1979 Individual Speedway World Championship

British Qualification

• Rye House track flooded so event moved to Hackney

  British Final

• June 20, 1979
• Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• First 10 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

  Swedish Qualification

Swedish Final

• May 29, 1979
• Kumla
• First 5 to Scandinavian Final + 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Jan Andersson	15
2	Anders Michanek	12
3	Bernt Persson	11
4	Richard Hellsen	11
5	Ake Fridell	11
6	Lars Ake Andersson	10
7	Bo Wirebrand	9
8	Uno Johansson	8
9	Stefan Salmonsson	7
10	Bengt Jansson	5
11	Hans Danielsson	5
12	Soren Sjosten	4
13	Tommy Nilsson	3
14	Lennart Bengsson	3
15	Gert Carlsson	2
16	Kent Eriksson	1
17	Soren Karlsson	0

New Zealand Final

• 21 January 1979
• Christchurch
• First 8 to Austral-Asian Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Larry Ross	3,3,3,3,3	15
2	Mitch Shirra	3,3,2,2,2	12
3	Ivan Mauger	2,3,E,3,3	11
4	Roger Wright	2,0,3,3,3	11
5	John Goodall	1,3,3,1,2	10
6	David Bargh	3,0,1,3,2	9
7	Tony Briggs	1,2,1,2,3	9
8	Graeme Stapleton	2,2,2,1,2	9
9	Mike Fullerton	3,1,3,0,1	8
10	James Moore	1,2,0,2,1	6
11	Colin Tucker	0,2,1,2,0	5
12	Patrick Pawson	0,1,2,1,0	4
13	Robin Adlington	0,1,2,0,1	4
14	Max Brown	1,1,0,0,0	2
15	John Brown	0,0,0,0,1	1
16	William Aulsford	ns	0
R1	Paul Fewings	2,1,0	3
R2	Gary Forscutt	0,1	1

Intercontinental Round

American Final

• December 29, 1978
• Santa Ana, Santa Ana Speedway
• First 2 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Bobby Schwartz	12+3
2	Mike Bast	12+2
3	Kelly Moran	12+1
4	Steve Gresham	12+0
5	Mike Faria	10
6	Steve McConnell	9
7	Bruce Penhall	7
8	Bill Cordy	7
9	John Cook	6
10	Rich McMurray	6
11	Gary Hutchinson	6
12	Dave Robinson	5
13	Duane Yarrow	5
14	Dave Faria	4
15	Denny Pyeatt	3
16	Mark Blom	2

Australian Final

• February 11, 1978
• Mildura
• First 8 to Austral-Asian Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Phil Crump		15
2	Danny Kenneddy		13
3	John Boulger		11
4	John Titman		10
5	Steve Koppe		10
6	Billy Sanders		10
7	Gary Guglielmi		9
8	Glyn Taylor		9
9	Rob Maxfield		6
10	Phil Bass		5
11	Glen McDonald		5
12	Mike Farrell		4
13	John Langfield		4
14	David Shields		2
15	Ross Townson		2
16	Kym Amundson		2
R1	Tim Nunan
R2	John Williams

Australasian Final

• February 23, 1979
• Adelaide, Rowley Park Speedway
• Referee: Sam Bass
• First 6 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Billy Sanders	13
2	Steve Koppe	12
3	John Titman	11+3
4	Phil Crump	11+2
5	Ivan Mauger	11+1
6	Larry Ross	10+3
7	Mitch Shirra	10+2
8	Gary Guglielmi	8
9	John Goodall	8
10	Danny Kennedy	6
11	John Boulger	6
12	Glyn Taylor	6
13	Tony Briggs	4
14	Graeme Stapleton	2
15	David Bargh	2
16	Roger Wright	0

Danish Final

• May 6, 1979
• Fjelsted
• First 5 to Scandinavian Final

  Scandinavian Final

• June 5, 1979
• Norrköping
• First 5 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve

  Commonwealth Final

• July 1, 1979
• London, White City Stadium
• First 9 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve

  Intercontinental Final

• August 8, 1979
• London, White City Stadium
• First 9 to World Final plus 1 reserve

  Continental Round

Continental Final

• July 8, 1979
• Pocking
• First 4 to World final plus 1 reserve
• Polish riders Zenon Plech, Edward Jancarz and Robert Slabon seeded to World Final

  World Final

• September 2, 1979
• Chorzów, Silesian Stadium