The 17th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1979 in Ruhpolding, West Germany. ^[1]

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Klaus Siebert	GDR	-	-
	Alexander Tikhonov	URS	-	-
	Sigleif Johansen	NOR	-	-

10 km sprint

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	Frank Ullrich	GDR	-	-
	Odd Lirhus	NOR	-	-
	Luigi Weiss	ITA	-	-

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal	Name	Nation	Penalties	Result
	East Germany Manfred Beer Klaus Siebert Frank Ullrich Eberhard Rösch	GDR
	Finland Simo Halonen Heikki Ikola Erkki Antila Raimo Seppänen	FIN
	Soviet Union Vladimir Alikin Vladimir Barnashov Nikolay Kruglov Alexander Tikhonov	URS

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	East Germany	3	0	0	3
2	Norway	0	1	1	2
2	Soviet Union	0	1	1	2
4	Finland	0	1	0	1
5	Italy	0	0	1	1

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