Swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships
Appearance
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 | ![]() | 20 | 12 | 4 | 36 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (14 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |
- Record(*)
Medal summary
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m freestyle |
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50.24 CR |
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50.73 | ![]() |
50.79 |
200 m freestyle |
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1:51.02 CR |
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1:51.10 | ![]() Sergey Kopliakov (URS) |
1:51.33 |
400 m freestyle |
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3:51.94 CR |
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3:53.42 | ![]() |
3:53.97 |
1500 m freestyle |
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15:03.99 CR |
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15:20.77 | ![]() |
15:23.38 |
100 m backstroke |
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56.36 CR |
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56.69 | ![]() Romulo Arantes (BRA) |
58.01 |
200 m backstroke |
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2:02.16 | ![]() |
2:03.71 | ![]() |
2:03.90 |
100 m breaststroke |
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1:03.56 CR |
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1:03.60 | ![]() |
1:03.62 |
200 m breaststroke |
![]() Nick Nevid (USA) |
2:18.37 | ![]() |
2:18.42 | ![]() |
2:20.16 |
100 m butterfly |
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54.30 | ![]() Greg Jagenburg (USA) |
55.26 | ![]() |
55.38 |
200 m butterfly |
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1:59.38 CR |
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1:59.80 | ![]() |
2:01.33 |
200 m individual medley |
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2:03.65 WR |
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2:04.99 | ![]() |
2:05.29 |
400 m individual medley |
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4:20.05 WR |
![]() Sergey Fesenko (URS) |
4:22.29 | ![]() |
4:27.04 |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
![]() Jack Babashoff Rowdy Gaines Jim Montgomery David McCagg |
3:19.74 WR |
![]() Andreas Schmidt Ulrich Temps Peter Knust Klaus Steinbach |
3:26.65 | ![]() Per Holmertz Dan Larsson Per-Ola Quist Per-Alvar Magnusson |
3:26.95 |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
![]() Bruce Furniss Bill Forrester Bobby Hackett Rowdy Gaines |
7:20.82 WR |
![]() Sergey Kopliakov |
7:28.41 | ![]() Karsken Lippmann Frank Wennmann |
7:33.29 |
4 × 100 m medley relay |
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3:44.63 CR |
![]() Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Michael Kraus Andreas Schmidt |
3:48.58 | ![]() Gary Abraham Duncan Goodhew John Mills Martin Smith |
3:49.06 |
Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m freestyle |
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55.68 CR |
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56.82 | ![]() |
56.85 |
200 m freestyle |
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1:58.53 WR |
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1:59.78 | ![]() |
2:01.76 |
400 m freestyle |
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4:06.28 WR |
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4:07.15 | ![]() |
4:07.73 |
800 m freestyle |
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8:24.94 CR |
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8:29.35 | ![]() |
8:32.60 |
100 m backstroke |
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1:02.55 CR |
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1:03.18 | ![]() |
1:03.43 |
200 m backstroke |
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2:11.93 WR |
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2:14.07 | ![]() |
2:14.23 |
100 m breaststroke |
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1:10.31 WR |
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1:10.77 | ![]() |
1:11.99 |
200 m breaststroke |
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2:31.42 WR |
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2:32.69 | ![]() |
2:33.60 |
100 m butterfly |
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1:00.20 CR |
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1:00.26 | ![]() |
1:01.82 |
200 m butterfly |
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2:09.87 WR |
![]() Nancy Hogshead (USA) |
2:11.30 | ![]() |
2:12.63 |
200 m individual medley |
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2:14.07 WR |
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2:14.98 | ![]() |
2:15.99 |
400 m individual medley |
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4:40.83 WR |
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4:47.52 | ![]() |
4:48.56 |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
![]() Tracy Caulkins Stephanie Elkins Jill Sterkel Cynthia Woodhead |
3:43.43 WR |
![]() Heike Witt Caren Metschuck Barbara Krause Petra Priemer |
3:47.37 | ![]() Sue Sloan Wendy Quirk |
3:49.59 |
4 × 100 m medley relay |
![]() Linda Jezek Tracy Caulkins Joan Pennington Cynthia Woodhead |
4:08.21 CR |
![]() Birgit Treiber Ramona Reinke Andrea Pollack Barbara Krause |
4:09.13 | ![]() Irina Aksenova Larisa Tsaryova |
4:14.91 |
Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record