| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
 AustraliaCoach: Wilma Shakespear |
 New ZealandCoach: Lois Muir |
 Trinidad and TobagoCoach: Lystra Lewis |
| Sharon Burton Margaret Caldow (c) Betty Carroll Gail Dorrington Julie Francou Terese Kennedy Pam Redmond Anne Sargeant Gaye Teede Yvonne Waters |
Maxine Blomquist Ruth Fathers Margaret Forsyth Lyn Parker (c) Janice Henderson Margharet Kamana Geane Katae Leigh Mills Millie Munro Christine Pietzner Lynn Proudlove Yvonne Willering |
Sherril Peters (c) Althea Luces Jennifer Williams Jean Pierre Peggy Castanada Cyrenia Charles Ingrid Blackman Angela Burke Browne Veryl A Kretschmar Heather Charleau Marcia Simsoy Frank Jennifer Nurse |
- Notes
- ^1 Australia, New Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago were actually declared the joint winners. The tournament had no tie-break criteria. For the purposes of this table, goal average was used to decide the order of teams.
Source:[1]
- ^ "Women Netball V World Championship 1979 Port of Spain". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 26 February 2020.