1978 World Aquatics Championships

Host City West-Berlin
Country GER
Held 20 – 28 August 1978
Competitors 785
Countries 48

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Solo Women — Medal 89 15
Duet Women — Medal 20 10
Team Women — Medal 68 9
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
3 m Springboard Men — Medal 29 19
10 m Platform Men — Medal 25 15
3 m Springboard Women — Medal 21 14
10 m Platform Women — Medal 15 11
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Freestyle Men — Medal 44 27
200 m Freestyle Men — Medal 48 28
400 m Freestyle Men — Medal 37 24
1,500 m Freestyle Men — Medal 25 20
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 77 17
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 75 17
100 m Backstroke Men — Medal 34 26
200 m Backstroke Men — Medal 26 20
100 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 35 24
200 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 30 22
100 m Butterfly Men — Medal 38 28
200 m Butterfly Men — Medal 29 22
200 m Individual Medley Men — Medal 31 24
400 m Individual Medley Men — Medal 23 17
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Men — Medal 77 17
100 m Freestyle Women — Medal 44 28
200 m Freestyle Women — Medal 37 26
400 m Freestyle Women — Medal 31 21
800 m Freestyle Women — Medal 23 18
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Women — Medal 61 13
100 m Backstroke Women — Medal 28 18
200 m Backstroke Women — Medal 27 19
100 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 36 24
200 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 30 21
100 m Butterfly Women — Medal 33 22
200 m Butterfly Women — Medal 31 22
200 m Individual Medley Women — Medal 37 27
400 m Individual Medley Women — Medal 20 16
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Women — Medal 74 16
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Water Polo Men 20 – 27 August 1978 Medal 179 16

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 23 14 7 44
2 Soviet Union URS 6 4 6 16
3 Canada CAN 3 1 5 9
4 Australia AUS 2 0 0 2
5 East Germany GDR 1 10 4 15
6 Germany GER 1 2 4 7
7 Italy ITA 1 0 1 2
8 Japan JPN 0 2 1 3
9 Hungary HUN 0 1 2 3
10 Yugoslavia YUG 0 1 1 2
11 New Zealand NZL 0 1 0 1
= Norway NOR 0 1 0 1
13 Great Britain GBR 0 0 2 2
= Sweden SWE 0 0 2 2
15 Brazil BRA 0 0 1 1
= Denmark DEN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Solo, Women Helen Vanderburg CAN Pamela Tryon USA Yasuko Unezaki JPN
Duet, Women Michelle Calkins / Helen Vanderburg CAN Masako Fujiwara / Yasuko Fujiwara JPN Pamela Tryon / Michele Barone USA
Team, Women United States USA Japan JPN Canada CAN
3 m Springboard, Men Phil Boggs USA Falk Hoffmann GDR Franco Cagnotto ITA
10 m Platform, Men Greg Louganis USA Falk Hoffmann GDR Vladimir Aleynik URS
3 m Springboard, Women Irina Kalinina URS Cynthia Potter USA Jennifer Chandler USA
10 m Platform, Women Irina Kalinina URS Martina Jäschke GDR Melissa Briley USA
100 m Freestyle, Men David McCagg USA Jim Montgomery USA Klaus Steinbach GER
200 m Freestyle, Men Bill Forrester USA Rowdy Gaines USA Sergey Koplyakov URS
400 m Freestyle, Men Vladimir Salnikov URS Jeff Float USA Bill Forrester USA
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Vladimir Salnikov URS Borut Petrič YUG Bobby Hackett USA
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men United States USA Germany GER Sweden SWE
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men United States USA Soviet Union URS Germany GER
100 m Backstroke, Men Bob Jackson USA Peter Rocca USA Rômulo Arantes BRA
200 m Backstroke, Men Jesse Vassallo USA Gary Hurring NZL Zoltán Verrasztó HUN
100 m Breaststroke, Men Walter Kusch GER Graham Smith CAN Gerald Mörken GER
200 m Breaststroke, Men Nick Nevid USA Arsens Miskarovs URS Walter Kusch GER
100 m Butterfly, Men Joe Bottom USA Greg Jagenburg USA Pär Arvidsson SWE
200 m Butterfly, Men Mike Bruner USA Steve Gregg USA Roger Pyttel GDR
200 m Individual Medley, Men Graham Smith CAN Jesse Vassallo USA Aleksandr Sidorenko URS
400 m Individual Medley, Men Jesse Vassallo USA Sergey Fesenko URS András Hargitay HUN
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men United States USA Germany GER Great Britain GBR
100 m Freestyle, Women Barbara Krause GDR Lene Jenssen NOR Larisa Tsaryova URS
200 m Freestyle, Women Sippy Woodhead USA Barbara Krause GDR Larisa Tsaryova URS
400 m Freestyle, Women Tracey Wickham AUS Sippy Woodhead USA Kim Linehan USA
800 m Freestyle, Women Tracey Wickham AUS Sippy Woodhead USA Kim Linehan USA
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women United States USA East Germany GDR Canada CAN
100 m Backstroke, Women Linda Jezek USA Birgit Treiber GDR Cheryl Gibson CAN
200 m Backstroke, Women Linda Jezek USA Birgit Treiber GDR Cheryl Gibson CAN
100 m Breaststroke, Women Yuliya Bogdanova URS Tracy Caulkins USA Margaret Kelly GBR
200 m Breaststroke, Women Lina Kačiušytė URS Yuliya Bogdanova URS Susanne Nielsson DEN
100 m Butterfly, Women Joan Pennington USA Andrea Pollack GDR Wendy Quirk CAN
200 m Butterfly, Women Tracy Caulkins USA Nancy Hogshead USA Andrea Pollack GDR
200 m Individual Medley, Women Tracy Caulkins USA Joan Pennington USA Ulrike Tauber GDR
400 m Individual Medley, Women Tracy Caulkins USA Ulrike Tauber GDR Petra Schneider GDR
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women United States USA East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS
Water Polo, Men Italy ITA Hungary HUN Yugoslavia YUG