1979 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed doubles
# 1979 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed doubles

The 1979 World Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles was the 35th edition of the mixed doubles championship.

Liang Geliang and Ge Xin'ai defeated Li Zhenshi and Yan Guili in the final by three sets to nil.

## Results

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jacques Secrétin Claude Bergeret | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zoran Kosanović Branka Batinić | 0 | Secrétin Bergeret | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Huang Liang Tong Ling | 1 | Takashima Kawahigashi | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Norio Takashima Kayoko Kawahigashi | 3 | | | | | | Secrétin Bergeret | 14 | 11 | 10 | | | | |
| István Jónyer Gabriella Szabó | 3 | | | | | | Liang Geliang Ge Xin'ai | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| Jindřich Panský Marie Hrachová | 1 | Jónyer Szabó | 9 | 8 | 17 | | | | | | | | | |
| Liang Geliang Ge Xin'ai | 3 | Liang Geliang Ge Xin'ai | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| Bert Van der Helm Bettine Vriesekoop | 0 | | | | | | | | | | Liang Geliang Ge Xin'ai | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Li Zhenshi Yan Guili | 3 | | | | | | | | | | Li Zhenshi Yan Guili | 16 | 16 | 18 |
| John Hilton Jill Hammersley | 1 | Liz Zhenshi Yan Guili | 13 | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| Cho Yong Ho Pak Yong-ok | 3 | Cho Yong Ho Pak Yong-ok | 21 | 14 | 15 | 16 | | | | | | | | |
| Milan Orlowski Ilona Uhlíková | 0 | | | | | | Li Zhenshi Yan Guili | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| Wang Huiyuan Zhang Deying | 3 | | | | | | Wang Huiyuan Zhang Deying | 7 | 12 | 13 | | | | |
| Antun Stipančić Erzsebet Palatinus | 0 | Wang Huiyuan Zhang Deying | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Guo Yuehua Zhang Li | 3 | Guo Yuehua Zhang Li | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Patrick Renverse Nadine Daviaud | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
