Held 17–18 February 1979 at Inzell.
Held on 17–18 February 1979 , with 33 skaters from 18 countries.
| Pos | Skater | Nat | Points | 500 m | 1000 m | 500 m | 1000 m | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Heiden | USA | 151.430 | 38,17 | 1 | 1.14,99 | 1 | 38,23 | 1 | 1.15,07 | 1 | |
| 2 | Gaétan Boucher | CAN | 154.080 | 38,43 | 2 | 1.16,95 | 2 | 38,54 | 3 | 1.17,27 | 3 | |
| 3 | Frode Rønning | NOR | 154.400 | 38,43 | 2 | 1.17,52 | 3 | 38,39 | 2 | 1.17,64 | 4 | |
| 4 | Peter Mueller | USA | 154.735 | 38,90 | 6 | 1.17,54 | 4 | 38,59 | 5 | 1.16,95 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sergey Khlebnikov | URS | 155.460 | 39,03 | 8 | 1.17,81 | 5 | 38,58 | 4 | 1.17,89 | 5 | |
| 6 | Lieuwe de Boer | NED | 156.350 | 38,64 | 4 | 1.18,61 | 12 | 38,78 | 6 | 1.19,25 | 10 | |
| 7 | Kai Arne Engelstad | NOR | 157.015 | 39,39 | 13 | 1.17,92 | 6 | 39,28 | 12 | 1.18,77 | 7 | |
| 8 | Dan Immerfall | USA | 157.445 | 39,76 | 18 | 1.18,68 | 13 | 38,95 | 9 | 1.18,79 | 8 | |
| 9 | Jan Józwik | POL | 157.535 | 38,87 | 5 | 1.18,80 | 16 | 39,30 | 13 | 1.19,93 | 17 | |
| 10 | Tom Plant | USA | 157.925 | 39,29 | 10 | 1.18,40 | 10 | 39,60 | 18 | 1.19,67 | 14 | |
| 11 | Stephan Panzer | FRG | 158.240 | 39,48 | 15 | 1.18,71 | 14 | 39,66 | 21 | 1.19,49 | 12 | |
| 12 | Oloph Granath | SWE | 158.365 | 39,42 | 14 | 1.19,55 | 19 | 39,25 | 11 | 1.19,84 | 15 | |
| 13 | Bert de Jong | NED | 158.485 | 39,94 | 20 | 1.18,02 | 7 | 39,95 | 25 | 1.19,17 | 9 | |
| 14 | Johan Granath | SWE | 158.505 | 39,74 | 17 | 1.19,23 | 17 | 39,52 | 17 | 1.19,26 | 11 | |
| 15 | Kazuki Ichimura | JPN | 158.675 | 39,24 | 9 | 1.19,40 | 18 | 39,60 | 18 | 1.20,27 | 20 | |
| 16 | Jarle Pedersen | NOR | 158.885 | 39,33 | 12 | 1.20,02 | 23 | 39,61 | 20 | 1.19,87 | 16 | |
| 17 | Vasile Coros | ROU | 159.245 | 39,86 | 19 | 1.19,88 | 21 | 39,44 | 15 | 1.20,01 | 18 | |
| 18 | Steffen Doering | GDR | 159.435 | 39,68 | 16 | 1.18,49 | 11 | 39,48 | 16 | 1.22,06 | 25 | |
| 19 | Emmanuel Michon | FRA | 159.475 | 40,03 | 21 | 1.18,71 | 14 | 39,79 | 24 | 1.20,60 | 22 | |
| 20 | Terje Andersen | NOR | 159.815 | 40,14 | 23 | 1.19,85 | 20 | 39,96 | 26 | 1.19,58 | 13 | |
| 21 | Lee Yeong-Ha | KOR | 160.215 | 40,20 | 24 | 1.20,09 | 24 | 39,77 | 23 | 1.20,40 | 21 | |
| 22 | Jan-Åke Carlberg | SWE | 160.700 | 39,31 | 11 | 1.20,17 | 26 | 39,21 | 10 | 1.24,19 | 29 | |
| 23 | Hubert Hirschbichler | FRG | 161.820 | 40,12 | 22 | 1.20,43 | 27 | 40,41 | 29 | 1.22,15 | 26 | |
| 24 | Colin Coates | AUS | 164.470 | 41,41 | 29 | 1.20,53 | 28 | 41,52 | 31 | 1.22,55 | 28 | |
| 25 | Zhao Weichang | CHN | 166.170 | 40,67 | 25 | 1.19,90 | 22 | 40,23 | 27 | 1.30,64f | 30 | |
| 26 | Miel Govaert | NED | 167.135 | 47,62f | 30 | 1.18,25 | 9 | 39,75 | 22 | 1.21,28 | 23 | |
| 27 | Anatoli Medennikov | URS | 167.990 | 38,92 | 7 | 1.42,05f | 32 | 38,83 | 7 | 1.18,43 | 6 | |
| 28 | Jan van de Roemer | NED | 170.410 | 51,98f | 31 | 1.18,12 | 8 | 39,32 | 14 | 1.20,10 | 19 | |
| 29 | Giovanni Paganin | ITA | 185.860 | 1.03,16f | 32 | 1.21,64 | 31 | 40,88 | 30 | 1.22,00 | 24 | |
| DQ4 | Pertti Niittylä | FIN | 161.880 | 40,76 | 27 | 1.20,72 | 29 | 40,35 | 28 | 1.20,82 | DQ | |
| NS4 | Yevgeni Kulikov | URS | 144.210 | 1.05,23f | 33 | 1.20,14 | 25 | 38,91 | 8 | - | NS | |
| DQ3 | Peter Eriksson | SWE | 122.595 | 40,71 | 26 | 1.21,55 | 30 | - | DQ | 1.22,22 | 27 | |
| NS2 | Simon Grenshaw | GBR | 40.990 | 40,99 | 28 | - | NS |