-1}}</ref>

Qualification results.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/World-Speedway-Championship-_-1979.htm |title=1979 World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/79.htm#1979 |title=1979 World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>

==First round == === British qualification === Similar to the previous season, the [[Sunday Mirror]] sponsored British qualifying rounds for the '''World Championship''' doubled up as qualifying rounds for the [[Berger Paints|Berger]]-sponsored Grand Prix. Therefore, many non-British riders such as [[Scott Autrey]] and [[Ivan Mauger]] rode in these meetings scoring points towards the Grand Prix qualification - but their scores didn't count towards '''World Championship''' qualification. The Rye House track flooded so the event was moved to Hackney.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- !colspan=6| Preliminary Round |- |align=center| 8 April||[[Hackney Wick Stadium]], London ||[[Mike Lanham]] ||[[Dave Perks]] ||[[Bobby McNeil (speedway rider)|Bobby McNeil]] |- |align=center| 8 April||[[Mildenhall Stadium]], [[Mildenhall, Suffolk|Mildenhall]] || [[Mick Hines]]||[[Geoff Bouchard]] ||[[Alan Emerson]] |- |align=center| 17 April||[[Crayford & Bexleyheath Stadium]], [[Crayford]] ||[[Mike Sampson]] || [[Colin Richardson (speedway rider)|Colin Richardson]] ||[[Bernie Leigh]] |- |align=center| 17 April||[[Shielfield Park]], [[Berwick-upon-Tweed|Berwick]] || [[Steve Finch]]|| [[Eric Broadbelt]] || [[Derek Richardson (speedway rider)|Derek Richardson]] |- |align=center| 23 April||[[Boston Sports Stadium]], [[Boston, Lincolnshire|Boston]] || [[Steve Lomas (speedway rider)|Steve Lomas]]||[[Malcolm Corradine]]|| [[John Jackson (speedway rider)|John Jackson]] |- !colspan=6| Qualifying Round |- |align=center| 28 April||[[Abbey Stadium (Swindon)|Abbey Stadium]], [[Swindon]] || [[Phil Crump]] || [[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] || [[Scott Autrey]] |- |align=center| 28 April||[[The Shay]], [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]] || [[Ivan Mauger]] ||[[Ian Cartwright (speedway rider)|Ian Cartwright]] || [[Reg Wilson]] |- |align=center| 28 April||[[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]] || [[Mitch Shirra]] || [[Alan Molyneux]] || [[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]] |- |align=center| 30 April||[[Smallmead Stadium]], [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] || [[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] ||[[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]] || [[Bruce Penhall]] |- |align=center| 30 April||[[County Ground Stadium]], [[Exeter]] || [[Scott Autrey]] || [[Phil Crump]] || [[Colin Richardson (speedway rider)|Colin Richardson]] |- |align=center| 30 April||[[Birchfield Ladbroke Stadium]], [[Birmingham]] || [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] ||[[Billy Sanders]] ||[[Alan Grahame]] |- |align=center| 2 May||[[Wimborne Road]], [[Poole]] || [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] || [[Dave Morton]] || [[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]] |- |align=center| 2 May||[[The Boulevard (stadium)|The Boulevard]], [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] || [[Ivan Mauger]] || [[Bobby Beaton (speedway rider)|Bobby Beaton]] || [[Kenny Carter]] |- |align=center| 3 May||[[Wimbledon Stadium]], London || [[Colin Richardson (speedway rider)|Colin Richardson]] || [[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]] || [[Bruce Penhall]] |- |align=center| 3 May||[[Owlerton Stadium]], [[Sheffield]] ||[[Doug Wyer]] || [[Craig Pendlebury]]|| [[Les Collins]] |- |align=center| 4 May||[[Hackney Wick Stadium]], London || [[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]] ||[[Mitch Shirra]] || [[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]] |- |align=center| 4 May||[[Monmore Green Stadium|Monmore Green]], [[Wolverhampton]] || [[Kenny Carter]] ||[[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]] || [[Bruce Cribb]] |- |align=center| 4 May||[[Arlington Stadium, Hailsham|Arlington Stadium]], [[Eastbourne]] ||[[Roger Johns]] || [[Kai Niemi]] || [[Dave Jessup]] |- |align=center| 5 May||[[King's Lynn Stadium]], [[King's Lynn]] || [[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]] ||[[Gordon Kennett]] ||[[Mike Lanham]] |- |align=center| 5 May||[[Dudley Wood Stadium]], [[Dudley]] || [[Bruce Penhall]] ||[[Scott Autrey]] || [[Steve Bastable]] |- |align=center| 5 May||[[Hyde Road (speedway)|Hyde Road]], Manchester ||[[Doug Wyer]] ||[[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] ||[[Bobby Beaton (speedway rider)|Bobby Beaton]] |- |align=center| 8 May||[[Leicester Stadium]], [[Leicester]] || [[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]] || [[John Titman]] || [[Ila Teromaa]] |- |align=center| 10 May||[[Foxhall Stadium]], [[Ipswich]] || [[Steve Bastable]] || [[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]] || [[Andy Grahame]] |}

== Second round == === Swedish qualification === *Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(6 May, [[Grevby Motorstadion]]<br> [[Mariestad]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bernt Persson]] ||13 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Hans Danielsson]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bengt Jansson]] ||11+3 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |[[Uno Johansson]] ||11+2 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Lars-Åke Andersson]] ||11+1 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Christer Sjösten]] ||10 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" |Lennart Bengtsson ||9 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Karl-Erik Claesson ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Tomas Pettersson ||8 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" |[[Hasse Holmqvist]] ||8 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Kenneth Selmosson ||7 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Kjell Bergström ||4 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" |Thomas Hydling ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars-Ove Lundgren ||3 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Stefan Hjort ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" |Lars-Olof Karlsson ||0 |- |17 || style="text-align:left;" | Ragnar Holm (res) ||0 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(6 May, [[Motala Arena]]<br>[[Motala]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Stefan Salmonsson]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Sören Sjösten]] ||12 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |Gert Carlsson ||10 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | Kent Eriksson ||9+3 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Jan Johansson ||9+ 2 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" | Lillebror Johansson||8 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" | Göran Waltersson ||7 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Conny Samuelsson]] ||7 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Åke Axelsson 6 ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" |Alf Trofast ||6 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | Peter Johansson ||5 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" |Tommy Karlsson ||5 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" |Tord Löwdin ||4 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Lars Hedlund (res) ||2 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" | Jan Davidsson ||1 |- |17|| style="text-align:left;" | [[Olle Nygren]] ||0 |} {{col-3}} {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="6"|(6 May, [[Målilla#Speedway|Målilla (Motorbana)]]<br>[[Målilla]]) |- !width=20|Pos !width=180|Rider !width=40|Points |- {{speedway color|7}} |1 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Bo Wirebrand]] ||15 |- {{speedway color|7}} |2 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] ||14 |- {{speedway color|7}} |3 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Tommy Johansson (speedway rider)|Tommy Johansson]] ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |4 || style="text-align:left;" |Åke Fridell ||11 |- {{speedway color|7}} |5 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Richard Hellsén]] ||10+3 |- |6 || style="text-align:left;" | Per-Ove Gudmundsson ||10+2 |- |7 || style="text-align:left;" |Rolf Sundberg ||9 |- |8 || style="text-align:left;" |[[Sören Karlsson]] ||8 |- |9 || style="text-align:left;" | Ingemar Andersson ||7 |- |10 || style="text-align:left;" | Nils Eriksson ||6 |- |11 || style="text-align:left;" | Tommy Steen ||6 |- |12 || style="text-align:left;" | [[Börje Klingberg]] ||5 |- |13 || style="text-align:left;" | Bengt Gustavsson ||3 |- |14 || style="text-align:left;" |Torgil Roth ||2 |- |15 || style="text-align:left;" | Sölve Larsson ||1 |- |16 || style="text-align:left;" |Leif Johansson (res)||1 |- |17 || style="text-align:left;" | Bertil Andersson ||1 |- |18 || style="text-align:left;" | Björn Persson (res)||1 |} {{col-end}}

=== Continental Preliminary round === *Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 22 April||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Speedway Žarnovica]], [[Žarnovica]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jiří Štancl]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Petr Kučera]]||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jiří Jirout]] |- |align=center| 22 April||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Stadion Wiener Neustadt]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Laszlo Meszaroš]]||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Ladislav Hrádecký]]||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] |- |align=center| 22 April||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giavera del Montello Municipal Stadium|Giavera del Montello]], [[Treviso]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Waldemar Bacik]]||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jan Hadek]] ||{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Nikolaj Manev]] |- |align=center| 22 April||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Rhein-Main Arena]], [[Diedenbergen]] ||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Henny Kroeze]] ||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Andrew Curworth]]||{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Walter Grubmuller (speedway rider)|Walter Grubmuller]] |}

=== British semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *22 May *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Leicester Stadium]], [[Leicester]] *Top 8 to British final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Gordon Kennett]]||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Doug Wyer]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Alan Molyneux]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Steve Bastable]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]]||8 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[Mike Lanham]]||7 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Alan Grahame]]||7 |- |10 ||align=left| [[Ian Cartwright (speedway rider)|IanCartwright]]||6 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Vic Harding]]||6 |- |12 ||align=left| [[Joe Owen]]||5 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Nicky Allott]]||4 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Tom Owen (speedway rider)|Tom Owen]]||4 |- |15 ||align=left| [[Kenny Carter]]||2 |- |16 ||align=left|[[Bobby Beaton (speedway rider)|Bobby Beaton]]||0 |} |width=50% valign=top| *23 May *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wimborne Road]], [[Poole]] *Top 8 to British final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Dave Morton]]||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Dave Jessup]]||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]]||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left| [[Chris Morton]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Reg Wilson]]||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]]||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left| [[Roger Johns]]||9 |- |9 ||align=left| [[Ian Turner (speedway rider)|Ian Turner]]||9 |- |10 ||align=left| [[Craig Pendlebury]]||6 |- |11 ||align=left| [[Colin Richardson (speedway rider)|Colin Richardson]]||5 |- |12 ||align=left| [[Bruce Cribb]]||4 |- |13 ||align=left| [[Kevin Jolly (speedway rider)|Kevin Jolly]]||4 |- |14 ||align=left| [[Les Collins]]||3 |- |15 ||align=left| [[Mick Hines]]||1 |- |16 ||align=left|[[Trevor Geer]]||0 |} |}

{| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| === New Zealand Final === * 21 January 1979 * {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ruapuna Speedway]], [[Christchurch]] * First 8 to Australasian Final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Heat Scores ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] ||3,3,3,3,3||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Mitch Shirra]] ||3,3,2,2,2||12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Ivan Mauger]] ||2,3,E,3,3||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Roger Wright (speedway rider)|Roger Wright]] ||2,0,3,3,3||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[John Goodall (speedway rider)|John Goodall]] ||1,3,3,1,2||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[David Bargh]] ||3,0,1,3,2||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|[[Tony Briggs (speedway rider)|Tony Briggs]] ||1,2,1,2,3||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|[[Graeme Stapleton]] ||2,2,2,1,2||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Mike Fullerton]]||3,1,3,0,1||8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[James Moore (speedway rider)|James Moore]]||1,2,0,2,1 ||6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Colin Tucker]]||0,2,1,2,0 ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Patrick Pawson]]||0,1,2,1,0 ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[Robin Adlington]]||0,1,2,0,1 ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Max Brown (speedway rider)|Max Brown]]||1,1,0,0,0 ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[John Brown (speedway rider)|John Brown]]||0,0,0,0,1 ||1 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[William Aulsford]]||ns||0 |-align=center |R1 ||align=left|[[Paul Fewings (speedway rider)|Paul Fewings]]||2,1,0||3 |-align=center |R2 ||align=left|[[Gary Forscutt]]||0,1||1 |} |width=50% valign=top| ===Australian Final=== * 11 February 1979 * {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Olympic Park Speedway (Mildura)|Olympic Park]], [[Mildura]] * First 8 to Australasian Final {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| [[Phil Crump]] ||15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Danny Kennedy (speedway rider)|Danny Kennedy]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[John Boulger]] ||11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|[[John Titman]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Steve Koppe]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left| [[Billy Sanders]] ||10 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left| [[Gary Guglielmi]] ||9 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left| [[Glyn Taylor]] ||9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Rob Maxfield]] ||6 |-align=center |10 ||align=left| [[Phil Bass]] ||5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|[[Glen McDonald]] ||5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Mike Farrell (speedway rider)|Mike Farrell]] ||4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left| [[John Langfield]] ||4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[David Shields (speedway rider)|David Shields]] ||2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Ross Townson]] ||2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left| [[Kym Amundson]] ||2 |} |}

== Third round == === Continental quarter-finals === *Top 32 riders to Continental semi-finals {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 6 May||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Hajdú Volán Stadion]], [[Debrecen]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Mikhail Starostin]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jan Verner]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Tibor Danka]] |- |align=center| 6 May||{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Abensberger Stadion]], [[Abensberg]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Jiří Štancl]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Václav Verner]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Anatoly Maksimow]] |- |align=center| 7 May||{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Osijek#Sport and recreation|City Garden Stadium]], [[Osijek]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Petr Ondrašík]] ||{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Valery Gordeev]] ||{{flagicon|NED}} [[Henny Kroeze]] |- |align=center| 7 May||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Slaný Speedway Stadium]], [[Slaný]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Aleš Dryml Sr.]] ||{{flagicon|CSK}} [[Zdeněk Kudrna]] ||{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Istvan Sziracky]] |}

=== American semi-finals === *Top 16 to American final (two 32 rider meetings, held in 1978) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !width=100|Date !width=280|Venue !width=180|Winner !width=180|2nd !width=180|3rd |- |align=center| 16 September 1978||[[Santa Ana Stadium]], [[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]] || [[Denny Pyeatt]] ||[[Bobby Schwartz]] || [[Mike Bloom (speedway rider)|Mike Bloom]] |- |align=center| 22 September 1978|| [[California Exposition#Cal-Expo Rodeo Arena|Sacramento]], [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] || [[Dennis Robinson (speedway rider)|Dennis Robinson]] ||[[Mike Faria]] || [[Duane Yarrow]] |}

=== British Final === *20 June 1979 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brandon Stadium]], [[Coventry]]<ref name=PC>{{cite book|last=Bott|first=Richard|title=The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4|year=1980|page=22|publisher=Stanley Paul & Co Ltd|isbn=0-09-141751-1}}</ref> *First 10 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|9|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |3|3|3|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|8|ENG|[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]| |3|3|2|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|7|ENG|[[Dave Jessup]]| |2|3|2|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|16|ENG|[[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]| |3|2|3|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|10|ENG|[[Doug Wyer]]| |1|2|3|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|11|ENG|[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]]| |2|2|1|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|12|ENG|[[Roger Johns]]| ||1|3|1|3| |x| |3i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|1|ENG|[[Gordon Kennett]]| |3||0|2|2| |x| |5i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|13|ENG|[[Alan Molyneux]]| |2|1|1|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|2|ENG|[[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]]| |2|3|1|0|0| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|6|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |0|1|2|2|1| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|5|ENG|[[Reg Wilson]]| |1|2|0|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|15|SCO|[[Jim McMillan (speedway rider)|Jim McMillan]]| |0|1|2|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|14|ENG|[[Alan Grahame]]| |1|0|1|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|4|ENG|[[Mike Lanham]]| |1|0|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|3|ENG|[[Ian Turner (speedway rider)|Ian Turner]]| ||0|0|0|0| |x| |1i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|[[Craig Pendlebury]]| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|ENG|[[Ian Cartwright (speedway rider)|Ian Cartwright]]| }} }}

===Australasian Final=== *23 February 1979 *{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rowley Park Speedway]], [[Adelaide]] *Referee: {{flagicon|AUS}} Sam Bass *First 6 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

{| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Billy Sanders]] || 13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Steve Koppe]] || 12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Titman]] || 11+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Phil Crump]] || 11+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Ivan Mauger]] || 11+1 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] || 10+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Mitch Shirra]] || 10+2 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Gary Guglielmi]] || 8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[John Goodall (speedway rider)|John Goodall]]|| 8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Danny Kennedy (speedway rider)|Danny Kennedy]]|| 6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Boulger]] || 6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Glyn Taylor]] || 6 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Tony Briggs (speedway rider)|Tony Briggs]] (Res) || 4 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Graeme Stapleton]] || 2 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[David Bargh]] (Res) || 2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Roger Wright (speedway rider)|Roger Wright]]|| 0 |}

=== Danish Final === * 6 May 1979 * {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Fjelsted Speedway Stadium]], [[Harndrup]] * First 4 to Nordic Final (Ole Olsen seeded to Nordic final)

{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|5|DEN|[[Bo Petersen]]| |3|2|3|3|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|12|DEN|[[Finn Thomsen]]| |3|3|2|3|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|6|DEN|[[Mike Lohmann]]| |2|2|3|3|2| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|1|DEN|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]| |3|3|2|1|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|14|DEN|[[Finn Rune Jensen]]| |3|3|3|0|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|7|DEN|[[Bent Rasmussen]]| ||2|3|2|3| |x| |2i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|15|DEN|[[Jens Henry Nielsen]]| |2|3|1|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|10|DEN|[[Steen Mastrup]]| |2|1|2|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|3|DEN|[[Helge Hansen (speedway rider)|Helge Hansen]]| |2|1|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|13|DEN|[[Svend Lund (speedway rider)|Svend Lund]]| |0|1||3|1| |x| |12i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|4|DEN|[[Gunnar Svendsen (speedway rider)|Gunnar Svendsen]]| |1|1|1|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|2|DEN|[[Finn Londal Jensen]]| |0|0|0|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|16|DEN|[[Alf Busk]]| |1|2|1||| |x| |15i=F |18i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|8|DEN|[[Kai Kristiansen]]| |1|0|2||| |x| |14i=F |17i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|9|DEN|[[Kristian Præstbro]]| |1||||| |x| |5i=E |11i=- |16i=- |18i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|11|DEN|[[Ernst Bogh]]| |||||| |x| }} }}

=== Norwegian Final === *To 3 riders to Nordic Final * {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Elgane]], [[Varhaug]] {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left| Reidar Eide ||14 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left| [[Rolf Gramstad]] ||13 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left| [[Audun Ove Olsen]] ||11 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| Sigvart Pedersen ||10 |-align=center |5 ||align=left|[[Tom Godal]] ||10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left|Thoralf Holen || 10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|[[Tormod Langli]] ||9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left|[[Edgar Stangeland]] || 9 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|[[Trond Helge Skretting]] || 8 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Per Arne Hansen || 6 |}

=== Finland Final === *3 selected riders to Nordic Final * 13 August '78 * {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Lahti#Sports|Kärpänen Speedway]], [[Lahti]] {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=50px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Kai Niemi]] ||12+3 |-align=center |2 ||align=left|Rauli Mäkinen ||12+2 |-align=center |3 ||align=left|Martti Väyrynen ||10 |-align=center |4 ||align=left|Veijo Tuoriniemi ||10 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Ari Koponen (speedway rider)|Ari Koponen]] ||10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| Timo Kiansten || 9 |-align=center |7 ||align=left| Esko Mylläri ||8 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |8 ||align=left|Olli Turkia || 7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left|Seppo Palomäki || 7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|Keijo Mylläri || 6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left|Pekka Hautamäki || 6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|Ari Turkia || 5 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |13||align=left|[[Ilkka Teromaa]] || 5 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| Esa Mattila (res)||4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|Pentti Mattila ||3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|Veikko Haapamäki ||3 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|Pekka Paljakka||2 |-align=center |18 ||align=left|Jarmo Puttonen (res) ||0 |}

=== Swedish Final === *29 May 1979 *{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Kumla Motorstadion]], [[Kumla]] *First 5 to Nordic Final + 1 reserve {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]] || 15 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Anders Michanek]] || 12 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|[[Bernt Persson]] || 11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left| [[Richard Hellsen]] || 11 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|[[Ake Fridell (speedway rider)|Ake Fridell]] || 11 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |6 ||align=left|[[Lars-Åke Andersson]] || 10 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|[[Bo Wirebrand]] || 9 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Uno Johansson]]|| 8 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Stefan Salmonsson]]|| 7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[Bengt Jansson]] || 5 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Hans Danielsson]] || 5 |-align=center |12 ||align=left|[[Sören Sjösten]] || 4 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Tommy Nilsson (speedway rider)|Tommy Nilsson]] || 3 |-align=center |14 ||align=left| [[Lennart Bengsson]] (res) || 3 |-align=center |15 ||align=left| [[Gert Carlsson]]|| 2 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Kent Eriksson]]|| 1 |-align=center |17 ||align=left|[[Sören Karlsson]] || 0 |}

== Fourth round == === Continental semi-finals === {| width=100% |width=50% valign=top| *27 May *{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Santa Marina Stadium]], [[Lonigo]] *Top 8 to Continental final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Aleš Dryml Sr.]] ||13 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jiří Štancl]] || 11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Georg Hack]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Hadek]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Petr Kucera]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} Anatolij Maximov ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Václav Verner]] ||9 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Zdenek Kudrna]] ||8 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Istvan Sziraczki]] ||6 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Marzotto]] ||5 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} Vladimir Klytchov ||5 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} Waldemar Bacik ||4 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Milan Špinka]] ||2 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Herbert Szerecz ||0 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Peter Lempenhauer ||0 |} |width=50% valign=top| *27 May *{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Breitenthal Speedway Stadium|Breitenthal Stadium]], [[Krumbach, Bavaria|Krumbach]] *Top 8 to Continental final {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=40px|Points |-{{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Verner]] ||15 |-{{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Henny Kroeze]] ||14 |-{{speedway color|7}} |3 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Valerij Gordeev]] ||12 |-{{speedway color|7}} |4 ||align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Petr Ondrašík]] ||11 |-{{speedway color|7}} |5 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Laszlo Meszaros (speedway rider)|Laszlo Meszaros]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |6 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Michail Starostin]] ||10 |-{{speedway color|7}} |7 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Christoph Betzl]] ||9 |-{{speedway color|7}} |8||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Alois Wiesböck]] ||9 |- |9 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]] ||8 |- |10 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} Janos Szöke ||6 |- |11 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Vladimir Paznikov]] ||5 |- |12 ||align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Henk Steman]] ||4 |- |13 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USSR}} Alexander Khaljavin ||3 |- |14 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Cusworth]] ||2 |- |15 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[George Gilgenreiner]] ||2 |- |16 ||align=left|{{flagicon|HUN}} Tibor Danka ||0 |} |}

===American Final=== *29 December 1978 *{{flagicon|USA}} [[Santa Ana Stadium]], [[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]] *First 2 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve {| class=wikitable !width=25px|Pos. ||width=200px|Rider ||width=70px|Total |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |1 ||align=left|[[Bobby Schwartz]] || 12+3 |-align=center {{speedway color|7}} |2 ||align=left|[[Mike Bast]] || 12+2 |-align=center {{speedway color|r}} |3 ||align=left| [[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]] || 12+1 |-align=center |4 ||align=left| [[Steve Gresham]]|| 12+0 |-align=center |5 ||align=left| [[Mike Faria]] || 10 |-align=center |6 ||align=left| [[Steve McConnell (speedway rider)|Steve McConnell]]|| 9 |-align=center |7 ||align=left|[[Bruce Penhall]] || 8 |-align=center |8 ||align=left| [[Bill Cody (speedway rider)|Bill Cody]]|| 7 |-align=center |9 ||align=left| [[Rich McMurray]]|| 7 |-align=center |10 ||align=left|[[John Cook (speedway rider)|John Cook]] || 6 |-align=center |11 ||align=left| [[Gary Hutchinson]]|| 6 |-align=center |12 ||align=left| [[Dennis Robinson (speedway rider)|Dennis Robinson]]|| 5 |-align=center |13 ||align=left|[[Duane Yarrow]]|| 5 |-align=center |14 ||align=left|[[Dave Faria]]|| 4 |-align=center |15 ||align=left|[[Denny Pyeatt]]|| 3 |-align=center |16 ||align=left|[[Mike Bloom (speedway rider)|Mike Bloom]]|| 2 |}

=== Commonwealth Final === *1 July 1979 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[White City Stadium]], London *First 9 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve {{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|16|ENG|[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]| |3|3|2|3|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|11|AUS|[[Billy Sanders]]| |3|3|3|2|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|13|ENG|[[Dave Jessup]]| |2|2|2|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|15|NZL|[[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]]| |1|2|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|5|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |3|3|2|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|10|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |2|2|3|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|8|AUS|[[John Titman]]| |2|1|2|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|6|ENG|[[Gordon Kennett]]| ||3|1|2|2| |x| |2i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|9|ENG|[[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]| |1|1|3||2| |x| |16i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|14|ENG|[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway racer)|Malcolm Simmons]]| |0|1|1|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|4|ENG|[[Doug Wyer]]| |3|2|||| |x| |12i=F |16i=- |20i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|7|ENG|[[John Louis (speedway rider)|John Louis]]| |1|0|1|2|| |x| |18i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|1|AUS|[[Phil Crump]]| |2|0|||| |x| |9i=- |13i=- |17i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|3|ENG|[[Roger Johns]]| |1|1||0|| |x| |11i=E |19i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|12|AUS|[[Steve Koppe]]| |0|0|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|2|ENG|[[Alan Molyneux]]| |||0||1| |x| |1i=E |6i=E |14i=E}} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|AUS|[[Sean Willmott]]| |9h=w |9p=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|ENG|[[Chris Morton]]| |16h=w |16p=1 |20h=y |20p=0}} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R3|R3|NZL|[[Mitch Shirra]]| |13h=y |13p=0 |17h=r |17p=0 |19h=r |19p=1}} }}

===Nordic Final=== *5 June 1979 *{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Norrköping Motorstadion]], [[Norrköping]] *First 5 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve

{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|1|SWE|[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]]| |3|2|3|3|2| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|13|DEN|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]| |2|3|3|3|2| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|8|DEN|[[Finn Thomsen]]| |3|3|3|2|1| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|10|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |3|3|2|1|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|3|FIN|[[Kai Niemi]]| |0|3|0|3|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|5|FIN|[[Ila Teromaa]]| |2|1|3|0|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|16|DEN|[[Bo Petersen]]| |3|0||2|3| |x| |9i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|6|SWE|[[Bernt Persson]]| |1|1|2|3|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|4|SWE|[[Anders Michanek]]| |1|2|1|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|14|DEN|[[Mike Lohmann]]| ||2|2|2|| |x| |4i=X |20i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|2|NOR|[[Reidar Eide]]| |2|0|1|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|11|NOR|[[Rolf Gramstad]]| |0|2|1||2| |x| |14i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|15|SWE|[[Ake Fridell (speedway rider)|Ake Fridell]]| |1|0|2|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|9|SWE|[[Richard Hellsen]]| |2|0|1||| |x| |16i=- |18i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|7|FIN|[[Olli Turkia]]| |0|1|0|1|| |x| |18i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|12|NOR|[[Audun Ove Olsen]]| |1|1|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|SWE|[[Lars-Åke Andersson]]| |18h=r |18p=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R2|R2|SWE|[[Sören Karlsson]]| |15h=r |15p=0}} }}

== Fifth round == === Continental Final === *8 July 1979 *{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Rottalstadion]], [[Pocking]] *First 4 to World final plus 1 reserve *Polish riders [[Zenon Plech]], [[Edward Jancarz]] and [[Robert Słaboń]] seeded to World Final

{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|9|FRG|[[Christoph Betzl]]| |3|3|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|3|USSR|[[Mikhail Starostin]]| |3|3|1|3|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|5|CSK|[[Zdeněk Kudrna]]| |3|1|3|2|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|14|FRG|[[Alois Wiesböck]]| |3|3|2|3|1| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|13|CSK|[[Petr Ondrašík]]| |1|2|3|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|16|USSR|[[Valery Gordeev]]| |2|1|3|1|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|11|CSK|[[Václav Verner]]| |2|1|2|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|10|CSK|[[Jiří Štancl]]| |1|1|2|0|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|12|USSR|[[Viktor Kuznetsov (speedway rider)|Viktor Kuznetsov]]| |0|2|2|2|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|15|USSR|[[Anatoly Maksimov (speedway rider)|Anatoly Maksimov]]| ||2|0|2|2| |x| |4i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|2|FRG|[[Karl Maier (speedway rider)|Karl Maier]]| |2|2|1||1| |x| |14i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|4|FRG|[[Georg Hack]]| |1|3|||| |x| |12i=X |16i=- |20i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|7|CSK|[[Jan Hadek]]| |2|0|1|1|| |x| |18i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|1|HUN|[[László Mészáros (speedway rider)|László Mészáros]]| ||0|1|0|1| |x| |1i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|8|CSK|[[Jan Verner]]| |||||| |x| |2i=X |8i=X |11i=X |14i=X |17i=X }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|6|CSK|[[Aleš Dryml Sr.]]| |||||| |x| |2i=X |6i=- |9i=- |16i=- |19i=- }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|HUN|[[Janosz Szoke]]| |6h=y |6p=0 |9h=r |9p=0 |16h=b |16p=1 |19h=y |19p=0 }} }}

=== Intercontinental Final === *8 August 1979 *{{flagicon|ENG}} [[White City Stadium]], London *First 9 to World Final plus 1 reserve

{{Speedway event 20heats|x|RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|14|ENG|[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]| |3|3|3|2|3| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|7|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |3|3|2|3|3| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|9|DEN|[[Finn Thomsen]]| |2|3|1|3|1| |x|3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|8|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |1|3|2|2|2| |x|2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|13|ENG|[[Dave Jessup]]| |2|2|3|3|0| |x|1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|4|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |3|1|1|2|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|2|AUS|[[Billy Sanders]]| |2|0|3|1|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|3|USA|[[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]]| |1|2|0|3|2| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|10|AUS|[[John Titman]]| |1|2|0|2|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|6|NZL|[[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]]| |0|1|3|0|3| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|15|FIN|[[Kai Niemi]]| |1|1|2|1|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|5|ENG|[[Gordon Kennett]]| |2|1|1|1|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|12|ENG|[[John Davis (speedway rider)|John Davis]]| |3|0|0|0|1| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|16|DEN|[[Hans Nielsen (speedway rider)|Hans Nielsen]]| |0|2|0|0|0| |x| }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|11|USA|[[Bobby Schwartz]]| ||0|1|0|1| |x| |3i=F }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|1|SWE|[[Jan Andersson (speedway rider)|Jan Andersson]]| |0|0||1|0| |x| |9i=T }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve|R1|R1|ENG|[[Malcolm Simmons (speedway rider)|Malcolm Simmons]]| |9h=w |9p=2 }} }}

==World Final== *2 September 1979 *{{flagicon|POL}} [[Silesian Stadium]], [[Chorzów]]<ref>Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}</ref>

{{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS= {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P1|15|NZL|[[Ivan Mauger]]| |3|3|2|3|3| pts=14 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P2|7|POL|[[Zenon Plech]]| |3|1|3|3|3| pts=13 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|P3|5|ENG|[[Michael Lee (speedway rider)|Michael Lee]]| |2|3|3|0|3| pts=11+3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|3|USA|[[Kelly Moran (speedway rider)|Kelly Moran]]| |1|2|3|2|3| pts=11+2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|4|AUS|[[Billy Sanders]]| |3|3|1|2|2| pts=11+1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|10|DEN|[[Ole Olsen (speedway rider)|Ole Olsen]]| |3|3|2|1|2| pts=11+0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|11|CZE|[[Zdeněk Kudrna]]| |2|0|3|3|0| pts=8 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|16|ENG|[[Dave Jessup]]| ||1|2|3|2| pts=8 |4i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|12|POL|[[Edward Jancarz]]| |1|2|1|2|1| pts=7 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|13|DEN|[[Finn Thomsen]]| |2||0|2|2| pts=6 |5i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|1|ENG|[[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]]| |2|2|1|1|| pts=6 |17i=E }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|14|AUS|[[John Titman]]| |1|2|2|0|1| pts=5 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|2|SUN|[[Mikhail Starostin]]| |0|1|0|1|1| pts=3 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|6|GER|[[Christoph Betzl]]| |1|0|0|1|0| pts=2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|8|POL|[[Robert Słaboń]]| |0|0|1|0|1| pts=2 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|9|GER|[[Alois Wiesböck]]| |0|1|0|0|0| pts=1 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||17|CZE|[[Petr Ondrašík]] | pts=0 }} {{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||18|NZL|[[Larry Ross (speedway rider)|Larry Ross]] | pts=0 }} }}

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