1979 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles
# 1979 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

The 1979 World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles was the 35th edition of the men's doubles championship.

Dragutin Šurbek and Antun Stipančić won the title after defeating István Jónyer and Tibor Klampár in the final by three sets to nil.

## Results

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
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| Guo Yuehua Liang Geliang | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Danny Seemiller Ricky Seemiller | 6 | 17 | 7 | | | Guo Yuehua Liang Geliang | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| Jacques Secrétin Patrick Birocheau | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | | Secrétin Birocheau | 21 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 16 | | | | | | | | | |
| Josef Dvořáček Jindřich Panský | 21 | 9 | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | | Guo Yuehua Liang Geliang | 14 | 21 | 12 | 12 | | | | |
| Jochen Leiss Peter Stellwag | 17 | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | Klampár Jónyer | 21 | 18 | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| Simion Crișan Șerban Doboși | 21 | 10 | 12 | 15 | | Leiss Stellwag | 21 | 11 | 17 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tibor Klampár István Jónyer | 21 | 21 | 21 | 24 | | Klampár Jónyer | 17 | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Desmond Douglas Nicky Jarvis | 18 | 17 | 16 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Klampár Jónyer | 18 | 20 | 16 |
| Dragutin Šurbek Antun Stipančić | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Stipančić Šurbek | 21 | 22 | 21 |
| Kim Do Won U Yong Chol | 17 | 9 | 3 | | | Stipančić Šurbek | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Christian Martin Tibor Kreisz | 21 | 18 | 21 | 23 | | Kreisz Martin | 16 | 13 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hideo Goto Norio Takashima | 13 | 21 | 18 | 21 | | | | | | | | Stipančić Šurbek | 21 | 30 | 22 | | | | | |
| Milan Orlowski Gábor Gergely | 22 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 21 | | | | | | | Li Zhenshi Wang Huiyuan | 18 | 28 | 20 | | | | | |
| Ryszard Czochanski Andrzej Grubba | 20 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 23 | Czochanski Grubba | 21 | 12 | 8 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Li Zhenshi Wang Huiyuan | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | Li Zhenshi Wang Huiyuan | 14 | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Engelbert Hüging Igor Solopov | 12 | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
