1979 World Orienteering Championships
{{Short description|1979 edition of the World Orienteering Championships}}
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| host_city = Tampere
| country = Finland
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| events = 4
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| previous = 1978 Kongsberg
| next = 1981 Thun
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The 1979 World Orienteering Championships, the 8th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Tampere, Finland, 2–4 September 1979.{{cite web | url=https://old.orienteering.sport/events/?event_id=23 | title=World Orienteering Championships 1979 | publisher=International Orienteering Federation | accessdate=13 July 2017 | archive-date=23 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123204424/https://old.orienteering.sport/events/?event_id=23 | url-status=dead }}
The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women.
Medalists
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2|labelwidth=150}} | |||
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| {{flagathlete|Øyvin Thon|NOR}} | style="text-align:right;"| 1:36.07
| {{flagathlete|Egil Johansen|NOR}} | style="text-align:right;"| 1:37.17
| {{flagathlete|Tore Sagvolden|NOR}} | style="text-align:right;"| 1:37.27 |
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| {{flagathlete|Outi Borgenström|FIN}} | style="text-align:right;"| 59.13
| {{flagathlete|Liisa Veijalainen|FIN}} | style="text-align:right;"| 59.47
| {{flagathlete|Monica Andersson|SWE}} | style="text-align:right;"| 1:02.31 |
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| {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; |title= {{flagteam|SWE}} |1= Rolf Pettersson |2= Kjell Lauri |3= Lars Lönnkvist |4=Björn Rosendahl }} |style="text-align:right;"| 4:12.12 | {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; |title= {{flagteam|FIN}} |1= Seppo Keskinarkaus |2= Hannu Kottonen |3= Risto Nuuros |4=Ari Anjala}} |style="text-align:right;"| 4:27.37 | {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; |title= {{flagteam|TCH}} |1= Petr Uher |2= Zdenek Lenhart |3= Jiri Tichanek |4=Jaroslav Kacmarcik}} |style="text-align:right;"| 4:39.46 | |||
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| {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; |title= {{flagteam|FIN}} |1= Leena Silvennoinen |2= Leena Salmenkylä |3= Liisa Veijalainen}} |style="text-align:right;"| 3:00.13 | {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; |title= {{flagteam|NOR}} |1= Anne Berit Eid |2= Astrid Carlsson |3= Brit Volden}} |style="text-align:right;"| 3:01.38 | {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; |title= {{flagteam|SWE}} |1= Anna-Lena Axelsson |2= Karin Rabe |3= Monica Andersson}} |style="text-align:right;"| 3:02.26 |
Results
=Men's individual=
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| data-sort-type="number" | Rank | class="unsortable" | Competitor | Nation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center" | 1 | Øyvin Thon | {{flagg|usue|NOR}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:36.07 |
| style="text-align:center" | 2 | Egil Johansen | {{flagg|usue|NOR}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:37.17 |
| style="text-align:center" | 3 | Tore Sagvolden | {{flagg|usue|NOR}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:37.27 |
| style="text-align:center" | 4 | Kjell Lauri | {{flagg|usue|SWE}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:38:54 |
| style="text-align:center" | 5 | Lars Lönnkvist | {{flagg|usue|SWE}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:40.28 |
| style="text-align:center" | 6 | Rolf Pettersson | {{flagg|usue|SWE}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:41.30 |
| style="text-align:center" | 7 | Risto Nuuros | {{flagg|usue|FIN}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:42.01 |
| style="text-align:center" | 8 | Dieter Hulliger | {{flagg|usue|SUI}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:42.26 |
| style="text-align:center" | 9 | Eystein Weltzien | {{flagg|usue|NOR}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:44.03 |
| style="text-align:center" | 10 | Dieter Wolf | {{flagg|usue|SUI}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:45.40 |
| style="text-align:center" | 11 | Seppo Keskinarkaus | {{flagg|usue|FIN}} | style="text-align:right" | |
| style="text-align:center" | 12 | Jaroslav Kacmarcik | {{flagg|usue|TCH}} | style="text-align:right" | |
| style="text-align:center" | 13 | Hannu Kottonen | {{flagg|usue|FIN}} | style="text-align:right" | |
| style="text-align:center" | 14 | Pavel Ditrych | {{flagg|usue|TCH}} | style="text-align:right" | |
| style="text-align:center" | 15 | Jörgen Mårtensson | {{flagg|usue|SWE}} | style="text-align:right" | |
| style="text-align:center" | 16 | Martin Howald | {{flagg|usue|SUI}} | style="text-align:right" | |
| style="text-align:center" | 17 | Jiří Ticháček | {{flagg|usue|TCH}} | style="text-align:right" | |
| style="text-align:center" | 18 | Willi Müller | {{flagg|usue|SUI}} | style="text-align:right" | |
| style="text-align:center" | 19 | Klaus Madsen | {{flagg|usue|DEN}} | style="text-align:right" | |
| style="text-align:center" | 20 | Ivan Kristensen | {{flagg|usue|DEN}} | style="text-align:right" | |
=Women's individual=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" | |||
| data-sort-type="number" | Rank | class="unsortable" | Competitor | Nation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center" | 1 | Outi Borgenström | {{flagg|usue|FIN}} | style="text-align:right" | 59.13 |
| style="text-align:center" | 2 | Liisa Veijalainen | {{flagg|usue|FIN}} | style="text-align:right" | 59.47 |
| style="text-align:center" | 3 | Monica Andersson | {{flagg|usue|SWE}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:02.31 |
| style="text-align:center" | 4 | Hanni Fries | {{flagg|usue|SUI}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:02.32 |
| style="text-align:center" | 5 | Karin Rabe | {{flagg|usue|SWE}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:03.05 |
| style="text-align:center" | 6 | Anne Berit Eid | {{flagg|usue|NOR}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:03.08 |
| style="text-align:center" | 7 | Carol McNeill | {{flagg|usue|GBR}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:03.42 |
| style="text-align:center" | 8 | Karin Gunnarsson | {{flagg|usue|SWE}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:04.35 |
| style="text-align:center" | 9 | Annichen Kringstad | {{flagg|usue|SWE}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:04.38 |
| style="text-align:center" | 10 | Brit Volden | {{flagg|usue|NOR}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:04.55 |
| style="text-align:center" | 11 | Lis Nielsen | {{flagg|usue|DEN}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:05.16 |
| style="text-align:center" | 12 | Irén Rostás | {{flagg|usue|HUN}} | style="text-align:right" | 1:06.33 |