1978 World Aquatics Championships

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The 1978 World Aquatics Championships took place in the free city of West Berlin between August 20 and August 28, 1978.

Medals table

Place Nation 1st 2nd 3rd Total
1  United States 23 14 7 44*
2  Soviet Union 6 4 6 16
3  Canada 3 1 5 9
4  Australia 2 0 0 2
5  East Germany 1 10 4 15
6  West Germany 1 2 4 7
7  Italy 1 0 1 2
8  Japan 0 2 1 3
9  Hungary 0 1 2 3
10  Yugoslavia 0 1 1 2
11  Norway 0 1 0 1
 New Zealand 0 1 0 1
13  Great Britain 0 0 2 2
 Sweden 0 0 2 2
15  Brazil 0 0 1 1
 Denmark 0 0 1 1
Total 37 37 37 111
  • Record(*)

Results

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships
Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard  Phil Boggs (USA)  Falk Hoffmann (GDR)  Giorgio Cagnotto (ITA)
10 m platform  Greg Louganis (USA)  Falk Hoffmann (GDR)  Vladimir Aleynik (URS)
Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard  Irina Kalinina (URS)  Cynthia Potter (USA)  Jennifer Chandler (USA)
10 m platform  Irina Kalinina (URS)  Martina Jäschke (GDR)  Melissa Briley (USA)

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships
Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle  David McCagg (USA)  Jim Montgomery (USA)  Klaus Steinbach (FRG)
200 m freestyle  Bill Forrester (USA)  Rowdy Gaines (USA)  Sergey Kopliakov (URS)
400 m freestyle  Vladimir Salnikov (URS)  Jeff Float (USA)  Bill Forrester (USA)
1500 m freestyle  Vladimir Salnikov (URS)  Borut Petrič (YUG)  Bobby Hackett (USA)
100 m backstroke  Bob Jackson (USA)  Peter Rocca (USA)  Romulo Arantes (BRA)
200 m backstroke  Jesse Vassallo (USA)  Gary Hurring (NZL)  Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN)
100 m breaststroke  Walter Kusch (FRG)  Graham Smith (CAN)  Gerald Mörken (FRG)
200 m breaststroke  Nick Nevid (USA)  Arsens Miskarovs (URS)  Walter Kusch (FRG)
100 m butterfly  Joe Bottom (USA)  Greg Jagenburg (USA)  Pär Arvidsson (SWE)
200 m butterfly  Mike Bruner (USA)  Steve Gregg (USA)  Roger Pyttel (GDR)
200 m individual medley  Graham Smith (CAN)  Jesse Vassallo (USA)  Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS)
400 m individual medley  Jesse Vassallo (USA)  Sergey Fesenko (URS)  András Hargitay (HUN)
4×100 m freestyle relay  United States (USA)
Jack Babashoff
Rowdy Gaines
Jim Montgomery
David McCagg		  West Germany (FRG)
Andreas Schmidt
Ulrich Temps
Peter Knust
Klaus Steinbach		  Sweden (SWE)
Per Holmertz
Dan Larsson
Per-Ola Quist
Per-Alvar Magnusson
4×200 m freestyle relay  United States (USA)
Bruce Furniss
Bill Forrester
Bobby Hackett
Rowdy Gaines		  Soviet Union (URS)
Sergey Rusin
Andrey Krylov
Vladimir Salnikov
Sergey Kopliakov		  West Germany (FRG)
Andreas Schmidt
Peter Knust
Karsken Lippmann
Frank Wennmann
4×100 m medley relay  United States (USA)
Bob Jackson
Nick Nevid
Joe Bottom
David McCagg		  West Germany (FRG)
Klaus Steinbach
Walter Kusch
Michael Kraus
Andreas Schmidt		  Great Britain (GBR)
Gary Abraham
Duncan Goodhew
John Mills
Martin Smith
Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle  Barbara Krause (GDR)  Lene Jenssen (NOR)  Larisa Tsaryova (URS)
200 m freestyle  Cynthia Woodhead (USA)  Barbara Krause (GDR)  Larisa Tsaryova (URS)
400 m freestyle  Tracey Wickham (AUS)  Cynthia Woodhead (USA)  Kim Linehan (USA)
800 m freestyle  Tracey Wickham (AUS)  Cynthia Woodhead (USA)  Kim Linehan (USA)
100 m backstroke  Linda Jezek (USA)  Birgit Treiber (GDR)  Cheryl Gibson (CAN)
200 m backstroke  Linda Jezek (USA)  Birgit Treiber (GDR)  Cheryl Gibson (CAN)
100 m breaststroke  Yuliya Bogdanova (URS)  Tracy Caulkins (USA)  Margaret Kelly (GBR)
200 m breaststroke  Lina Kačiušytė (URS)  Yuliya Bogdanova (URS)  Susanne Nielsson (DEN)
100 m butterfly  Joan Pennington (USA)  Andrea Pollack (GDR)  Wendy Quirk (CAN)
200 m butterfly  Tracy Caulkins (USA)  Nancy Hogshead (USA)  Andrea Pollack (GDR)
200 m individual medley  Tracy Caulkins (USA)  Joan Pennington (USA)  Ulrike Tauber (GDR)
400 m individual medley  Tracy Caulkins (USA)  Ulrike Tauber (GDR)  Petra Schneider (GDR)
4×100 m freestyle relay  United States (USA)
Tracy Caulkins
Stephanie Elkins
Jill Sterkel
Cynthia Woodhead		  East Germany (GDR)
Heike Witt
Caren Metschuck
Barbara Krause
Petra Priemer		  Canada (CAN)
Gail Amundrud
Nancy Garapick
Sue Sloan
Wendy Quirk
4×100 m medley relay  United States (USA)
Linda Jezek
Tracy Caulkins
Joan Pennington
Cynthia Woodhead		  East Germany (GDR)
Birgit Treiber
Ramona Reinke
Andrea Pollack
Barbara Krause		  Soviet Union (URS)
Elena Kruglova
Yuliya Bogdanova
Irina Aksenova
Larisa Tsaryova

Synchronised swimming

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Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Solo routine  Helen Vanderburg (CAN)  Pam Tryon (USA)  Yasuko Unezaki (JPN)
Duet routine  Michelle Calkins (CAN)
 Helen Vanderburg (CAN)		  Masako Fujiwara (JPN)
 Yasuko Fujiwara (JPN)		  Michele Barone (USA)
 Pam Tryon (USA)
Team routine  United States (USA)  Japan (JPN)  Canada (CAN)

Water polo

Men

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Main article: Water polo at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team  Italy  Hungary  Yugoslavia

External links

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