World Swimming Championships 1978

3rd Swimming World Championships, game season
Host location	West Berlin
Host country	Germany
Beginning	20th August 1978
The End	August 28, 1978
Venues	Berlin Olympic Swimming Stadium , Berlin
Disciplines	Swimming , water polo , water jumping , synchronized swimming
Number of athletes	828
← 1975 Cali	1982 Guayaquil →
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Medal table after 32 of 37 decisions only pool and synchronized swimming WITHOUT diving and water polo
Pl.	country				total
1	United States	21st	13	5	39
2	Soviet Union	4th	4th	5	13
3	Canada	3	1	5	9
4th	Australia	2	-	-	2
5	GDR	1	7th	4th	12
6th	BR Germany	1	2	4th	7th
7th	Japan	-	2	1	3
8th	Yugoslavia	-	1	-	1
8th	Norway	-	1	-	1
8th	New Zealand	-	1	-	1
11	Sweden	-	-	2	2
11	Hungary	-	-	2	2
11	Great Britain	-	-	2	2
14th	Brazil	-	-	1	1
14th	Denmark	-	-	1	1
total		32	32	32	96

Special postage stamp for the 1978 Swimming World Cup of the Deutsche Bundespost, West Berlin, 1978

The 3rd World Swimming Championships took place from August 20th to 28th, 1978 in the city of West Berlin , Federal Republic of Germany . The venue was the Olympic swimming stadium .

Swimming men

Freestyle

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	David McCagg	50.24
2	United States	James Montgomery	50.73
3	BR Germany	Klaus Steinbach	50.79

200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Bill Forrester	1: 51.02
2	United States	Rowdy Gaines	1: 51.10
3	Soviet Union	Sergei Koplyakov	1: 51.33

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	Soviet Union	Vladimir Salnikov	3: 51.94
2	United States	Jeff Float	3: 53.42
3	United States	Bill Forrester	3: 53.97

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	Soviet Union	Vladimir Salnikov	15: 03.99
2	Yugoslavia	Borut Petrič	15: 20.77
3	United States	Bobby Hackett	15:23:38

butterfly

100 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Joe Bottom	54.30
2	United States	Greg Jagenburg	55.26
3	Sweden	Par Arvidsson	55.38

200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Mike Bruner	1: 59.38
2	United States	Steven Gregg	1: 59.80
3	German Democratic Republic	Roger Pyttel	2: 01.33

move

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Bob Jackson	56.36
2	United States	Peter Rocca	56.69
3	Brazil	Romulo Arantes	58.01

200 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Jesse Vassallo	2: 02.16
2	New Zealand	Gary Hurring	2: 03.71
3	Hungary	Zoltán Verrasztó	2: 03.90

chest

100 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	BR Germany	Walter Kusch	1: 03.56
2	Canada	Graham Smith	1: 03.60
3	BR Germany	Gerald Mörken	1: 03.62

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Nick Nevid	2: 18.37
2	Soviet Union	Arsen Miskarov	2: 18.42
3	BR Germany	Walter Kusch	2: 20.16

Locations

200 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	Canada	Graham Smith	2: 03.65
2	United States	Jesse Vassallo	2: 04.99
3	Soviet Union	Olexandr Sidorenko	2: 05.29

400 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Jesse Vassallo	4: 20.05
2	Soviet Union	Sergei Fesenko	4: 22.29
3	Hungary	András Hargitay	4: 04/27

Season

Relay 4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Jack Babashoff Rowdy Gaines James Montgomery David McCagg	3: 19.74
2	BR Germany	Andreas Schmidt Ulrich Temps Peter Knust Klaus Steinbach	3: 26.65
3	Sweden	Per Holmertz Dan Larsson Per-Ola Quist Per-Alvar Magnusson	3: 26.95

Relay 4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Bruce Furniss Bill Forrester Bobby Hackett Rowdy Gaines	7: 20.82
2	Soviet Union	Sergei Russian Andrei Krylow Vladimir Salnikow Sergei Kopljakow	7: 28.51
3	BR Germany	Andreas Schmidt Peter Knust Karsten Lippmann Frank Wennmann	7: 33.29

Relay 4 × 100 m layers

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Bob Jackson Nick Nevid Joe Bottom David McCagg	3: 44.63
2	BR Germany	Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Michael Kraus Andreas Schmidt	3: 48.58
3	United Kingdom	Gary Abraham Duncan Goodhew John Mills Martin Smith	3: 49.06

Swimming women

Freestyle

100 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Barbara Krause	55.68
2	Norway	Lene Jenssen	56.82
3	Soviet Union	Larisa Tserewa	56.85

200 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Cynthia Woodhead	1: 58.53
2	German Democratic Republic	Barbara Krause	1: 59.78
3	Soviet Union	Larisa Tserewa	2: 01.76

400 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Australia	Tracey Wickham	4: 06.28
2	United States	Cynthia Woodhead	4: 07.15
3	United States	Kim Linehan	4: 07.73

800 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Australia	Tracey Wickham	8: 24.94
2	United States	Cynthia Woodhead	8: 29.35
3	United States	Kim Linehan	8: 32.60

butterfly

100 m butterfly

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Joan Pennington	1: 00.20
2	German Democratic Republic	Andrea Pollack	1: 00.26
3	Canada	Wendy Quirk	1: 01.82

200 m butterfly

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Tracy Caulkins	2: 09.87
2	United States	Nancy Hogshead	2: 11.30
3	German Democratic Republic	Andrea Pollack	2: 12.63

move

100 m back

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Linda Jezek	1: 02.55
2	German Democratic Republic	Birgit driver	1: 03.18
3	Canada	Cheryl Gibson	1: 03.43

200 m back

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Linda Jezek	2: 11.93
2	German Democratic Republic	Birgit driver	2: 07/14
3	Canada	Cheryl Gibson	2: 14.23

chest

100 m chest

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Soviet Union	Julia Bogdanova	1: 10.31
2	United States	Tracy Caulkins	1: 10.77
3	United Kingdom	Margaret Kelly	1: 11.99

200 m chest

space	country	Athlete	time
1	Soviet Union	Lina Kačiušytė	2: 31.42
2	Soviet Union	Julia Bogdanova	2: 32.69
3	Denmark	Susanne Nielsson	2: 33.60

Locations

200 m layers

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Tracy Caulkins	2: 07/14
2	United States	Joan Pennington	2: 14.98
3	German Democratic Republic	Ulrike Tauber	2: 15.99

400 m layers

space	country	Athlete	time
1	United States	Tracy Caulkins	4: 40.83
2	German Democratic Republic	Ulrike Tauber	4: 47.52
3	German Democratic Republic	Petra Schneider	4: 48.56

Season

Relay 4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Tracy Caulkins Stephanie Elkins Jill Sterkel Cynthia Woodhead	3: 43.43
2	German Democratic Republic	Heike Witt Caren Metschuck Barbara Krause Petra Priemer	3: 47.37
3	Canada	Gail Amundrud Nancy Garapick Sue Sloan Wendy Quirk	3: 49.59

Relay 4 × 100 m layers

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Linda Jezek Tracy Caulkins Joan Pennington Cynthia Woodhead	4: 08.21
2	German Democratic Republic	Birgit driver Ramona Reinke Andrea Pollack Barbara Krause	4: 09.13
3	Soviet Union	Elena Kruglowa Julia Bogdanova Irina Aksenova Larisa Tserewa	4: 14.91

Synchronized swimming

solo

space	country	Athlete
1	CAN	Helen Vanderburg
2	United States	Pamela Tyron
3	JPN	Yasuko Unezaki

duet

space	country	Athletes
1	CAN	Robin Curren Amanda Norish
2	JPN	Masako Fujiwara Yasuko Fujiwara
3	United States	Pamela Tyron Michele Barone

team

space	country	Athletes
1	United States	Michele Beaulieu Gerri Blandet Tami Allen Michele Barone Pamela Tyron Jane Goepringer Erin Barr Linda Shelley
2	JPN
3	CAN

Diving

Jumping men

Phil Boggs won his third consecutive world title.

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Phil Boggs
2	GDR	Falk Hoffmann
3	ITA	Giorgio Cagnotto

Diving men

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Greg Louganis
2	GDR	Falk Hoffmann
3	URS	Uladsimir Alejnik

Art jumping women

Irina Kalinina successfully defended her 1975 title.

space	country	Athlete
1	URS	Irina Kalinina
2	United States	Cynthia Potter
3	United States	Jennifer Chandler

High diving women

space	country	Athlete
1	URS	Irina Kalinina
2	GDR	Martina Jäschke
3	United States	Melissa Briley

Water polo

space	country	Athletes
1	ITA	Alberto Alberani , Silvio Baracchini , Romeo Collina , Gianni De Magistris , Massimo Fondelli , Marco Galli , Sante Marsili , Alessandro Ghibellini , Paolo Ragosa , Mario Scotti-Galletta , Rolando Simeoni
2	HUN
3	YUG

literature

• Karl Adolf Scherer : Chronicle Handbook. Sports history in numbers. Chronik Verlag, Gütersloh 1997. ISBN 3-577-14518-8

Web links

• Swimming world championships men at sport-komplett.de
• Swimming World Championships women at sport-komplett.de
• World Championships in synchronized swimming at sport-komplett.de
• World diving championships for men at sport-komplett.de
• World diving championships for women at sport-komplett.de
• World championships in water polo at sport-komplett.de