FAI World Championship 1979 in class F1A
Held at Taft, USA from October 4 to 10
Flight times are given in each of the 7 rounds in seconds. Competitors in the flyoff have total time shown and each flyoff round time preceded by + .
Individual results
| Rank | Name | Country | rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P Grunnet (Proxy T Koster) | DEN | 1260 + 240 + 300 + 231 |
| 2 | P Quarnstrom | SWE | 1260 + 240 + 300 + 213 |
| 3 | L Hines | USA | 1260 + 240 + 300 + 202 |
| 4 | J Wilson | USA | 1260 + 240 + 300 + 130 |
| 5 | H Tahkapaa | FIN | 1260 + 240 + 300 + 102 |
| 5 | W Haller | SUI | 1260 + 240 + 300 + 102 |
| 7 | G Zach | AUT | 1260 + 240 + 300 + 51 |
| 8 | H Scitmitit | BRD | 1260 + 200 |
| 9 | P De Boer | NED | 1260 + 162 |
| 10 | K Kolmakko | FIN | 174 180 180 180 180 180 180 1254 |
| 11 | A Tarzibachi | ARG | 180 180 180 180 180 180 172 1252 |
| 11 | A Hacken | NED | 172 180 180 180 180 180 180 1252 |
| 13 | I Weiss | ISR | 171 180 180 180 180 180 180 1251 |
| 14 | J Walters | USA | 169 180 180 180 180 180 180 1249 |
| 15 | T Van Dijk | NED | 171 180 180 180 180 180 176 1247 |
| 16 | M Rosling | SWE | 165 180 180 180 180 180 180 1245 |
| 17 | P Lagan | NZL | 157 180 180 180 180 180 180 1237 |
| 18 | H Schoder | SUI | 155 180 180 180 180 180 180 1235 |
| 19 | V Lensi | ITA | 153 180 180 180 180 180 180 1233 |
| 20 | L Braud | FRA | 148 180 180 180 180 180 180 1228 |
| 20 | P Nash | AUS | 148 180 180 180 180 180 180 1228 |
| 22 | J Cooper | GBR | 150 180 175 180 180 180 180 1225 |
| 23 | S Larson | NOR | 170 180 180 180 180 154 180 1224 |
| 24 | A Riedlinger | BRD | 142 180 180 180 180 180 180 1222 |
| 25 | K Hendriksson | FIN | 141 180 180 180 180 180 180 1221 |
| 26 | S Chorev | ISR | 137 180 180 180 180 180 180 1217 |
| 27 | P Allnutt | CAN | 150 180 180 180 165 180 180 1215 |
| 28 | P Buchwald | DEN | 171 180 180 143 180 180 180 1214 |
| 29 | P Jomarien | FRA | 133 180 180 180 180 180 180 1213 |
| 30 | J Leleux | FRA | 132 180 180 180 180 180 180 1212 |
| 31 | T Thompson | CAN | 155 180 180 180 180 155 180 1210 |
| 32 | P Soave | ITA | 129 180 180 180 180 180 180 1209 |
| 32 | R Erismann | SUI | 129 180 180 180 180 180 180 1209 |
| 34 | Z Yaddong | CHN | 180 180 180 180 180 180 123 1203 |
| 35 | V Brussolo | ITA | 180 180 180 180 115 180 180 1195 |
| 35 | W Palmieri | ARG | 115 180 180 180 180 180 180 1195 |
| 35 | C Minoli | ARG | 115 180 180 180 180 180 180 1195 |
| 38 | J Rasmussen | DEN | 180 180 180 180 180 180 109 1189 |
| 39 | W Kraus | AUT | 180 180 180 103 180 180 180 1183 |
| 40 | J Colmenares Jr | MEX | 180 180 96 180 180 180 180 1176 |
| 41 | A Baruch | ISR | 93 180 180 180 180 180 180 1173 |
| 42 | I Weston | NZL | 128 142 180 180 180 180 180 1170 |
| 43 | A Abaunza | MEX | 121 180 180 180 180 180 135 1156 |
| 44 | G Mussig | BRD | 175 180 180 180 180 70 180 1145 |
| 44 | F Nutini | BRA | 146 180 180 180 99 180 180 1145 |
| 46 | J Melis | BEL | 159 180 180 180 93 167 180 1139 |
| 47 | J Matsuno | JPN | 128 180 180 110 180 180 180 1138 |
| 48 | V Sancruzado | ESP | 125 180 180 180 180 111 180 1136 |
| 49 | P Owens | GBR | 141 117 180 148 180 180 180 1126 |
| 50 | M Sexton | NZL | 136 180 180 180 180 180 86 1122 |
| 51 | W Kamp | AUT | 102 180 180 108 180 180 180 1110 |
| 52 | Reynders (Proxy Herzog) | BEL | 120 180 143 180 180 118 180 1101 |
| 53 | M Ledocq | BEL | 105 180 180 180 95 180 180 1100 |
| 54 | Yoshika (Proxy Shibach) | JPN | 164 180 144 180 146 105 180 1099 |
| 54 | A Young | GBR | 144 180 180 63 172 180 180 1099 |
| 56 | P Sjolund | SWE | 142 180 180 180 115 110 180 1087 |
| 57 | G Mackenzie | CAN | 180 180 180 0 180 180 180 1080 |
| 58 | P Lloyd | AUS | 160 171 114 153 180 121 180 1079 |
| 59 | L Colmenares | MEX | 129 180 180 66 179 180 149 1063 |
| 60 | D Simons | AUS | 171 180 180 90 78 180 180 1059 |
| 61 | A Gomide | BRA | 171 0 151 180 180 180 180 1042 |
| 62 | S Rodrigues | ESP | 151 85 180 61 180 180 180 1017 |
| 63 | Requene Dona | VEN | 0 180 180 87 180 180 180 987 |
| 64 | D Chuahyi | CHN | 180 105 180 68 79 180 180 972 |
| 65 | G Rodriguez | ESP | 137 134 180 108 180 32 180 951 |
| 66 | G Haozhou | CHN | 180 95 180 0 57 104 180 796 |
| Number of maximums: | 18 58 60 51 54 55 59 | ||
| Number of full scores: | 18 16 15 13 12 12 9 | ||
team results
| Country | Abbreviation | Total | Team member places |
|---|---|---|---|
| USA | USA | 3769 | 3 4 14 |
| Netherlands | NED | 3759 | 9 11 15 |
| Finland | FIN | 3735 | 5 10 25 |
| Switzerland | SUI | 3704 | 5 18 32 |
| Denmark | DEN | 3663 | 1 28 38 |
| France | FRA | 3653 | 20 29 30 |
| Argentina | ARG | 3642 | 11 35 35 |
| Israel | ISR | 3641 | 13 26 41 |
| Italy | ITA | 3637 | 19 32 35 |
| Fed.Rep.Germany | BRD | 3627 | 8 24 44 |
| Sweden | SWE | 3592 | 2 16 56 |
| Austria | AUT | 3553 | 7 39 51 |
| New Zealand | NZL | 3529 | 17 42 50 |
| Canada | CAN | 3505 | 27 31 57 |
| Great Britain | GBR | 3450 | 22 49 54 |
| Mexico | MEX | 3395 | 40 43 59 |
| Australia | AUS | 3366 | 20 58 60 |
| Belgium | BEL | 3340 | 46 52 53 |
| Spain | ESP | 3104 | 48 62 65 |
| China | CHN | 2971 | 34 64 66 |
| Japan | JPN | 2237 | 47 54 |
| Brazil | BRA | 2187 | 44 61 |
| Norway | NOR | 1224 | 23 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 987 | 63 |