4th Hot Air Balloon World Championship 1979

4nd Hot Air Balloon World Championship 1979
Uppsala, Sweden
January 3 - 10, 1979

Director: John Grubbstrőm/SWE
33 Pilots, 6 Tasks

Task 1	Judge Declared Goal	Task 4	Fly In
Task 2	Judge Declared Goal + Fly On	Task 5	Hesitation Walz
Task 3	Judge Declared Goal	Task 6	Pilot Declared Goal + Fly On

FINAL RESULTS

Rank	NAME, First Name	NAC	Total	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Task 4	Task 5	Task 6
1	WOESSNER, Paul	USA	5,274	789	981	586	1,000	1,000	918
2	CUTTER, Sid	USA	5,202	877	951	818	788	813	955
3	ROUX DEVILLAS, Olivier	FRA	4,888	967	457	1000	618	851	995
4	DORMAN, Alan	GBR	3,859	506	988	544	972	849	958
5	STIESZ, Christian	FRA	4,737	740	500	608	948	941	1,000
6	COMSTOCK, Bruce	USA	4,544	1,000	953	601	924	695	371
7	GUNNARSSON, Bengt	SWE	4,382	589	843	782	851	917	400
8	COLTING, Hakan	SWE	4,209	815	708	805	170	872	839
9	STARKBAUM, Josef	AUT	4,098	769	875	598	457	742	657
10	TERRIN, Patrice	FRA	4,044	489	928	86	753	872	916
11	KIRBY, Chris	GBR	3,938	343	1,000	500	756	558	781
12	BENNING, Karl-Heinz	GER	3,910	943	400	646	895	486	540
13	BREU, Reinhardt	GER	3,877	371	371	527	839	813	956
14	HORACK, Larry	CAN	3,542	457	486	638	918	286	757
15	MICHAUD, Del	CAN	3,320	693	100	143	966	579	839
16	CARTER, Harold	CAN	3,222	400	628	429	500	808	457
17	DE BRUIJN, Mathijs	NED	3,172	962	667	167	429	690	257
18	FITGER, Peter	SWE	2,809	683	314	516	567	500	229
19	WOLSTENHOLME, Colin	GBR	2,763	286	991	286	371	343	486
20	MAKNE, Stefan	POL	2,448	214	918	530	-143	429	500
21	ADAMS, John	CAN	2,326	503	100	171	343	229	980
22	HOFFMANN, Jurgen	GER	2,304	171	590	314	400	400	429
23	OHIWA, Masakasu "Maco"	JPN	2,021	486	286	114	286	257	592
24	MORI, Haruki	JPN	1,943	314	429	57	486	314	343
25	PAAMAND, Kai	DEN	1,807	214	200	229	314	832	18
26	WATSON, William	AUS	1,803	875	257	257	143	457	-186
27	ICHIYOSHI, Saburo	JPN	1,777	429	597	-100	851	No Start	No Start
28	GUNDERSEN, Tor	NOR	1,433	500	179	640	114	No Start	No Start
29	PORATI, Piero	ITA	1,361	-57	100	457	861	No Start	No Start
30	ESHOO, Frederick	IRA	1,242	257	343	371	200	71	DQ
31	ZOET, Hans	NED	1,234	No Start	805	200	229	No Start	No Start
32	WOOLLETT, Wilf	IRE	1,079	114	100	343	86	200	236
33	HAUGH, Kevin	IRE	914	86	171	486	No Start	171	0

ranking by nations
rank	NAC	average
1	USA	834.4
2	FRA	759.4
3	AUT	683.0
4	SWE	633.3
5	GBR	586.7
6	GER	560.6
7	CAN	517.1
8	POL	408.0
9	NED	367.2
10	JPN	318.9
11	DEN	301.2
12	AUS	300.5
13	NOR	238.8
14	ITA	226.8
15	IRA	207.0
16	IRE	166.1