1978 European Junior Swimming Championships

Host City Firenze
Country ITA
Held 27 – 30 July 1978
Competitors 38
Countries 11

Held jointly with the 1978 European Junior Diving Championships.

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 2
100 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 2
100 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 2
100 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 2
200 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Individual Medley Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
400 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 3
800 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 2
100 m Backstroke Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Backstroke Women — Medal 3 3
100 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 3
100 m Butterfly Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Butterfly Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Individual Medley Women — Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Italy ITA 6 3 2 11
2 East Germany GDR 6 2 6 14
3 Soviet Union URS 3 4 3 10
4 Germany GER 2 5 4 11
5 Hungary HUN 2 3 1 6
6 France FRA 1 0 2 3
7 Bulgaria BUL 0 1 0 1
= Poland POL 0 1 0 1
= Sweden SWE 0 1 0 1
10 Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
= Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m Freestyle, Men Igor Matsan URS Per Johansson SWE Thomas Lebherz GER
400 m Freestyle, Men Federico Silvestri ITA Petar Kochanov BUL Eduard Petrov URS
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Federico Silvestri ITA Eduard Petrov URS Sergey Kalashnikov URS
100 m Backstroke, Men Sándor Wladár HUN Thomas Lebherz GER Julian Bott GBR
200 m Backstroke, Men Sándor Wladár HUN Gábor Molnár HUN Frédéric Delcourt FRA
100 m Breaststroke, Men Rolf Beab GER Aleksey Komovatov URS Carlo Travaini ITA
200 m Breaststroke, Men Aleksey Komovatov URS Aleksey Kaznacheyev URS Lars Bartz GER
100 m Butterfly, Men Andreas Behrend GER Fabrizio Rampazzo ITA Giovanni Franceschi ITA
200 m Butterfly, Men Fabrizio Rampazzo ITA Adam Rzeczkowski POL Jürgen Paschke GER
200 m Individual Medley, Men Giovanni Franceschi ITA Thomas Lebherz GER Sándor Wladár HUN
100 m Freestyle, Women Birgit Walde GDR Susanne Schuster GER Janet Bartz GDR
400 m Freestyle, Women Anett Neumann GDR Susanne Schuster GER Pascale Verbauwen BEL
800 m Freestyle, Women Roberta Felotti ITA Jane Donath GDR Martina Ocik GDR
100 m Backstroke, Women Cornelia Polit GDR Ágnes Fodor HUN Birgit Matz GDR
200 m Backstroke, Women Cornelia Polit GDR Ágnes Fodor HUN Irina Orliuk URS
100 m Breaststroke, Women Catherine Poirot FRA Svetlana Varganova URS Martina Thrän GER
200 m Breaststroke, Women Svetlana Varganova URS Martina Thrän GER Catherine Poirot FRA
100 m Butterfly, Women Cinzia Savi Scarponi ITA Martina Ocik GDR Anett Neumann GDR
200 m Butterfly, Women Martina Ocik GDR Cristina Quintarelli ITA Cornelia Polit GDR
200 m Individual Medley, Women Birgit Walde GDR Cinzia Savi Scarponi ITA Anett Neumann GDR