The FIL World Luge Championships 1979 took place in Königssee, West Germany for a record fourth time. Königssee had hosted the event previously in 1969, 1970, and 1974. The track also hosted the bobsleigh world championships that same year, the first time that had ever happened in both bobsleigh and luge in a non-Winter Olympic year (Igls hosted both bobsleigh and luge events at the 1976 games held in neighboring Innsbruck.).
Men's singles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Detlef Günther (GDR)
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| Silver |  Karl Brunner (ITA)
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| Bronze | Paul Hildgartner (ITA)
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Women's singles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Melitta Sollmann (GDR)
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| Silver |  Elisabeth Demleitner (GER)
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| Bronze | Marie-Luise Rainer (ITA)
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Men's doubles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | West Germany (Hans Brandner, Balthasar Schwarm)
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| Silver | East Germany (Hans Rinn, Norbert Hahn)
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| Bronze | West Germany (Anton Winkler, Franz Wembacher)
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Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |