The 40th edition of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships 1979 took place on 3 and 4 February at De Uithof ice rink in The Hague, The Netherlands:

Title holder was Tatyana Averina from the Soviet Union.

Distance medalists Event Gold Silver Bronze 500m Beth Heiden Sylvia Albrecht Natalya Petrusyova 1500m Beth Heiden Natalya Petrusyova Sylvia Burka 1000m Beth Heiden Tatyana Averina Sylvia Burka 3000m Beth Heiden Bjørg Eva Jensen Ria Visser

Classification Rank Skater Country Points Samalog 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m Beth Heiden 179.029 44.49 2:13.79 1:26.14 Natalya Petrusyova 181.721 44.88 (3) 2:14.73 (2) 1:28.19 (5) 4:47.02 (8) Sylvia Burka 181.994 45.52 (7) 2:15.62 (3) 1:27.53 (3) 4:45.02 (6) 4 Bjørg Eva Jensen 183.545 46.24 (15) 2:17.34 (6) 1:29.03 (11) 4:42.06 (2) 5 Valentina Lalenkova 183.576 44.93 (4) 2:17.66 (7) 1:29.32 (14) 4:48.60 (10) 6 Ria Visser 184.014 46.69 (17) 2:16.52 (4) 1:29.30 (13) 4:43.01 (3) 7 Sijtje van der Lende 184.156 47.00 (23) 2:16.52 (4) 1:28.15 (4) 4:45.45 (7) 8 Sylvia Filipsson 184.216 45.78 (9) 2:19.84 (11) 1:28.75 (9) 4:44.69 (5) 9 Sophie Westenbroek 184.319 45.09 (5) 2:18.70 (10) 1:29.41 (15) 4:49.75 (11) 10 Sylvia Albrecht 184.875 44.83 (2) 2:20.46 (15) 1:28.83 (10) 4:52.86 (13) 11 Marion Dittmann 184.954 45.91 (13) 2:21.10 (16) 1:29.13 (12) 4:44.68 (4) 12 Sarah Docter 184.963 46.77 (18) 2:17.82 (8) 1:28.57 (7) 4:47.81 (9) 13 Erwina Ryś-Ferens 185.123 45.83 (12) 2:17.83 (9) 1:28.33 (6) 4:55.11 (14) 14 Yuko Yaegashi-Ota 187.661 46.21 (14) 2:20.04 (12) 1:30.59 (21) 4:56.86 (16) 15 Mary Docter 187.958 46.91 (22) 2:20.34 (14) 1:31.69 (25) 4:50.54 (12) 16 Sigrid Smuda 214.123 2:20.22 (13) 1:30.67 (22) NC17 Joke van Rijssel 137.875 45.82 (11) 2:21.18 (17) 1:29.99 (17) – NC18 Natalja Zaborskikh 138.003 45.69 (8) 2:21.94 (19) 1:30.00 (18) – NC19 Linda Palle 138.773 45.25 (6) 2:24.94 (23) 1:30.42 (20) – NC20 Kim Kostron 138.776 45.79 (10) 2:21.62 (18) 1:31.56 (24) – NC21 Brenda Webster 139.035 46.80 (20) 2:23.64 (20) 1:28.71 (8) – NC22 Annette Carlén-Karlsson 139.630 46.79 (19) 2:23.85 (22) 1:29.78 (16) – NC23 Kathy Vogt 139.653 46.66 (16) 2:23.68 (21) 1:30.20 (19) – NC24 Lilianna Morawiec 141.700 47.36 (26) 2:26.28 (24) 1:31.16 (23) – NC25 Ann-Mari Tollefsen 143.435 47.76 (28) 2:27.21 (26) 1:33.21 (27) – NC26 Grethe Viksaas 143.493 47.74 (27) 2:26.80 (25) 1:33.64 (28) – NC27 Marie-France van Helden 143.613 46.89 (21) 2:30.46 (30) 1:33.14 (26) – NC28 Dolores Lier 146.751 49.37 (29) 2:29.39 (29) 1:35.17 (30) – NC29 Pirjo Hyvärinen 154.473 47.25 (25) 2:28.09 (27) – NC30 Kim Ferran 169.925 1:35.13 (29) – NC Tatyana Averina 90.790 47.07 (24) DQ 1:27.44 (2) –

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* = Fell

Attribution In Dutch

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