# 1979 World Allround Speed Skating Championships

The World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men took place on 11 and 12 February in Oslo at the Bislett Stadium ice rink.
It was for the third time that Eric Heiden became the world champion and he equaled the performances of the Norwegians Oscar Mathisen and Hjalmar Andersen and the Netherlander Ard Schenk.

## Classification

| Rank | Skater | Country | Points Samalog | 500m | 5000m | 1500m | 10,000m |
| | Eric Heiden | United States | 162.973 WR | 38.22 | 6:59.15 | 1:56.05 | 14:43.11 |
| | Jan Egil Storholt | Norway | 167.805 | 39.03 (2) | 7:13.18 (7) | 2:00.68 (5) | 15:04.62 (5) |
| | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet | Norway | 167.903 | 39.24 (4) | 7:12.73 (6) | 1:59.60 (2) | 15:10.48 (8) |
| 4 | Mike Woods | United States | 168.497 | 39.83 (13) | 7:10.93 (2) | 2:01.87 (11) | 14:59.03 (4) |
| 5 | Viktor Lyoskin | Soviet Union | 168.660 | 40.12 (15) | 7:12.10 (4) | 2:01.18 (7) | 14:58.74 (2) |
| 6 | Masahiko Yamamoto | Japan | 168.870 | 39.64 (8) | 7:16.91 (12) | 2:01.78 (10) | 14:58.93 (3) |
| 7 | Masayuki Kawahara | Japan | 169.036 | 39.70 (11) | 7:16.10 (11) | 2:00.67 (4) | 15:10.06 (7) |
| 8 | Amund Martin Sjøbrend | Norway | 169.223 | 40.07 (14) | 7:11.22 (3) | 2:00.92 (6) | 15:14.51 (11) |
| 9 | Tomas Gustafson | Sweden | 169.533 | 39.60 (6) | 7:14.40 (8) | 2:01.61 (9) | 15:19.14 (13) |
| 10 | Vladimir Lobanov | Soviet Union | 170.340 | 39.64 (8) | 7:18.61 (15) | 2:00.12 (3) | 15:35.98 (16) |
| 11 | Yep Kramer | Netherlands | 170.360 | 40.24 (16) | 7:15.28 (10) | 2:02.05 (14) | 15:18.19 (12) |
| 12 | Henning Kaarud | Norway | 170.695 | 40.47 (18) | 7:17.79 (13) | 2:02.94 (16) | 15:09.33 (6) |
| 13 | Piet Kleine | Netherlands | 170.772 | 40.93 (21) | 7:15.23 (9) | 2:01.94 (13) | 15:13.46 (10) |
| 14 | Colin Coates | Austria | 171.456 | 41.03 (23) | 7:18.95 (16) | 2:03.00 (17) | 15:10.63 (9) |
| 15 | Klaas Vriend | Netherlands | 172.082 | 40.63 (20) | 7:18.05 (14) | 2:03.04 (18) | 15:32.68 (15) |
| 16 | Hilbert van der Duim | Netherlands | 174.122 | 39.69 (10) | 7:12.25 (5) | 2:15.69* (32) | 15:19.55 (14) |
| NC17 | Sergey Marchuk | Soviet Union | 124.023 | 39.61 (7) | 7:20.03 (19) | 2:01.23 (8) | – |
| NC18 | Craig Kressler | United States | 124.338 | 39.41 (5) | 7:22.92 (20) | 2:01.91 (12) | – |
| NC19 | Lee Yeong-ha | South Korea | 125.626 | 39.12 (3) | 7:32.70 (26) | 2:03.71 (19) | – |
| NC20 | Andreas Ehrig | East Germany | 125.670 | 41.08 (24) | 7:19.00 (17) | 2:02.07 (15) | – |
| NC21 | Jan Junell | Sweden | 126.030 | 40.35 (17) | 7:22.97 (21) | 2:04.15 (22) | – |
| NC22 | Dmitry Ogloblin | Soviet Union | 126.667 | 41.30 (26) | 7:19.97 (18) | 2:04.11 (21) | – |
| NC23 | Uwe Sauerteig | East Germany | 127.112 | 40.95 (22) | 7:23.36 (22) | 2:05.48 (23) | – |
| NC24 | Craig Webster | Canada | 128.035 | 40.61 (19) | 7:31.09 (24) | 2:06.95 (28) | – |
| NC25 | Jouko Salakka | Finland | 128.209 | 41.09 (25) | 7:32.43 (25) | 2:05.63 (24) | – |
| NC26 | Günter Schumacher | West Germany | 129.267 | 41.56 (28) | 7:36.71 (28) | 2:06.11 (26) | – |
| NC27 | Fritz Gawenus | West Germany | 129.672 | 41.31 (27) | 7:41.22 (29) | 2:06.72 (27) | – |
| NC28 | Simon Grenshaw | United Kingdom | 129.951 | 39.76 (12) | 7:57.21 (32) | 2:07.41 (29) | – |
| NC29 | Olivier Belle | France | 131.469 | 41.75 (29) | 7:50.46 (31) | 2:08.02 (30) | – |
| NC30 | Ulf Ekstrand | Sweden | 135.900 | 50.18* (30) | 7:24.07 (23) | 2:03.94 (20) | – |
| NC31 | Andrei Erdelyi | Romania | 144.505 | 55.53* (32) | 7:33.39 (27) | 2:10.91 (31) | – |
| NC32 | Antonio Gómez Fernández | Spain | 155.785 | 50.41 (31) | 9:06.55 (33) | 2:32.16 (33) | – |
| NC | Maurizio Marchetto | Italy | 88.215 | DQ | 7:42.39 (30) | 2:05.93 (25) | – |
    * = Fell
    DQ = Disqualified
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