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Facts
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 65th WRC rally 
 Round of season: 2 of 12 
 Official name: International Swedish Rally 
 Edition: 29th 
 Date: from Friday 16-Feb-1979 to Sunday 18-Feb-1979 
 Surface: Snow 
 
 Entries: 113  
 Starters: 113  
 Finishers: 39 (34.5% of starters) 
 
 Stages: 38 
 Shortest: 3.00km(SS20 Farjestads hippodrome)
 Longest: 58.60km(SS24 Haljebyn - Stomme 2)
 Slowest: 48.16km/h(SS2 Bysjon 1)
 Fastest: 112.98km/h(SS19 Torsked - Molnbacka 1)
 Planned stage distance: 630.00km(43.6% of total distance)
 Actual stage distance: 630.00km(43.6% of total distance)
 Road section distance: 815.00km
 Total distance: 1,445.00km
Milestones
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 DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS 
    Win was 3rd win and 7th podium for Stig Blomqvist.
 Second place was 16th podium for Bjorn Waldegard. 
 Third place was 3rd podium for Pentti Airikkala. 
 MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS 
    Win was 4th win and 11th podium for Saab.
    Second place was 33rd podium for Ford.
    Third place was 2nd podium for Vauxhall.
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Monte Carlo 1979
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