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Route ran on open roads, totalling 5,622 km with 50 controls.
| 75th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 12 of 12 |
| Official name: | Cote du Ivoire Rallye Bandama |
| Edition: | 11th |
| Date: | from Sunday 9-Dec-1979 to Friday 14-Dec-1979 |
| Surface: | Tarmac/gravel |
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| Entries: | 67 | |
| Starters: | 57 | |
| Finishers: | 8 | (14.0% of starters) |
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| Stages: | no stages | |
| Planned stage distance: | 5,622.00 | km | (100.0% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 5,622.00 | km | (100.0% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 0.00 | km |
| Total distance: | 5,622.00 | km |
| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 8th win and 15th podium for Hannu Mikkola. |
| Second place was 21st podium for Bjorn Waldegard. |
| Third place was 2nd podium for Andrew Cowan. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 1st win and triple win were 2nd to 4th podiums for Mercedes Benz. |
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