1979 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill
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Men's downhill World Cup 1978/1979
Final point standings
In men's downhill World Cup 1978/79 the best 5 results count. Seven racers had a point deduction, which are given in "()" (brackets).
| Place | Name | Country | Total Points | Deduction | 2 |
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| 1 | Peter Müller |  Switzerland |
109 | (6) | - | 20 | 20 | (2) | 20 | - | (4) | 25 | 24 |
| 2 | Peter Wirnsberger | Austria |
89 | (2) | 8 | (2) | 11 | - | - | 20 | 25 | - | 25 |
| 3 | Toni Bürgler | Switzerland |
80 | - | 11 | - | - | 25 | 2 | - | 22 | 20 | |
| 4 | Uli Spieß | Austria |
75 | (2) | - | - | 4 | 15 | - | 15 | 20 | (2) | 21 |
| Ken Read |  Canada |
75 | 25 | - | 15 | - | 15 | 1 | - | - | 19 | ||
| 6 | Leonhard Stock | Austria |
67 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 22 | |
| 7 | Herbert Plank | Italy |
65 | (4) | 11 | (4) | - | 20 | - | 8 | 15 | - | 11 |
| 8 | Werner Grissmann | Austria |
63 | (6) | - | - | - | 6 | 11 | 6 | (6) | 23 | 17 |
| Sepp Ferstl | West Germany |
63 | (1) | (1) | - | - | 3 | - | 25 | 8 | 14 | 13 | |
| 10 | Dave Murray | Canada |
52 | 20 | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | 23 | |
| Steve Podborski | Canada |
52 | (1) | 2 | (1) | - | 25 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 18 | |
| 12 | Erik Håker |  Norway |
41 | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | |
| 13 | Josef Walcher | Austria |
40 | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | |
| 14 | Vladimir Makeev |  Soviet Union |
35 | 15 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | |
| 15 | Urs Räber | Switzerland |
27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 8 | |
| 16 | Philippe Roux | Switzerland |
26 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 18 | - | |
| 17 | Walter Vesti | Switzerland |
25 | - | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | |
| Erwin Josi | Switzerland |
25 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 11 | - | 5 | 4 | ||
| 19 | Franz Klammer | Austria |
23 | - | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | |
| 20 | Reinhard Schmalzl | Italy |
21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | - | |
| Harti Weirather | Austria |
21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 15 | ||
| 22 | Olindo Cozzio | Italy |
20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | |
| 23 | Jean-Marc Muffat | France |
18 | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | 7 | - | |
| Michael Veith | West Germany |
18 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 25 | Bruno Fretz | Switzerland |
17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | - | |
| 26 | Lorenzo Cancian | Italy |
16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | |
| 27 | Karl Anderson |  United States |
15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 12 | |
| 28 | Renato Antonioli | Italy |
14 | - | - | 6 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Erwin Resch | Austria |
14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 3 | ||
| 30 | Hubert Nachbauer | Austria |
13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | |
| 31 | Mike Farny | United States |
12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | |
| 32 | Giuliano Giardini | Italy |
11 | 6 | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | |
| 33 | Anton Steiner | Austria |
10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | - | |
| Hans Kirchgasser | Austria |
10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | ||
| Dave Irwin | Canada |
10 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | ||
| 36 | Johnny Vicari | Italy |
8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | |
| 37 | Andy Mill | United States |
5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | |
| 38 | Sepp Burcher | Switzerland |
4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | |
| 39 | Klaus Happacher | Italy |
3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 40 | Doug Powell | United States |
1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Silvano Meli | Switzerland |
1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| Valeri Tsyganov | Soviet Union |
1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
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