1978 World Aquatics Championships

1978 edition of the World Aquatics Championships 3rd FINA World Championships West Berlin August 20–28, 1978 1975 Cali 1982 Guayaquil 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 23* 14 7 44 2 6 4 6 16 3 3 1 5 9 4 2 0 0 2 5 1 10 4 15 6 1 2 4 7 7 1 0 1 2 8 0 2 1 3 9 Hungary 0 1 2 3 10 0 1 1 2 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 13 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 15 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Total 37 37 37111 Record(*) Results Diving Diving at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships Men 3 m springboard Phil Boggs USA Falk Hoffmann GDR Giorgio Cagnotto ITA10 m platform Greg Louganis USA Falk Hoffmann GDR Vladimir Aleynik URS Women 3 m springboard Irina Kalinina URS Cynthia Potter USA Jennifer Chandler USA10 m platform Irina Kalinina URS Martina Jäschke GDR Melissa Briley USA Swimming Swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships Men 100 m freestyle David McCagg USA Jim Montgomery USA Klaus Steinbach FRG200 m freestyle Bill Forrester USA Rowdy Gaines USA Sergey Kopliakov URS400 m freestyle Vladimir Salnikov URS Jeff Float USA Bill Forrester USA1500 m freestyle Vladimir Salnikov URS Borut Petrič YUG Bobby Hackett USA100 m backstroke Bob Jackson USA Peter Rocca USA Romulo Arantes BRA200 m backstroke Jesse Vassallo USA Gary Hurring NZL Zoltán Verrasztó HUN100 m breaststroke Walter Kusch FRG Graham Smith CAN Gerald Mörken FRG200 m breaststroke Nick Nevid USA Arsens Miskarovs URS Walter Kusch FRG100 m butterfly Joe Bottom USA Greg Jagenburg USA Pär Arvidsson SWE200 m butterfly Mike Bruner USA Steve Gregg USA Roger Pyttel GDR200 m individual medley Graham Smith CAN Jesse Vassallo USA Aleksandr Sidorenko URS400 m individual medley Jesse Vassallo USA Sergey Fesenko URS András Hargitay HUN4 × 100 m freestyle relay USAJack BabashoffRowdy GainesJim MontgomeryDavid McCagg FRGAndreas SchmidtUlrich TempsPeter KnustKlaus Steinbach SWEPer HolmertzDan LarssonPer-Ola QuistPer-Alvar Magnusson4 × 200 m freestyle relay USABruce FurnissBill ForresterBobby HackettRowdy Gaines URSSergey RusinAndrey KrylovVladimir SalnikovSergey Kopliakov FRGAndreas SchmidtPeter KnustKarsten LippmannFrank Wennmann4 × 100 m medley relay USABob JacksonNick NevidJoe BottomDavid McCagg FRGKlaus SteinbachWalter KuschMichael KrausAndreas Schmidt GBRGary AbrahamDuncan GoodhewJohn MillsMartin Smith Women 100 m freestyle Barbara Krause GDR Lene Jenssen NOR Larisa Tsaryova URS200 m freestyle Cynthia Woodhead USA Barbara Krause GDR Larisa Tsaryova URS400 m freestyle Tracey Wickham AUS Cynthia Woodhead USA Kim Linehan USA800 m freestyle Tracey Wickham AUS Cynthia Woodhead USA Kim Linehan USA100 m backstroke Linda Jezek USA Birgit Treiber GDR Cheryl Gibson CAN200 m backstroke Linda Jezek USA Birgit Treiber GDR Cheryl Gibson CAN100 m breaststroke Yuliya Bogdanova URS Tracy Caulkins USA Margaret Kelly GBR200 m breaststroke Lina Kačiušytė URS Yuliya Bogdanova URS Susanne Nielsson DEN100 m butterfly Joan Pennington USA Andrea Pollack GDR Wendy Quirk CAN200 m butterfly Tracy Caulkins USA Nancy Hogshead USA Andrea Pollack GDR200 m individual medley Tracy Caulkins USA Joan Pennington USA Ulrike Tauber GDR400 m individual medley Tracy Caulkins USA Ulrike Tauber GDR Petra Schneider GDR4 × 100 m freestyle relay USATracy CaulkinsStephanie ElkinsJill SterkelCynthia Woodhead GDRHeike WittCaren MetschuckBarbara KrausePetra Priemer CANGail AmundrudNancy GarapickSue SloanWendy Quirk4 × 100 m medley relay USALinda JezekTracy CaulkinsJoan PenningtonCynthia Woodhead GDRBirgit TreiberRamona ReinkeAndrea PollackBarbara Krause URSElena KruglovaYuliya BogdanovaIrina AksenovaLarisa Tsaryova Synchronised swimming Synchronised swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships Solo routine Helen Vanderburg CAN Pam Tryon USA Yasuko Unezaki JPNDuet routine Michelle Calkins CAN Helen Vanderburg CAN Masako Fujiwara JPN Yasuko Fujiwara JPN Michele Barone USA Pam Tryon USATeam routine USA JPN CAN Water polo Men Water polo at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament Team ITA HUN 1957 YUG External links FINA Official Website World Swimming Championship Results 1978 World Aquatics Championships ResultsMay 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes Category:World Aquatics Championships World Aquatics Championships, 1978 Category:1970s in West Berlin Category:International aquatics competitions hosted by Germany Category:International sports competitions hosted in West Berlin Category:August 1978 sports events in Europe