
1979 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR
Start: 26 December 1978 from Paris (Trocadéro)
Finish: 14 January 1979 at Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 8 January 1979 at Gao
Length of rally: 10,000 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 3,168 km
Countries crossed:
- France
- Algeria
- Niger
- Mali
- Upper Volta
- Senegal

1980 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR
Start: 1 January 1980 from Paris (Trocadéro)
Finish: 23 January 1980 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 10 January 1980 in Gao
Length of rally: 10,000 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 4,059 km
Countries crossed:
- France
- Algeria
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Upper Volta
- Senegal

1981 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR
Start: 1 January 1981 from Paris (Trocadéro)
Finish: 20 January 1981 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 9 January 1981 at Gao
Length of rally: 6,263 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 3,357 km
Countries crossed:
- France
- Algeria
- Mali
- Upper Volta
- Ivory Coast
- Senegal

1982 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR
Start: 1 January 1982 from Paris (Place de la Concorde)
Finish: 20 January 1982 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 10 January 1982 at Gao
Length of rally: 10,000 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 5,963 km
Countries crossed:
- France
- Algeria
- Mali
- Senegal

1983 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR
Start: 1 January 1983 from Paris (Place de la Concorde)
Finish: 20 January 1983 à Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: No rest day
Length of rally: 12,000 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 5,210 km
Countries crossed:
- France
- Algeria
- Niger
- Upper Volta
- Ivory Coast
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Senegal

1984 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR
Start: 1 January 1984 from Paris (Place de la Concorde)
Finish: 20 January 1984 à Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: No rest day
Length of rally: 12,000 km
Number of kilometers from special : 5,882 km
Countries crossed:
- France
- Algeria
- Niger
- Upper Volta
- Ivory Coast
- Sierra Leone
- Guinea
- Senegal

1985 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR
Start: 1 January 1985 from Versailles (Place d’Armes)
Finish: 22 January 1985 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 12 January 1985 in Agadez
Length of rally: 14,000 km
Number of kilometers of special : 7,470 km
Countries crossed:
- France
- Algeria
- Niger
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Senegal

1986 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR
Start: 1 January 1986 from Versailles (Place d’Armes)
Finish: 22 January 1986 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 13 January 1986 in Niamey
Length of rally: 15,000 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 7,731 km
Countries crossed:
- France
- Algeria
- Niger
- Mali
- Upper Volta
- Senegal

1987 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR
Start: 1 January 1987 from Versailles (Place d’Armes)
Finish: 22 January 1987 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 11 January 1987 in Agadez
Length of rally: 13,000 km
Number of kilometers of special: 8,315 km
Countries crossed:
- France
- Algeria
- Niger
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Senegal

1988 PARIS – ALGIERS – DAKAR
Start: 1 January 1988 from Versailles (Place d’Armes)
Finish: 22 January 1988 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 11 January 1988 in Agadez
Length of rally: 12,874 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 6,605 km
Countries crossed:
- France
- Algeria
- Niger
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Senegal

1989 PARIS – TUNIS – DAKAR
Start: 25 December 1988 from Paris (Porte de Versailles)
Finish: 13 January 1989 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: 3 January 1989 in Agadez
Length of rally: 10,831 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 6,605 km
Countries crossed:
- France
- Tunisia
- Libya
- Niger
- Mali
- Guinea
- Senegal

1990 PARIS – TRIPOLI – DAKAR
Start: 25 December 1989 from Paris
Finish: 16 January 1990 in Dakar (Rose Lake)
Rest: No rest day
Length of rally: 11,420 km
Number of kilometers of specials: 8,564 km
Countries crossed:
- France
- Libya
- Niger
- Chad
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Senegal