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The 1979 World Judo Championships were the 11th edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Paris, France from December 6–December 9, 1979.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| -60 kg | Thierry Rey | Koa Woo-Jong | Felice Mariani Yasuhiko Moriwaki |
| -65 kg | Nikolai Solodukhin | Yves Delvingt | Janusz Pawłowski Kyosuke Sahara |
| -71 kg | Kiyoto Katsuki | Ezio Gamba | Neil Adams Tamaz Namgalauri |
| -78 kg | Shozo Fujii | Bernard Tchoullouyan | Harald Heinke Park Young-Chul |
| -86 kg | Detlef Ultsch | Michel Sanchis | Walter Carmona Masao Takahashi |
| -95 kg | Tengiz Khubuluri | Robert van de Walle | Gunther Neureuther Henk Numan |
| +95 kg | Yasuhiro Yamashita | Jean-Luc Rougé | Cho Jae-gi Imre Varga |
| Open | Sumio Endo | Vitali Kusnetnov | Radomir Kovacevic Jean-Luc Rougé |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | France | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | East Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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