1978 World Aquatics Championships




A German stamp dedicated to the 1978 World Aquatics Championships


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




Contents





  • 1 Medal table


  • 2 Results

    • 2.1 Diving


    • 2.2 Swimming


    • 2.3 Synchronised swimming


    • 2.4 Water polo



  • 3 External links




Medal table










































































































Place
Nation

1st, gold medalist(s)

2nd, silver medalist(s)

3rd, bronze medalist(s)
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



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



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



















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









Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Team

 Italy

 Hungary

 Yugoslavia


External links


  • FINA Official Website

  • World Swimming Championship Results

  • 1978 World Aquatics Championships Results








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