Women 400m Medley Swimming III World Championship 1978 West Berlin - Wednesday, 23rd August - Gold Medal: Tracy Caulkins, United States |
Final | | time | | gap | L | ag | 100m | 200m | 300m | 1. Tracy Caulkins | United States | 4:40.83 | WR | | 4 | 15 | 1:03.74 | 2:15.40 | 3:37.39 | 2. Ulrike Tauber | East Germany | 4:47.52 | | +6.69s | 5 | 20 | 1:04.40 | 2:16.18 | 3:40.38 | 3. Petra Schneider | East Germany | 4:48.56 | | +7.73s | 3 | 15 | 1:03.87 | 2:18.49 | 3:43.12 | 4. Olga Klevakina | Soviet Union | 4:49.16 | NR | +8.33s | 7 | 16 | 1:06.64 | 2:20.42 | 3:46.00 | 5. Nancy Hogshead | United States | 4:51.49 | | +10.66s | 6 | 16 | 1:02.92 | 2:17.93 | 3:47.67 | 6. Sharron Davies | Great Britain | 4:54.78 | | +13.95s | 1 | 15 | 1:07.24 | 2:22.46 | 3:49.65 | 7. Anne-Sofie Ross | Sweden | 4:55.10 | NR | +14.27s | 2 | 18 | 1:08.23 | 2:26.39 | 3:49.28 | 8. Becky Smith | Canada | 5:01.43 | | +20.60s | 8 | 19 | 1:06.83 | 2:22.64 | 3:52.77 |
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World Record: Ulrike Tauber, East Germany 4:42.77 (1:03.74, 2:15.29, 3:38.00) | Championship Record: Ulrike Tauber, East Germany 4:52.76 (1:06.00, 2:20.24, 3:44.83) 1975 |
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Heats - Wednesday, 23rd August | Best 8 times advanced to Final>. |
Heat 3 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 1. Tracy Caulkins | United States | 4:47.08 | CR | | - | 15 | 1. | 5. Anne-Sofie Ross | Sweden | 4:56.76 | | +9.68s | - | 18 | 2. | 8. Becky Smith | Canada | 5:00.02 | | +12.94s | - | 19 | 3. |
Heat 2 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 4. Nancy Hogshead | United States | 4:56.22 | | +9.14s | - | 16 | 2. | 7. Sharron Davies | Great Britain | 4:58.91 | | +11.83s | - | 15 | 2. |
Heat 1 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 3. Petra Schneider | East Germany | 4:52.55 | | +5.47s | - | 15 | 1. | 11.Flavia Nadalutti | Brazil | 5:02.85 | NR | +15.77s | - | 17 | 2. |
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Heat - | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 12.Carine Verbauwen | Belgium | 5:08.12 | | +21.04s | - | 16 | | 13.Marta Slonina | Poland | 5:09.18 | NR | +22.10s | - | _ | | 14.Sonya Dangalakova | Bulgaria | 5:09.68 | | +22.60s | - | 15 | | 15.Glenda Robertson | Australia | 5:10.28 | | +23.20s | - | 17 | | 16.Nelly Saque | France | 5:10.32 | | +23.24s | - | _ | | 17.Marita Karlsen | Norway | 5:12.43 | | +25.35s | - | 21 | | 18.Colette Crabbe | Belgium | 5:12.99 | | +25.91s | - | 21 | | 19.Lena Norboge | Denmark | 5:15.07 | | +27.99s | - | _ | | 20.Yue-Yun Hsu | Taiwan | 5:18.74 | | +31.66s | - | 20 | | -. Karen Van De Graaf | Australia | DNS | | - | - | 15 | | -. Cheryl Gibson | Canada | DNS | | - | - | 19 | | -. Maarit Vahasaari | Finland | - | | - | - | - | | -. Moira Houston | Great Britain | DNS | | - | - | _ | | -. Elke Holtz | Mexico | DNS | | - | - | _ | |
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