1978 World Sports Acrobatics Championships

3rd World Sports Acrobatics Championships

Location|  Sofia, Bulgaria
Start date| 4 October 1978 (1978-10-04)
End date| 9 October 1978 (1978-10-09)
Competitors| 52 from 5 nations

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The 1978 World Sports Acrobatics Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 4 to 9 October 1978.

## Medal Table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union| 16| 7| 3| 26
2|  Bulgaria| 3| 12| 5| 20
3|  Poland| 2| 1| 7| 10
4|  United States| 0| 1| 3| 4
5|  Germany| 0| 0| 4| 4
Totals (5 entries)| 21| 21| 22| 64

## Men's

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### Tumbling

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#### Overall

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Rank  | Gymnast  | Country  | Point

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| Alexander Rassolin  |  Soviet Union |
| Igor Brikman  |  Soviet Union |
| Steve Elliot  |  United States |

#### First exercise

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Rank  | Gymnast  | Country  | Point

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| Alexander Rassolin  |  Soviet Union |
| Steve Elliot  |  United States |
| Igor Brikman  |  Soviet Union |

#### Second exercise

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Rank  | Gymnast  | Country  | Point

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| Alexander Rassolin  |  Soviet Union |
| Igor Brikman  |  Soviet Union |
| Steve Elliot  |  United States |
| Plamen Eftimov  |  Bulgaria |

### Group

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#### Overall

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Rank  | Team  | Country  | Point

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|  |  Poland |
|  |  Soviet Union |
|  |  Bulgaria |

#### First exercise

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Rank  | Team  | Country  | Point

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|  |  Soviet Union |
|  |  Bulgaria |
|  |  Poland |

#### Second exercise

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Rank  | Team  | Country  | Point

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|  |  Poland |
|  |  Soviet Union |
|  |  Bulgaria |

### Pair

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#### Overall

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Rank  | Team  | Country  | Point

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| Vladimir Pochevalov, Vassily Machuga  |  Soviet Union |
| Dimitar Russanov, Petko Petkov  |  Bulgaria |
| Adam Klish, Kshistof Olendrginsky  |  Poland |

#### First exercise

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Rank  | Team  | Country  | Point

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| Vladimir Pochevalov, Vassily Machuga  |  Soviet Union |
| Dimitar Russanov, Petko Petkov  |  Bulgaria |
| Adam Klish, Kshistof Olendrginsky  |  Poland |

#### Second exercise

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Rank  | Team  | Country  | Point

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| Vladimir Pochevalov, Vassily Machuga  |  Soviet Union |
| Dimitar Russanov, Petko Petkov  |  Bulgaria |
| Adam Klish, Kshistof Olendrginsky  |  Poland |

## Mixed

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### Pair

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#### Overall

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Rank  | Team  | Country  | Point

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| Margarita Mollova, Dimitar Mintchev  |  Bulgaria |
| Tatiana Kuznetsova, Viatcheslav Krivtsov  |  Soviet Union |
| Amy Montgomery, Jay Groves  |  United States |

#### First exercise

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Rank  | Team  | Country  | Point

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| Margarita Mollova, Dimitar Mintchev  |  Bulgaria |
| Tatiana Kuznetsova, Viatcheslav Krivtsov  |  Soviet Union |
| Sabine Philippi, Herbert Malbach  |  West Germany |

#### Second exercise

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Rank  | Team  | Country  | Point

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| Margarita Mollova, Dimitar Mintchev  |  Bulgaria |
| Tatiana Kuznetsova, Viatcheslav Krivtsov  |  Soviet Union |
| Sabine Philippi, Herbert Malbach  |  West Germany |

## Women

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### Tumbling

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#### Overall

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Rank  | Gymnast  | Country  | Point

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| Ludmila Zyganova  |  Soviet Union |
| Mella Mustafova  |  Bulgaria |
| Valentina Chuhareva  |  Soviet Union |
| Becki Handrin  |  United States |

#### First exercise

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Rank  | Gymnast  | Country  | Point

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| Valentina Chuhareva  |  Soviet Union |
| Mella Mustafova  |  Bulgaria |
| Ludmila Zyganova  |  Soviet Union |

#### Second exercise

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Rank  | Gymnast  | Country  | Point

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| Ludmila Zyganova  |  Soviet Union |
| Mella Mustafova  |  Bulgaria |
| Veska Atanasova  |  Bulgaria |

### Group

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#### Overall

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Rank  | Team  | Country  | Point

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|  |  Soviet Union |
|  |  Bulgaria |
|  |  West Germany |

#### First exercise

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Rank  | Team  | Country  | Point

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|  |  Soviet Union |
|  |  Bulgaria |
|  |  West Germany |

#### Second exercise

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Rank  | Team  | Country  | Point

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|  |  Soviet Union |
|  |  Poland |
|  |  Bulgaria |

### Pair

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#### Overall

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Rank  | Team  | Country  | Point

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| Nadejda Tischtschenko, Rita Kucharenko  |  Soviet Union |
| Stefka Gentcheva, Tania Hristova  |  Bulgaria |
| Eva Rucka, Eva Anerjevska  |  Poland |

#### First exercise

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Rank  | Team  | Country  | Point

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| Nadejda Tischtschenko, Rita Kucharenko  |  Soviet Union |
| Stefka Gentcheva, Tania Hristova  |  Bulgaria |
| Eva Rucka, Eva Anerjevska  |  Poland |

#### Second exercise

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Rank  | Team  | Country  | Point

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| Stefka Gentcheva, Tania Hristova  |  Bulgaria |
| Nadejda Tischtschenko, Rita Kucharenko  |  Soviet Union |
| Eva Rucka, Eva Anerjevska  |  Poland |

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