1978 World Aquatics Swimming 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.
1978 FINA World Championships | ||
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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 | |
Medal table※
* Host nation (West Germany)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 20 | 12 | 4 | 36 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
3 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
5 | West Germany (FRG)* | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
6 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
7 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
13 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (14 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |
- Record(*)
Medal summary※
Men※
Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record
Women※
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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