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 | |
* 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 |
Legend:WR– World record; CR– Championship record
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
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