The 1979 World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles was the 35th edition of the men's doubles championship. ^{[1] [2]} Dragutin Šurbek and Antun Stipančić won the title after defeating István Jónyer and Tibor Klampár in the final by three sets to nil.^[3]

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	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Guo Yuehua Liang Geliang	21	21	21
		Danny Seemiller Ricky Seemiller	6	17	7						Guo Yuehua Liang Geliang	19	21	21	19	21
		Jacques Secrétin Patrick Birocheau	19	21	21	21					Secrétin Birocheau	21	17	18	21	16
		Josef Dvořáček Jindřich Panský	21	9	11	7														Guo Yuehua Liang Geliang	14	21	12	12
		Jochen Leiss Peter Stellwag	17	21	21	21														Klampár Jónyer	21	18	21	21
		Simion Crișan Șerban Doboși	21	10	12	15					Leiss Stellwag	21	11	17	18
		Tibor Klampár István Jónyer	21	21	21	24					Klampár Jónyer	17	21	21	21
		Desmond Douglas Nicky Jarvis	18	17	16	22																							Klampár Jónyer	18	20	16
		Dragutin Šurbek Antun Stipančić	21	21	21																								Stipančić Šurbek	21	22	21
		Kim Do Won U Yong Chol	17	9	3						Stipančić Šurbek	21	21	21
		Christian Martin Tibor Kreisz	21	18	21	23					Kreisz Martin	16	13	12
		Hideo Goto Norio Takashima	13	21	18	21														Stipančić Šurbek	21	30	22
		Milan Orlowski Gábor Gergely	22	19	25	8	21													Li Zhenshi Wang Huiyuan	18	28	20
		Ryszard Czochanski Andrzej Grubba	20	21	23	21	23				Czochanski Grubba	21	12	8	10
		Li Zhenshi Wang Huiyuan	21	21	21						Li Zhenshi Wang Huiyuan	14	21	21	21
		Engelbert Hüging Igor Solopov	12	13	11

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists