The 1979 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Vienna, Austria from March 13 to 18. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
The ISU Representative was John R. Shoemaker and the ISU Technical Delegate was Josef Dědič.
Medal tables
Medalists
Medals by country
Results
Men
Referee: Sonia Bianchetti
Assistant Referee: Benjamin T. Wright
Judges: Eva von Gamm Margaret Berezowski Toshio Suzuki Monique Georgelin Yvonne Tutt Walburga Grimm Tatiana Danilenko Pamela Davis Tjasa Andrée Václav Skála
Ladies
*: better placed due to the majority of the better placings
Referee: Hermann Schiechtl
Assistant Referee: Martin Felsenreich
Judges: Eugen Romminger Berit Aarens Evgenia Bogdanova Lena Vainio Jürg Wilhelm Giordano Abbondati Ingrid Linke Jacqueline Kendall-Baker Charles Foster Suzanne Francis
Pairs
Referee: Elemér Terták
Assistant Referee: Emil Skákala
Judges: Thérèse Maisel Liudmila Kubashevskaya Jacqueline Kendall-Baker Günter Teichmann Mary Louise Wright Willi Wernz Oskar Urban Junko Hiramatsu Suzanne Fancis Pamela Davis Giordano Abbondati
Ice dance
* better placed due to the majority of the better placings
Referee: Hans Kutschera
Assistant Referee: Lawrence Demmy
Judges: Igor Kabanov Brenda Long Pál Vásárhelyi Gerhard Frey Lysiane Lauret Virginia Le Fevre Dennis McFarlane Rudolf Zorn Gerhardt Bubnik Tsukasa Kimura