1979 UCI Road World Championships
# 1979 UCI Road World Championships

The 1979 UCI Road World Championships took place on 26 August 1979 in Valkenburg, the Netherlands.

## Results

| Race: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze : | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men |||||||
| Men's road race details | Jan Raas Netherlands | 7.03'09" | Dietrich Thurau West Germany | - | Jean-René Bernaudeau France | - |
| Amateurs' road race | Gianni Giacomini Italy | - | Jan Jankiewicz Poland | - | Bernd Drogan East Germany | - |
| Team time trial | East Germany Bernd Drogan Hans-Joachim Hartnick Andreas Petermann Falk Boden | - | Poland Jan Jankiewicz Czesław Lang Stefan Ciekański Witold Plutecki | - | Norway Geir Digerud Morten Sæther Jostein Wilmann Hans Petter Ødegård | - |
| Women |||||||
| Women's road race | Petra De Bruin Netherlands | - | Jenny De Smet Belgium | - | Beate Habetz West Germany | - |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | East Germany (DDR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
