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User:Taybayless/Swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle

Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships
LocationWest Berlin, Germany
Dates28 Aug (heats and finals)
Competitors48 from 29 nations
Winning time50.24
Medalists
gold medal David McCagg   United States
silver medal Klaus Steinbach   West Germany
bronze medal Jim Montgomery   United States
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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 men's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships was held on 28 August 1978.[1]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[2]

World record   Jonty Skinner (RSA) 49.44 Philadelphia, United States 14 August 1976
Competition record   Andy Coan (USA) 51.23 Cali, Colombia 27 July 1975

Results

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Heats

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David McCagg   United States 50.39 Q, CR
2 Klaus Steinbach   West Germany 51.34 Q
3 Jim Montgomery   United States 51.63 Q
4 Marcello Guarducci   Italy 51.80 Q
5 Fernando Canales   Puerto Rico 51.85 Q
6 Andreas Schmidt   West Germany 51.86 Q
7 Pelle Holmertz   Sweden 51.91 Q
8 Per-Alvar Magnusson   Sweden 52.15 Q
9 Martin Smith   United Kingdom 52.65
10 Graeme Brewer   Australia 52.70
11 David Lopez-Zubero   Spain 52.79
11 Bent Brask   Norway 52.79
13 Sergei Kopliakov   Soviet Union 52.96
14 Mark Morgan   Australia 53.03
15 Richard Burrell   United Kingdom 53.09
16 Paolo Revelli   Italy 53.10
17 Bill Sawchuk   Canada 53.20
18 Hidenori Ishii   Japan 53.35
19 Jorge Delgado   Ecuador 53.43
20 Miloslav Rolko   Czechoslovakia 53.49
21 Peter Szmidt   Canada 53.52
21 Nir Shamir   Israel 53.52
23 Rui Abreu   Portugal 53.79
24 Jorge Fernandes   Brazil 53.90
25 Sergey Krasyuk   Soviet Union 53.95
26 José Pereira   Portugal 54.34
27 Juan Barro   Spain 54.36
28 Ali Gharbi   Tunisia 54.43
29 Hiroshi Sakamoto   Japan 54.45
30 Jasper Nordsted   Denmark 54.69
31 Henrik Rasmussen   Denmark 54.79
32 Remmy Schaap   Netherlands 54.82
33 Kurt Dittrich   Austria 55.06
34 Marcus Mattioli   Brazil 55.27
35 David Cummins   Ireland 55.28
36 Ron Kehrmann   Israel 55.60
37 Alfredo Mackliff   Ecuador 55.70
38 Dariusz Broda   Poland 56.18
39 Paul Rowe   New Zealand 57.00
40 Zafer Atamar   Turkey 57.11
41 Habib Soukni   Tunisia 57.64
42 Luki Niode   Indonesia 58.58
43 Edham Al-Seif   Kuwait 58.89
44 Saliah Al-Berges   Kuwait 1:02.27
Frans Debets   Netherlands DNS
Scott Newkirk   United States Virgin Islands
Barry Salisbury   New Zealand
Arl Wiren   Finland

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  David McCagg   United States 50.24 CR
  Jim Montgomery   United States 50.73
  Klaus Steinbach   West Germany 50.79
4 Marcello Guarducci   Italy 51.71
5 Fernando Canales   Puerto Rico 51.74
6 Andreas Schmidt   West Germany 51.78
7 Pelle Holmertz   Sweden 51.83
8 Per-Alvar Magnusson   Sweden 52.36

References

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  1. ^ "Results" (PDF). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  2. ^ Amdur, Neil (15 August 1976). "Skinner swims to mark". The New York Times. UPI. p. 5 of sports.
  3. ^ "Heat Summary". Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Final". Retrieved 3 August 2023.


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