# 1979 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for women

The 40th edition of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships 1979 took place on 3 and 4 February at De Uithof ice rink in The Hague, The Netherlands:
Title holder was Tatyana Averina from the Soviet Union.

## Distance medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 500m | Beth Heiden | Sylvia Albrecht | Natalya Petrusyova |
| 1500m | Beth Heiden | Natalya Petrusyova | Sylvia Burka |
| 1000m | Beth Heiden | Tatyana Averina | Sylvia Burka |
| 3000m | Beth Heiden | Bjørg Eva Jensen | Ria Visser |

## Classification

| Rank | Skater | Country | Points Samalog | 500m | 1500m | 1000m | 3000m |
| | Beth Heiden | United States | 179.029 | 44.49 | 2:13.79 | 1:26.14 | 4:41.24 * |
| | Natalya Petrusyova | Soviet Union | 181.721 | 44.88 (3) | 2:14.73 (2) | 1:28.19 (5) | 4:47.02 (8) |
| | Sylvia Burka | Canada | 181.994 | 45.52 (7) | 2:15.62 (3) | 1:27.53 (3) | 4:45.02 (6) |
| 4 | Bjørg Eva Jensen | Norway | 183.545 | 46.24 (15) | 2:17.34 (6) | 1:29.03 (11) | 4:42.06 (2) |
| 5 | Valentina Lalenkova | Soviet Union | 183.576 | 44.93 (4) | 2:17.66 (7) | 1:29.32 (14) | 4:48.60 (10) |
| 6 | Ria Visser | Netherlands | 184.014 | 46.69 (17) | 2:16.52 (4) | 1:29.30 (13) | 4:43.01 (3) |
| 7 | Sijtje van der Lende | Netherlands | 184.156 | 47.00 (23) | 2:16.52 (4) | 1:28.15 (4) | 4:45.45 (7) |
| 8 | Sylvia Filipsson | Sweden | 184.216 | 45.78 (9) | 2:19.84 (11) | 1:28.75 (9) | 4:44.69 (5) |
| 9 | Sophie Westenbroek | Netherlands | 184.319 | 45.09 (5) | 2:18.70 (10) | 1:29.41 (15) | 4:49.75 (11) |
| 10 | Sylvia Albrecht | East Germany | 184.875 | 44.83 (2) | 2:20.46 (15) | 1:28.83 (10) | 4:52.86 (13) |
| 11 | Marion Dittmann | East Germany | 184.954 | 45.91 (13) | 2:21.10 (16) | 1:29.13 (12) | 4:44.68 (4) |
| 12 | Sarah Docter | United States | 184.963 | 46.77 (18) | 2:17.82 (8) | 1:28.57 (7) | 4:47.81 (9) |
| 13 | Erwina Ryś-Ferens | Poland | 185.123 | 45.83 (12) | 2:17.83 (9) | 1:28.33 (6) | 4:55.11 (14) |
| 14 | Yuko Yaegashi-Ota | Japan | 187.661 | 46.21 (14) | 2:20.04 (12) | 1:30.59 (21) | 4:56.86 (16) |
| 15 | Mary Docter | United States | 187.958 | 46.91 (22) | 2:20.34 (14) | 1:31.69 (25) | 4:50.54 (12) |
| 16 | Sigrid Smuda | West Germany | 214.123 | 1:12.69 * (31) | 2:20.22 (13) | 1:30.67 (22) | 4:56.15 (15) |
| NC17 | Joke van Rijssel | Netherlands | 137.875 | 45.82 (11) | 2:21.18 (17) | 1:29.99 (17) | – |
| NC18 | Natalja Zaborskikh | Soviet Union | 138.003 | 45.69 (8) | 2:21.94 (19) | 1:30.00 (18) | – |
| NC19 | Linda Palle | Sweden | 138.773 | 45.25 (6) | 2:24.94 (23) | 1:30.42 (20) | – |
| NC20 | Kim Kostron | United States | 138.776 | 45.79 (10) | 2:21.62 (18) | 1:31.56 (24) | – |
| NC21 | Brenda Webster | Canada | 139.035 | 46.80 (20) | 2:23.64 (20) | 1:28.71 (8) | – |
| NC22 | Annette Carlén-Karlsson | Sweden | 139.630 | 46.79 (19) | 2:23.85 (22) | 1:29.78 (16) | – |
| NC23 | Kathy Vogt | Canada | 139.653 | 46.66 (16) | 2:23.68 (21) | 1:30.20 (19) | – |
| NC24 | Lilianna Morawiec | Poland | 141.700 | 47.36 (26) | 2:26.28 (24) | 1:31.16 (23) | – |
| NC25 | Ann-Mari Tollefsen | Norway | 143.435 | 47.76 (28) | 2:27.21 (26) | 1:33.21 (27) | – |
| NC26 | Grethe Viksaas | Norway | 143.493 | 47.74 (27) | 2:26.80 (25) | 1:33.64 (28) | – |
| NC27 | Marie-France van Helden | France | 143.613 | 46.89 (21) | 2:30.46 (30) | 1:33.14 (26) | – |
| NC28 | Dolores Lier | Switzerland | 146.751 | 49.37 (29) | 2:29.39 (29) | 1:35.17 (30) | – |
| NC29 | Pirjo Hyvärinen | Finland | 154.473 | 47.25 (25) | 2:28.09 (27) | 1:55.72 * (31) | – |
| NC30 | Kim Ferran | United Kingdom | 169.925 | 1:12.65 * (30) | 2:29.13 (28) | 1:35.13 (29) | – |
| NC | Tatyana Averina | Soviet Union | 90.790 | 47.07 (24) | DQ | 1:27.44 (2) | – |
Source:
    * = Fell

## Attribution

In Dutch