The 1979 Individual Speedway World Championship.
Contents
- British Qualification
- British Final
- Swedish Final
- New Zealand Final
- American Final
- Australian Final
- Australasian Final
- Danish Final
- Scandinavian Final
- Commonwealth Final
- Intercontinental Final
- Continental Final
- World Final
- References
In his 14th straight World Final appearance (dating back to 1966), New Zealand's Ivan Mauger won his 6th Speedway World Championship, breaking the previous record of 5 wins held by himself and legendary Swede Ove Fundin. Mauger scored 14 points to defeat local favourite Zenon Plech (13) and young English tearaway Michael Lee (11), with Lee the only rider to defeat Mauger on the day. Lee also had to defeat Kelly Moran (USA), Billy Sanders (Australia) and defending champion Ole Olsen in a runoff for third after all four riders finished on 11 points.
This would prove to be the last appearance for Ivan Mauger as a rider in a World Final.
British Qualification
Similar to the previous season, the British qualifying rounds for the World Championship doubled up as qualifying rounds for the Grand Prix. Therefore, many non-British riders such as Scott Autrey and Ivan Mauger rode in these meetings scoring points towards the Grand Prix qualification - but their scores didn't count towards World Championship qualification.