| Host city | Valkenburg, the Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | 26 August 1979 |
The 1979 UCI Road World Championships took place on 26 August 1979 in Valkenburg, the Netherlands.
| Race: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze : | Time |
| Men | ||||||
| Men's road race | Jan Raas Netherlands |
7.03'09" | Dietrich Thurau West Germany |
- | Jean-René Bernaudeau France |
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| Amateurs' road race | Gianni Giacomini Italy |
- | Jan Jankiewicz Poland |
- | Bernd Drogan East Germany |
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| Team time trial | East Germany Bernd Drogan Hans-Joachim Hartnick Andreas Petermann Falk Boden |
- | Poland Jan Jankiewicz Czesław Lang Stefan Ciekanski Witold Plutecki |
- | Norway Geir Digerud Morten Saether Jostein Wilmann Hans-Peter Odegaard |
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| Women | ||||||
| Women's road race | Petra De Bruin Netherlands |
- | Jen De Smet Belgium |
- | Beate Habetz West Germany |
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | East Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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