1978 World Aquatics Championships

1978 edition of the World Aquatics Championships

3rd FINA World Championships

Host city| West Berlin
Date(s)| August 20–28, 1978

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1978 FINA
World Championships

Diving
Individual
3 m| men| women
10 m| men| women
Swimming
Freestyle
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
400 m| men| women
800 m| | women
1500 m| men|
Backstroke
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
Breaststroke
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
Butterfly
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
Individual medley
200 m| men| women
400 m| men| women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m| men| women
4 × 200 m| men|
Medley relay
4 × 100 m| men| women
Synchronised swimming
Solo| | women
Duet| | women
Team| | women
Water polo
Tournament| men|

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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. Women's Water Polo competed as an exhibition sport.

## Medal table

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Place  | Nation  |  |  |  | Total

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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

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## Results

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### Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships

Men
Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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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

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Main article: Swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships

Men
Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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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

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Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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Men

Main article: Water polo at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Team  |  Italy |  Hungary |  Yugoslavia

## External links

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* FINA Official Website
* World Swimming Championship Results
* 1978 World Aquatics Championships Results[permanent dead link]

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World Aquatics Championships

Editions|

* Belgrade 1973
* Cali 1975
* West Berlin 1978
* Guayaquil 1982
* Madrid 1986
* Perth 1991
* Rome 1994
* Perth 1998
* Fukuoka 2001
* Barcelona 2003
* Montreal 2005
* Melbourne 2007
* Rome 2009
* Shanghai 2011
* Barcelona 2013
* Kazan 2015
* Budapest 2017
* Gwangju 2019
* Budapest 2022
* Fukuoka 2023
* Doha 2024
* Singapore 2025
* Budapest 2027
* Beijing 2029

Disciplines|

| Diving|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

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High diving|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Open water swimming|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Separate events: 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010

Swimming|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Synchronised swimming|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Water polo|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Medalists|

* Diving
* High diving
* Open water swimming
* Swimming
* men
* women
* Synchronised swimming
* Water polo

See also
FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m)
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*[USA]: United States
*[GDR]: East Germany
*[ITA]: Italy
*[URS]: Soviet Union
*[FRG]: West Germany
*[YUG]: Yugoslavia
*[BRA]: Brazil
*[NZL]: New Zealand
*[HUN]: Hungary
*[CAN]: Canada
*[SWE]: Sweden
*[NOR]: Norway
*[AUS]: Australia
*[GBR]: Great Britain
*[DEN]: Denmark
*[JPN]: Japan