1979 World Figure Skating Championships

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.

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 🇯🇵