| 1979 World Championships | |
| Size: | 140 |
| Host City: |  San Diego, United States |
| Dates: | 21–28 August |
| Stadium: | San Diego State University |
The 1979 World Wrestling Championships were held in San Diego, California, United States. As during the 1973 edition, the venue, San Diego State University Arena hosted the Pan American Sambo Championships very next day after the freestyle event finale.
| width=50 rowspan="2" | Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=200 | Team | width=50 | Points | width=200 | Team | width=50 | Points |
| 1 | 50 | 43 | |||||
| 2 | 35 | 30 | |||||
| 3 | 21 | 27 | |||||
| 4 |  | 19.25 | 17 | ||||
| 5 | 19 | 17 | |||||
| 6 |  | 13.5 |  | 15 | |||
| 48 kg | ||||
| 52 kg | ||||
| 57 kg | ||||
| 62 kg | ||||
| 68 kg | ||||
| 74 kg | ||||
| 82 kg | ||||
| 90 kg | ||||
| 100 kg | ||||
| +100 kg |
| 48 kg | ||||
| 52 kg | ||||
| 57 kg | ||||
| 62 kg | ||||
| 68 kg | ||||
| 74 kg | Shared gold | |||
| 82 kg | ||||
| 90 kg | ||||
| 100 kg | ||||
| +100 kg |