| Event title | |
|---|---|
| Edition | 56th |
| Event details | |
| Venue | Marstrand, Sweden |
| Dates | 1979 |
| Yachts | Star |
| Competitors | |
| Competitors | 156 |
| Competing nations | 17 |
| Results | |
 Gold |  Melges & Josenhans |
 Silver | Buchan & Knight |
 Bronze | Wright & Cozzens |
The 1979 Star World Championships were held in Marstrand, Sweden in 1979.
| Pos | Crew | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Buddy Melges (H) Andreas Josenhans | United States | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | WDR | 35 |
| | Bill Buchan, Jr. (H) Douglas Knight | United States | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 9 | DSQ | 61.7 |
| | Peter Wright (H) Todd Cozzens | United States | 38 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 63.4 |
| 4 | Peter Sundelin (H) Håkan Lindström |  Sweden | 3 | 6 | 26 | 1 | - | 10 | 65.4 |
| 5 | Giorgio Gorla (H) Alfio Peraboni |  Italy | 5 | 4 | 18 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 69.7 |
| 6 | Pelle Petterson (H) Stellan Westerdahl | Sweden | 1 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 71.7 |
| 7 | Eckart Wagner (H) Jorg Moessnang |  West Germany | 7 | 22 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 81 |
| 8 | Valentin Mankin (H) Alexandr Muzychenko |  Soviet Union | 15 | 5 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 83.7 |
| 9 | James M. Schoonmaker (H) Tog Rogers | United States | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 12 | DSQ | 88.7 |
| 10 | Flavio Scala (H) Mauro Testa | Italy | 45 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 38 | 1 | 93.7 |
| 11 | Hubert Raudashl (H) Karl Ferstl |  Austria | 21 | 34 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 94 |
| 12 | Boudewijn Binkhorst (H) Rob Douze |  Netherlands | 9 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 8 | DSQ | 98 |
| 13 | Alexander Hagen (H) Vincent Hoesch | West Germany | 13 | 17 | 31 | 11 | - | 3 | 101.7 |
| 14 | Thomas Lundqvist (H) Håkan Berntsson | Sweden | 23 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 7 | - | 104 |
| 15 | Tom Blackaller (H) Ron Anderson | United States | 51 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 1 | DSQ | 107 |
| 16 | Eduardo de Souza (H) Peter Erzberger |  Brazil | 8 | 38 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 109 |
| 17 | William Gerard (H) Paul Cayard | United States | - | 14 | 15 | 32 | 31 | 2 | 119 |
| 18 | David Forbes (H) Stephen Forbes |  Australia | 26 | 33 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 123 |
| 19 | Stig Wennerström (H) Lennart Roslund | Sweden | 41 | 26 | 43 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 124 |
| 20 | Bengt Larsson (H) Göran Tell | Sweden | 25 | 27 | 61 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 126.7 |
| 21 | Jens Christensen (H) Morten Nielsen |  Denmark | 33 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 29 | 20 | 127 |
| 22 | A. B. Kimball (H) Gunther Haack | United States | 10 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 54 | 25 | 127 |
| 23 | David Howlett (H) John Boyce |  Great Britain | - | 16 | 24 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 135 |
| 24 | John Albrechtson (H) Sture Christensson | Sweden | 42 | 21 | 4 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 136 |
| 25 | Paul Louie (H) Chuck Lawson |  Canada | 20 | 13 | 17 | 39 | 25 | 33 | 138 |
| 26 | Heinz Maurer (H) Peter Herzog |  Switzerland | 28 | 29 | 16 | - | 22 | 17 | 142 |
| 27 | Ben Staartjes (H) Kobus Vandenberg | Netherlands | 27 | 36 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 34 | 150 |
| 28 | Uwe Mares (H) Kid Borowy | West Germany | 31 | 7 | 20 | 47 | 17 | - | 152 |
| 29 | Joachim Griese (H) Jurgen Homeyer | West Germany | 11 | 24 | 38 | 25 | 24 | - | 152 |
| 30 | Uwe von Below (H) Franz Wehofsich | West Germany | 16 | - | 22 | 4 | - | 8 | 157 |
| 31 | Flemming Hansen (H) Niels Andersen | Denmark | 39 | 9 | 28 | - | 27 | 30 | 163 |
| 32 | Tryg Liljestrand (H) Carl Blomquist | United States | 12 | 43 | 13 | 42 | 34 | 32 | 163 |
| 33 | Peter Tallberg (H) Mathias Tallberg |  Finland | 49 | 30 | 33 | 45 | 21 | 14 | 173 |
| 34 | Antonio Gorostegui (H) Victor Gorostegui |  Spain | 29 | 20 | 25 | 51 | 39 | 36 | 179 |
| 35 | Hartmut Voigt (H) Uwe Heinzmann | West Germany | 18 | 44 | - | 31 | 36 | 24 | 183 |
| 36 | Horst Nebel (H) Dieter Wacker | West Germany | 24 | 35 | 65 | 33 | 35 | 27 | 184 |
| 37 | Ortwin Semmerow (H) Rolf Scholtz | West Germany | 36 | 32 | 39 | 20 | 28 | - | 185 |
| 38 | Paul Henderson (H) Bruce Brymer | Canada | 19 | - | - | 21 | 13 | 28 | 190 |
| 39 | Olle Johansson (H) Bengt Andersson | Sweden | 54 | 19 | 41 | - | 26 | 23 | 193 |
| 40 | Johan Schröder (H) Ulf Schröder | Sweden | 47 | 41 | 29 | 63 | 40 | 18 | 205 |
| 41 | Robert McNeil (H) R. Johnson | United States | 22 | - | 14 | - | 47 | 15 | 216 |
| 42 | Barton S. Beek (H) William Munster | United States | 46 | - | - | 28 | 4 | 31 | 216 |
| 43 | Marcello Adorno (H) Daniel Wilcox | Brazil | 14 | 57 | 44 | 37 | 52 | 41 | 218 |
| 44 | Kim Fletcher (H) William Kreysler | United States | 32 | 46 | 40 | - | 59 | 13 | 220 |
| 45 | Albino Fravezzi (H) Oscar Dalvit | Italy | - | 10 | 53 | 34 | 15 | - | 221 |
| 45 | Heinz Nixdorf (H) Josef Pieper | West Germany | 59 | 50 | 30 | 49 | 55 | 12 | 226 |
| 47 | Bengt Hellsten (H) G. Schultz | Sweden | - | 39 | 42 | 29 | 42 | 45 | 227 |
| 48 | Jochen Schwarz (H) Dieter Wuerdig | West Germany | - | 45 | 37 | 44 | 19 | 46 | 231 |
| 49 | Mogens Nielsen (H) Mogens Pedersen | Denmark | 30 | 31 | 50 | 41 | 51 | - | 233 |
| 50 | Alan Warren (H) Robin Pullinger | Great Britain | 17 | 48 | 62 | 24 | 38 | - | 239 |
| 51 | Ludwig Buedel (H) Erwin Pamp | West Germany | 56 | 51 | 47 | 35 | 44 | 42 | 249 |
| 52 | F. Nabuco (H) Jorge Zarif Neto | Brazil | 55 | 47 | 48 | 56 | 43 | 29 | 252 |
| 53 | Stef Scheuregger (H) H. Braun | West Germany | 43 | 52 | 63 | 30 | - | 38 | 256 |
| 54 | Werner Landau (H) Daniel Wyss | Switzerland | 46 | 56 | 46 | 57 | 53 | 37 | 266 |
| 55 | Sune Carlsson (H) Leif Carlsson | Sweden | 58 | 61 | 66 | 43 | 41 | 40 | 275 |
| 56 | Wolfgang Richter (H) Peter Richter | Brazil | 37 | 62 | 60 | 58 | 45 | 47 | 277 |
| 57 | Sven Karlsson (H) Lars Andersson | Sweden | 35 | - | 36 | 55 | 48 | - | 281 |
| 58 | William Parks (H) Warren B. Cozzens | United States | 66 | 37 | 32 | 40 | DNS | DNS | 284 |
| 59 | Josef Steinmayer (H) Bernfried Osterwald | Switzerland | 52 | - | 51 | 66 | 50 | 39 | 288 |
| 60 | Timothy A. Owens (H) Robert Cox | Australia | 40 | 40 | 45 | 49 | - | - | 293 |
| 61 | Dierk Thomsen (H) W. Mehner | West Germany | 65 | 58 | 56 | 53 | 56 | 43 | 296 |
| 62 | Al Strohmayer (H) F. Hehinger | Austria | 62 | 61 | 55 | - | 49 | 44 | 301 |
| 63 | Josef Urban (H) Jochen Peters | Austria | 53 | 42 | 54 | 48 | - | - | 306 |
| 64 | Lars Berg (H) Richard Berg | Sweden | 70 | 66 | 70 | 61 | 46 | 50 | 321 |
| 65 | Peter D. Siemsen (H) Torben Grael | Brazil | 50 | 49 | 49 | 65 | - | - | 322 |
| 66 | Arnold Winkler (H) Francesco Rossi | Switzerland | 36 | 65 | 52 | 69 | - | - | 329 |
| 67 | Fernando Pombo (H) Luis Vina | Spain | 68 | 53 | 58 | 64 | 60 | - | 333 |
| 68 | Francoise Brenac (H) Yves Taylor |  France | - | 60 | - | 50 | 37 | - | 335 |
| 69 | Erwin Joras (H) J. Hain | Netherlands | 71 | 67 | 64 | 67 | 61 | 48 | 337 |
| 70 | Max Juchli (H) Willi Spellbrink | West Germany | 48 | 55 | 57 | 70 | - | - | 339 |
| 71 | Gui. Calegari (H) Alberto Zanetti |  Argentina | 63 | 68 | 69 | - | 62 | 49 | 341 |
| 72 | Horst Loos (H) Georg Beck | West Germany | 69 | 54 | 67 | 68 | 57 | - | 345 |
| 73 | Willy Schlosser (H) B. Juergens | West Germany | 61 | 59 | 59 | 62 | - | - | 350 |
| 74 | Phillip R. Baker (H) Colin Bate | Australia | 64 | 66 | 68 | 44 | - | - | 351 |
| 75 | Lars Engelbert (H) Lars Unger | Sweden | 60 | - | - | 46 | - | - | 373 |
| 76 | Franco de Denaro (H) J. Pezzotti | Italy | 57 | - | - | 52 | - | - | 376 |
| 77 | Harald Wirth (H) R. Herber | Austria | 72 | 69 | - | 71 | 63 | - | 384 |
| 78 | John W. Allen (H) John Ahlquist | United States | 67 | - | - | 60 | - | - | 394 |
Legend:DNS – Did not start;DSQ – Disqualified;WDR – Withdrew;
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