Swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships

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.

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (West Germany)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)2012436
2  Soviet Union (URS)44513
3  Australia (AUS)2002
4  East Germany (GDR)17412
5  West Germany (FRG)*1247
6  Canada (CAN)1146
7  New Zealand (NZL)0101
  Norway (NOR)0101
  Yugoslavia (YUG)0101
10  Great Britain (GBR)0022
  Hungary (HUN)0022
  Sweden (SWE)0022
13  Brazil (BRA)0011
  Denmark (DEN)0011
Totals (14 entries)29292987
  • Record(*)

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
  David McCagg (USA) 50.24
CR
  Jim Montgomery (USA) 50.73   Klaus Steinbach (FRG) 50.79
200 m freestyle
  Bill Forrester (USA) 1:51.02
CR
  Rowdy Gaines (USA) 1:51.10   Sergey Kopliakov (URS) 1:51.33
400 m freestyle
  Vladimir Salnikov (URS) 3:51.94
CR
  Jeff Float (USA) 3:53.42   Bill Forrester (USA) 3:53.97
1500 m freestyle
  Vladimir Salnikov (URS) 15:03.99
CR
  Borut Petrič (YUG) 15:20.77   Bobby Hackett (USA) 15:23.38
100 m backstroke
  Bob Jackson (USA) 56.36
CR
  Peter Rocca (USA) 56.69   Romulo Arantes (BRA) 58.01
200 m backstroke
  Jesse Vassallo (USA) 2:02.16   Gary Hurring (NZL) 2:03.71   Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) 2:03.90
100 m breaststroke
  Walter Kusch (FRG) 1:03.56
CR
  Graham Smith (CAN) 1:03.60   Gerald Mörken (FRG) 1:03.62
200 m breaststroke
  Nick Nevid (USA) 2:18.37   Arsens Miskarovs (URS) 2:18.42   Walter Kusch (FRG) 2:20.16
100 m butterfly
  Joe Bottom (USA) 54.30   Greg Jagenburg (USA) 55.26   Pär Arvidsson (SWE) 55.38
200 m butterfly
  Mike Bruner (USA) 1:59.38
CR
  Steve Gregg (USA) 1:59.80   Roger Pyttel (GDR) 2:01.33
200 m individual medley
  Graham Smith (CAN) 2:03.65
WR
  Jesse Vassallo (USA) 2:04.99   Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) 2:05.29
400 m individual medley
  Jesse Vassallo (USA) 4:20.05
WR
  Sergey Fesenko (URS) 4:22.29   András Hargitay (HUN) 4:27.04
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
  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
  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
  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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
  Barbara Krause (GDR) 55.68
CR
  Lene Jenssen (NOR) 56.82   Larisa Tsaryova (URS) 56.85
200 m freestyle
  Cynthia Woodhead (USA) 1:58.53
WR
  Barbara Krause (GDR) 1:59.78   Larisa Tsaryova (URS) 2:01.76
400 m freestyle
  Tracey Wickham (AUS) 4:06.28
WR
  Cynthia Woodhead (USA) 4:07.15   Kim Linehan (USA) 4:07.73
800 m freestyle
  Tracey Wickham (AUS) 8:24.94
CR
  Cynthia Woodhead (USA) 8:29.35   Kim Linehan (USA) 8:32.60
100 m backstroke
  Linda Jezek (USA) 1:02.55
CR
  Birgit Treiber (GDR) 1:03.18   Cheryl Gibson (CAN) 1:03.43
200 m backstroke
  Linda Jezek (USA) 2:11.93
WR
  Birgit Treiber (GDR) 2:14.07   Cheryl Gibson (CAN) 2:14.23
100 m breaststroke
  Yuliya Bogdanova (URS) 1:10.31
WR
  Tracy Caulkins (USA) 1:10.77   Margaret Kelly (GBR) 1:11.99
200 m breaststroke
  Lina Kačiušytė (URS) 2:31.42
WR
  Yuliya Bogdanova (URS) 2:32.69   Susanne Nielsson (DEN) 2:33.60
100 m butterfly
  Joan Pennington (USA) 1:00.20
CR
  Andrea Pollack (GDR) 1:00.26   Wendy Quirk (CAN) 1:01.82
200 m butterfly
  Tracy Caulkins (USA) 2:09.87
WR
  Nancy Hogshead (USA) 2:11.30   Andrea Pollack (GDR) 2:12.63
200 m individual medley
  Tracy Caulkins (USA) 2:14.07
WR
  Joan Pennington (USA) 2:14.98   Ulrike Tauber (GDR) 2:15.99
400 m individual medley
  Tracy Caulkins (USA) 4:40.83
WR
  Ulrike Tauber (GDR) 4:47.52   Petra Schneider (GDR) 4:48.56
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
  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
  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

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