1979 World Archery Championships
# 1979 World Archery Championships

The 1979 World Archery Championships was the 30th edition of the event. It was held in Berlin, West Germany on 14–22 July 1979 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).

The 1979 event marked the first Championship gold medals for South Korea, in the women's team and individual events, have since dominated World Archery Federation events until the present day.

## Medals summary

### Recurve

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's individual | Darrell Pace United States | Richard McKinney United States | Rodney Baston United States |
| Women's individual | Kim Jin-ho South Korea | Judi Adams United States | Carole Mary Toy Australia |
| Men's team | United States Darrell Pace Richard McKinney Rodney Baston | West Germany Harry Wittig Armin Garnreiter Willi Muller | Belgium Patrick De Koning Marnix Vervinck Emiel Vercaigne |
| Women's team | South Korea Park Young-sook Kim Jin-ho Hwang Sook-zoo | Australia Carole Mary Toy Terry Eva Donovan Leah Margaret Feldt | United Kingdom Sue Willcox Rachel Fenwick Joyce Asher |

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | South Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
