1978 World Aquatics Championships

3rd FINA World Championships
Host cityWest Berlin
DateAugust 20–28, 1978
1978 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Swimming
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
Synchronised swimming
Solowomen
Duetwomen
Teamwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmen

The 1978 World Aquatics Championships took place in the free city of West Berlin between August 20 and August 28, 1978. Women's Water Polo competed as an exhibition sport.

Medal table

Place Nation 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

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

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
Karsten 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

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