World Championship Sprint
This page lists all information available on the World Championship Sprint. The subnavigation allows you to quickly retrieve the complete 'History' of the top 3 results. In the corresponding medal summary table you can click on a specific year to go to the full results of that year. The right-hand side of the subnavigation links to different 'Statistics' of the World Championship Sprint. The statistics will be updated automatically after every championship.
Results of the 1979 World Championship Sprint Women
| Place | Inzell (FRG) |
| Track | Ludwig Schwabl Stadion |
| Date | 17 - 18 Feb 1979 |
| # | name | 1st 500m | 1st 1000m | 2nd 500m | 2nd 1000m | points | |||||
| 1 | Leah Poulos-Mueller | USA | 0:42.21 | (1) | 1:26.72 | (4) | 0:42.10 | (1) | 1:26.70 | (5) | 171.020 |
| 2 | Beth Heiden | USA | 0:43.33 | (7) | 1:26.09 | (1) | 0:42.73 | (5) | 1:25.61 | (1) | 171.910 |
| 3 | Christa Rothenburger | GDR | 0:42.85 | (3) | 1:26.30 | (3) | 0:42.54 | (2) | 1:26.81 | (7) | 171.945 |
| 4 | Sylvia Albrecht | GDR | 0:42.50 | (2) | 1:26.77 | (5) | 0:42.86 | (7) | 1:26.45 | (4) | 171.970 |
| 5 | Sylvia Burka | CAN | 0:43.44 | (10) | 1:26.87 | (7) | 0:42.81 | (6) | 1:26.02 | (2) | 172.695 |
| 6 | Tatyana Barabash-Averina | URS | 0:43.40 | (9) | 1:26.27 | (2) | 0:42.91 | (9) | 1:26.80 | (6) | 172.845 |
| 7 | Erwina Ryś-Ferens | POL | 0:43.58 | (11) | 1:26.85 | (6) | 0:42.88 | (8) | 1:27.23 | (9) | 173.500 |
| 8 | Bjørg Eva Jensen | NOR | 0:44.01 | (17) | 1:28.21 | (13) | 0:43.08 | (11) | 1:26.26 | (3) | 174.325 |
| 9 | Monika Holzner-Pflug | FRG | 0:43.08 | (6) | 1:27.69 | (10) | 0:43.22 | (14) | 1:28.36 | (15) | 174.325 |
| 10 | Sylvia Brunner | SUI | 0:42.95 | (5) | 1:28.50 | (16) | 0:43.13 | (13) | 1:28.61 | (18) | 174.635 |
| 11 | Kim Kostron | USA | 0:44.43 | (20) | 1:27.28 | (9) | 0:43.47 | (17) | 1:26.90 | (8) | 174.990 |
| 12 | Ann-Sofie Järnström | SWE | 0:44.04 | (18) | 1:29.17 | (20) | 0:42.67 | (3) | 1:28.84 | (19) | 175.715 |
| 13 | Sijtje van der Lende | NED | 0:44.46 | (22) | 1:27.10 | (8) | 0:44.01 | (22) | 1:27.43 | (11) | 175.735 |
| 14 | Makiko Nagaya | JPN | 0:43.64 | (12) | 1:28.51 | (17) | 0:43.12 | (12) | 1:30.02 | (25) | 176.025 |
| 15 | Lyubov Sadchikova | URS | 0:42.88 | (4) | 1:32.79 | (30) | 0:42.70 | (4) | 1:28.19 | (14) | 176.070 |
| 16 | Brenda Webster | CAN | 0:43.97 | (15) | 1:28.11 | (12) | 0:44.04 | (23) | 1:28.91 | (21) | 176.520 |
| 17 | Lee Nam-sun | KOR | 0:43.73 | (13) | 1:29.51 | (22) | 0:43.35 | (15) | 1:29.74 | (23) | 176.705 |
| 18 | Ina Steenbruggen | NED | 0:43.97 | (16) | 1:28.68 | (19) | 0:44.66 | (29) | 1:28.44 | (17) | 177.190 |
| 19 | Cindy Seikkula | USA | 0:45.06 | (26) | 1:28.22 | (14) | 0:44.39 | (27) | 1:27.34 | (10) | 177.230 |
| 20 | Yuko Ota | JPN | 0:44.60 | (23) | 1:28.26 | (15) | 0:44.63 | (28) | 1:28.18 | (13) | 177.450 |
| 21 | Sylvia Filipsson | SWE | 0:44.85 | (25) | 1:29.67 | (24) | 0:43.88 | (20) | 1:28.88 | (20) | 178.005 |
| 22 | Sophie Westenbroek | NED | 0:45.54 | (28) | 1:28.67 | (18) | 0:43.81 | (18) | 1:29.56 | (22) | 178.465 |
| 23 | Ewa Białkowska | POL | 0:44.44 | (21) | 1:30.21 | (26) | 0:43.99 | (21) | 1:30.53 | (27) | 178.800 |
| 24 | Ann-Mari Tollefsen | NOR | 0:44.10 | (19) | 1:29.32 | (21) | 0:44.17 | (24) | 1:31.78 | (29) | 178.820 |
| 25 | Annette Karlsson | SWE | 0:44.77 | (24) | 1:29.53 | (23) | 0:44.37 | (26) | 1:29.97 | (24) | 178.890 |
| 26 | Wang Limei | CHN | 0:45.29 | (27) | 1:32.66 | (29) | 0:45.72 | (30) | 1:34.76 | (31) | 184.720 |
| 27 | Haitske Valentijn-Pijlman | NED | 0:43.94 | (14) | 1:47.17 | (31f) | 0:43.03 | (10) | 1:28.36 | (16) | 184.735 |
| 28 | Dolores Lier | SUI | 0:45.68 | (29) | 1:32.36 | (27) | 0:45.98 | (31) | 1:34.00 | (30) | 184.840 |
| 29 | Kathy Vogt | CAN | 0:43.39 | (8) | 1:50.55 | (32f) | 0:43.37 | (16) | 1:28.15 | (12) | 186.110 |
| 30 | Kim Ferran | GBR | 0:46.64 | (30) | 1:32.56 | (28) | 0:47.05 | (32) | 1:36.85 | (32) | 188.395 |
| DQ1 | Pirjo Hyvärinen | FIN | - | (DQ) | 1:30.13 | (25) | 0:44.21 | (25) | 1:31.56 | (28) | - |
| DQ1 | Pat Durnin | CAN | 0:57.73 | (DQf) | 1:27.71 | (11) | 0:43.84 | (19) | 1:30.16 | (26) | - |
| Legenda | |
| f | = fall |
| DQ | = disqualification |
