Swimming World Championship 1978 West Berlin Archive index - Saturday 19th August to Monday 28th August
MenWomen Water_Polo World Men 1978482 Swimmers, 73 Divers and 176 Water Polo players from 49 nations.
The Olympic Stadium and complex designed by the architect Werner March was built between 1934 and 1936 for the Olympiad. The athletic facilities were built on a 131 hectare plateau above the surrounding area. Along both sides of the pools there were stands for about 7,500 spectators. Technical installations, changing rooms and a number of organizational offces were located below the stands. Temporary bleachers were constructed for the World Championship. Total specatators: 78,000
The Weather: After the cold evening of the opening ceremony, it warmed up with beatiful sunny days until the last few days when the weather turned cold and rainy.
MenGoldSilverBronze
Men 100m FreestyleDavid McCaggUSAUSAJim MontgomeryUSAUSAKlaus SteinbachFRGFRG
Men 200m FreestyleBill ForresterUSAUSARowdy GainesUSAUSASergey KoplyakovURSURS
Men 400m FreestyleVladimir SalnikovURSURSJeff FloatUSAUSABill ForresterUSAUSA
Men 1500m FreestyleVladimir SalnikovURSURSBorut PetricYUGYUGBobby HackettUSAUSA
Men 100m BackstrokeBob JacksonUSAUSAPeter RoccaUSAUSARomulo ArantesBRABRA
Men 200m BackstrokeJesse VassalloUSAUSAGary HurringNZLNZLZoltan VerrasztoHUNHUN
Men 100m BreaststrokeWalter KuschFRGFRGGraham SmithCANCANGerald MoerkenFRGFRG
Men 200m BreaststrokeNick NevidUSAUSAArsen MiskarovURSURSWalter KuschFRGFRG
Men 100m ButterflyJoseph BottomUSAUSAGreg JagenburgUSAUSAPaer ArvidssonSWESWE
Men 200m ButterflyMike BrunerUSAUSASteven GreggUSAUSARoger PyttelGDRGDR
Men 200m MedleyGraham SmithCANCANJesse VassalloUSAUSAAlexander SidorenkoURSURS
Men 400m MedleyJesse VassalloUSAUSASerguey FesenkoURSURSAndras HargitayHUNHUN
Men 4x100m Freestyle RelayUSA United StatesFRG West GermanySWE Sweden
Men 4x200m Freestyle RelayUSA United StatesURS Soviet UnionFRG West Germany
Men 4x100m Medley RelayUSA United StatesFRG West GermanyGBR Great Britain
WomenGoldSilverBronze
Women 100m FreestyleBarbara KrauseGDRGDRLene JenssenNORNORLarisa TsarevaURSURS
Women 200m FreestyleCynthia WoodheadUSAUSABarbara KrauseGDRGDRLarisa TsarevaURSURS
Women 400m FreestyleTracey WickhamAUSAUSCynthia WoodheadUSAUSAKim LinehanUSAUSA
Women 800m FreestyleTracey WickhamAUSAUSCynthia WoodheadUSAUSAKim LinehanUSAUSA
Women 100m BackstrokeLinda JezekUSAUSABirgit TreiberGDRGDRCheryl GibsonCANCAN
Women 200m BackstrokeLinda JezekUSAUSABirgit TreiberGDRGDRCheryl GibsonCANCAN
Women 100m BreaststrokeJulia BogdanovaURSURSTracy CaulkinsUSAUSAMargaret KellyGBRGBR
Women 200m BreaststrokeLina KachushiteURSURSJulia BogdanovaURSURSSusanne Schultz NielsenDENDEN
Women 100m ButterflyJoan PenningtonUSAUSAAndrea PollackGDRGDRWendy QuirkCANCAN
Women 200m ButterflyTracy CaulkinsUSAUSANancy HogsheadUSAUSAAndrea PollackGDRGDR
Women 200m MedleyTracy CaulkinsUSAUSAJoan PenningtonUSAUSAUlrike TauberGDRGDR
Women 400m MedleyTracy CaulkinsUSAUSAUlrike TauberGDRGDRPetra SchneiderGDRGDR
Women 4x100m Freestyle RelayUSA United StatesGDR East GermanyCAN Canada
Women 4x100m Meldey RelayUSA United StatesGDR East GermanyURS Soviet Union
Medals SwimmingGdSvBrAll
1.USA United States2012436
2.URS Soviet Union44513
3.AUS Australia2 2
4.GDR East Germany17412
5.FRG West Germany1247
6.CAN Canada1146
7.NZL New Zealand 1 1
7.YUG Yugoslavia 1 1
9.GBR Great Britain 22
9.HUN Hungary 22
9.SWE Sweden 22
12,DEN Denmark 11
12.NOR Norway 11
12.BRA Brazil 11
Points rankingpts
1.USA United States473
2.URS Soviet Union204
3.GDR East Germany176
4.CAN Canada155.5
5.FRG West Germany120
6.GBR Great Britain85
7.NED Netherlands67
8.SWE Sweden59
9.AUS Australia54
9.ITA Italy54
-.HUN Hungary
-.YUG Yugoslavia
-.NZL New Zealand
-.DEN Denmark
-.NOR Norway
-.BRA Brazil
All MedalsGdSvBrAll
1.USA United States2314744
2.URS Soviet Union64616
3.CAN Canada31510
4.AUS Australia2 2
5.GDR East Germany110415
6.FRG West Germany1247
7.ITA Italy1 12
8.JPN Japan 213

Diving

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men 3m SpringboardPhil BoggsUSAUSA913.95Falk HoffmannGDRGDR873.33Giorgio CagnottoITAITA845.51
Men 10m PlatformGreg LouganisUSAUSA844.11Falk HofmannGDRGDR836.76Valdimir AlenikURSURS813.62
Women 3m SpringboardIrina KalininaURSURS691.43Cynthia PotterUSAUSA643.22Jennifer ChandierUSAUSA637.41
Women 10m PlatformIrina KalininaURSURS412.71Martina JaeschkeGDRGDR384.09Melissa BrileyUSAUSA364.74

Sinchronised Swimming

EventGoldSilverBronze
Women SoloHelen VanderburgCANCAN187.849Pamela TryonUSAUSA181.499Yasuko UnezakiJPNJPN179.658
Women DuoMichelle Calkins
Helen Vanderburg
CANCAN183.300Masako Fujiwara
Yasuko Fujiwara
JPNJPN181.842Pamela Tryon
Mivhele Barone
USAUSA180.758
Women TeamUSAUSA United States182.300JPNJPN Japan181.633CANCAN Canada177.919
Qualification swimming times
EventWomenMen
F 100m1:00.054.0s
F 200m2:09.01:55.0
F 400m4:31.04:03.0
F 800m9:18.0
F 1500m 16:07.0
Ba 100m1:07.01:00.0
Ba 200m2:24.02:10.0
Br 100m1:16.01:07.0
Br 200m2:42.02:27.0
Bu 100m1:05.058.0s
Bu 200m2:21.02:07.0
M 200m2:28.02:13.0
M 400m5:11.04:44.0
M 4x1004:30.04:00.0
F 4x1004:04.03:35.0
F 4x200-7:50.0
Schedule Swimming
Mon 21.08M F 200W M 200M Br 100M Ba 100W M 4x10010:00 ; 19:30
Wed 23.08W F 200M M 400M Ba 100W Ba 100W Br 100W F 4x100
Thu 24.08M F 400W M 400M Ba 200M Br 200W Bu 100M Nu 200
Fri 25.08W F 400M M 200W Ba 200M F 4x200W Br 200Night M F 1500
Sat 26.08W Bu 200W F 800M Bu 100W F 4x100Night W F 800
M F 1500
Mon 27.08W F 100M F 100M M 4x100Night W F 80021:20 closure
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