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| 68th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 5 of 12 |
| Official name: | Acropolis Rally |
| Edition: | 26th |
| Date: | from Monday 28-May-1979 to Thursday 31-May-1979 |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 176 | |
| Starters: | 153 | |
| Finishers: | 20 | (13.1% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 58 | |
| Shortest: | 5.40 | km | (SS44 Sekoulas) |
| Longest: | 44.50 | km | (SS15 Kato Vermion) |
| Slowest: | 52.52 | km/h | (SS53 Koniditsa) |
| Fastest: | 93.29 | km/h | (SS2 Loukissia) |
| Planned stage distance: | 1,006.50 | km | (34.1% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 943.30 | km | (31.9% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 2,011.00 | km |
| Total distance: | 2,954.30 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 8th win and 18th podium for Bjorn Waldegard. |
| Second place was 4th podium for Timo Salonen. |
| Third place was 4th podium for Harry Kallstrom. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 14th win and 36th podium for Ford. |
| | Second and third places were 11th to 12th podiums for Datsun. |
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Waldegard won 30 stages and led practically all the way but his rally was hampered by various difficulties.
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Related links
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Safari 1979
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Motogard 1979
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