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1978 World Aquatics Championships

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.

Medal table

Place Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
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
  • Record(*)

Results

Diving

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
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
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

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
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
Karsken 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
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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team Italy Hungary Yugoslavia

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