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1978 World Aquatics ChampionshipsWest BerlinWest Germany




These are the results (medal winners) of the swimming competition at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships held in the city of West Berlin between August 20 and August 28.




Contents






  • 1 Medal table


  • 2 Medal summary


    • 2.1 Men


    • 2.2 Women




  • 3 References





Medal table


  *   Host nation (West Germany)
































































































































Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1
 United States (USA)
 20 12 4 36
2
 Soviet Union (URS)
 4 4 5 13
3
 Australia (AUS)
 2 0 0 2
4
 East Germany (GDR)
 1 7 4 12
5
 West Germany (FRG)*		 1 2 4 7
6
 Canada (CAN)
 1 1 4 6
7
 New Zealand (NZL)
 0 1 0 1

 Norway (NOR)
 0 1 0 1

 Yugoslavia (YUG)
 0 1 0 1
10
 Great Britain (GBR)
 0 0 2 2

 Hungary (HUN)
 0 0 2 2

 Sweden (SWE)
 0 0 2 2
13
 Brazil (BRA)
 0 0 1 1

 Denmark (DEN)
 0 0 1 1
Totals (14 nations) 29 29 29 87

  • Record(*)


Medal summary



Men
















































































































































Event
 Gold
 Silver
 Bronze
100 m freestyle
details
 David McCagg (USA)
 50.24
CR
 Jim Montgomery (USA)
 50.73
 Klaus Steinbach (FRG)
 50.79
200 m freestyle
details
 Bill Forrester (USA)
 1:51.02
CR
 Rowdy Gaines (USA)
 1:51.10
 Sergey Kopliakov (URS)
 1:51.33
400 m freestyle
details
 Vladimir Salnikov (URS)
 3:51.94
CR
 Jeff Float (USA)
 3:53.42
 Bill Forrester (USA)
 3:53.97
1500 m freestyle
details
 Vladimir Salnikov (URS)
 15:03.99
CR
 Borut Petrič (YUG)
 15:20.77
 Bobby Hackett (USA)
 15:23.38
100 m backstroke
details
 Bob Jackson (USA)
 56.36
CR
 Peter Rocca (USA)
 56.69
 Romulo Arantes (BRA)
 58.01
200 m backstroke
details
 Jesse Vassallo (USA)
 2:02.16
 Gary Hurring (NZL)
 2:03.71
 Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN)
 2:03.90
100 m breaststroke
details
 Walter Kusch (FRG)
 1:03.56
CR
 Graham Smith (CAN)
 1:03.60
 Gerald Mörken (FRG)
 1:03.62
200 m breaststroke
details
 Nick Nevid (USA)
 2:18.37
 Arsens Miskarovs (URS)
 2:18.42
 Walter Kusch (FRG)
 2:20.16
100 m butterfly
details
 Joe Bottom (USA)
 54.30
 Greg Jagenburg (USA)
 55.26
 Pär Arvidsson (SWE)
 55.38
200 m butterfly
details
 Mike Bruner (USA)
 1:59.38
CR
 Steve Gregg (USA)
 1:59.80
 Roger Pyttel (GDR)
 2:01.33
200 m individual medley
details
 Graham Smith (CAN)
 2:03.65
WR
 Jesse Vassallo (USA)
 2:04.99
 Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS)
 2:05.29
400 m individual medley
details
 Jesse Vassallo (USA)
 4:20.05
WR
 Sergey Fesenko (URS)
 4:22.29
 András Hargitay (HUN)
 4:27.04
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
details
 United States (USA)
Jack Babashoff
Rowdy Gaines
Jim Montgomery
David McCagg
 3:19.74
WR
 West Germany (FRG)
Andreas Schmidt
Ulrich Temps
Peter Knust
Klaus Steinbach
 3:26.65
 Sweden (SWE)
Per Holmertz
Dan Larsson
Per-Ola Quist
Per-Alvar Magnusson
 3:26.95
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
details
 United States (USA)
Bruce Furniss
Bill Forrester
Bobby Hackett
Rowdy Gaines
 7:20.82
WR
 Soviet Union (URS)
Sergey Rusin
Andrey Krylov
Vladimir Salnikov
Sergey Kopliakov
 7:28.41
 West Germany (FRG)
Andreas Schmidt
Peter Knust
Karsken Lippmann
Frank Wennmann
 7:33.29
4 × 100 m medley relay
details
 United States (USA)
Bob Jackson
Nick Nevid
Joe Bottom
David McCagg
 3:44.63
CR
 West Germany (FRG)
Klaus Steinbach
Walter Kusch
Michael Kraus
Andreas Schmidt
 3:48.58
 Great Britain (GBR)
Gary Abraham
Duncan Goodhew
John Mills
Martin Smith
 3:49.06

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record



Women







































































































































Event
 Gold
 Silver
 Bronze
100 m freestyle
details
 Barbara Krause (GDR)
 55.68
CR
 Lene Jenssen (NOR)
 56.82
 Larisa Tsaryova (URS)
 56.85
200 m freestyle
details
 Cynthia Woodhead (USA)
 1:58.53
WR
 Barbara Krause (GDR)
 1:59.78
 Larisa Tsaryova (URS)
 2:01.76
400 m freestyle
details
 Tracey Wickham (AUS)
 4:06.28
WR
 Cynthia Woodhead (USA)
 4:07.15
 Kim Linehan (USA)
 4:07.73
800 m freestyle
details
 Tracey Wickham (AUS)
 8:24.94
CR
 Cynthia Woodhead (USA)
 8:29.35
 Kim Linehan (USA)
 8:32.60
100 m backstroke
details
 Linda Jezek (USA)
 1:02.55
CR
 Birgit Treiber (GDR)
 1:03.18
 Cheryl Gibson (CAN)
 1:03.43
200 m backstroke
details
 Linda Jezek (USA)
 2:11.93
WR
 Birgit Treiber (GDR)
 2:14.07
 Cheryl Gibson (CAN)
 2:14.23
100 m breaststroke
details
 Yuliya Bogdanova (URS)
 1:10.31
WR
 Tracy Caulkins (USA)
 1:10.77
 Margaret Kelly (GBR)
 1:11.99
200 m breaststroke
details
 Lina Kačiušytė (URS)
 2:31.42
WR
 Yuliya Bogdanova (URS)
 2:32.69
 Susanne Nielsson (DEN)
 2:33.60
100 m butterfly
details
 Joan Pennington (USA)
 1:00.20
CR
 Andrea Pollack (GDR)
 1:00.26
 Wendy Quirk (CAN)
 1:01.82
200 m butterfly
details
 Tracy Caulkins (USA)
 2:09.87
WR
 Nancy Hogshead (USA)
 2:11.30
 Andrea Pollack (GDR)
 2:12.63
200 m individual medley
details
 Tracy Caulkins (USA)
 2:14.07
WR
 Joan Pennington (USA)
 2:14.98
 Ulrike Tauber (GDR)
 2:15.99
400 m individual medley
details
 Tracy Caulkins (USA)
 4:40.83
WR
 Ulrike Tauber (GDR)
 4:47.52
 Petra Schneider (GDR)
 4:48.56
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
details
 United States (USA)
Tracy Caulkins
Stephanie Elkins
Jill Sterkel
Cynthia Woodhead
 3:43.43
WR
 East Germany (GDR)
Heike Witt
Caren Metschuck
Barbara Krause
Petra Priemer
 3:47.37
 Canada (CAN)
Gail Amundrud
Nancy Garapick
Sue Sloan
Wendy Quirk
 3:49.59
4 × 100 m medley relay
details
 United States (USA)
Linda Jezek
Tracy Caulkins
Joan Pennington
Cynthia Woodhead
 4:08.21
CR
 East Germany (GDR)
Birgit Treiber
Ramona Reinke
Andrea Pollack
Barbara Krause
 4:09.13
 Soviet Union (URS)
Elena Kruglova
Yuliya Bogdanova
Irina Aksenova
Larisa Tsaryova
 4:14.91

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record



References



  • 1978 World Aquatics Championships-results

  • HistoFINA Men


  • HistoFINA Women[permanent dead link]








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