| Competition: | 1979 Men's World Judo Championships |
| Dates: | 6–9 December 1979 |
| Location: |  Paris, France |
The 1979 World Judo Championships were the 10th edition of the Men's World Judo Championships, and were held in Paris, France from 6–9 December, 1979. The last tournament in 1977 had been cancelled.
| -60 kg | Thierry Rey |  Gwak U-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-Ki  Imre Varga | |
| Open | Sumio Endo | Vitali Kuznetsov | Radomir Kovacevic Jean-Luc Rougé |
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