1978 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships

Host City Sofia
Country BUL
Held 4 – 9 October 1978
Competitors 52
Countries 5

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Pair All-Around Men — Medal 6 3
Pair Balance Men — Medal 6 3
Pair Dynamic Men — Medal 6 3
Group All-Around Men — Medal 12 3
Group Balance Men — Medal 12 3
Group Dynamic Men — Medal 12 3
Tumbling Overall Men — Medal 3 2
Tumbling Straight Somersault Men — Medal 3 2
Tumbling Twist Men — Medal 4 3
Pair All-Around Women — Medal 6 3
Pair Balance Women — Medal 6 3
Pair Dynamic Women — Medal 6 3
Group All-Around Women — Medal 9 3
Group Balance Women — Medal 9 3
Group Dynamic Women — Medal 9 3
Tumbling Overall Women — Medal 3 2
Tumbling Straight Somersault Women — Medal 3 2
Tumbling Twist Women — Medal 3 2
Pair All-Around Mixed — Medal 6 3
Pair Balance Mixed — Medal 6 3
Pair Dynamic Mixed — Medal 6 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 16 7 3 26
2 Bulgaria BUL 3 12 5 20
3 Poland POL 2 1 7 10
4 United States USA 0 1 3 4
5 Germany GER 0 0 4 4

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Pair All-Around, Men Vladimir Pochevalov / Vasily Machuga URS Dimitar Rusanov / Petko Petkov BUL Adam Klisz / Krzysztof Olendrzyński POL
Pair Balance, Men Vladimir Pochevalov / Vasily Machuga URS Dimitar Rusanov / Petko Petkov BUL Adam Klisz / Krzysztof Olendrzyński POL
Pair Dynamic, Men Vladimir Pochevalov / Vasily Machuga URS Dimitar Rusanov / Petko Petkov BUL Adam Klisz / Krzysztof Olendrzyński POL
Group All-Around, Men Poland POL Soviet Union URS Bulgaria BUL
Group Balance, Men Soviet Union URS Bulgaria BUL Poland POL
Group Dynamic, Men Poland POL Soviet Union URS Bulgaria BUL
Tumbling Overall, Men Aleksandr Rasolin URS Igor Brikman URS Steve Elliott USA
Tumbling Straight Somersault, Men Aleksandr Rasolin URS Steve Elliott USA Igor Brikman URS
Tumbling Twist, Men Aleksandr Rasolin URS Igor Brikman URS Plamen Evtimov
Steve Elliott 		BUL
USA
Pair All-Around, Mixed Margarita Mollova / Dimitar Minchev BUL Tatyana Kuznetsova / Vyacheslav Krivtsov URS Amy Montgomery / Jay Groves USA
Pair Balance, Mixed Margarita Mollova / Dimitar Minchev BUL Tatyana Kuznetsova / Vyacheslav Krivtsov URS Sabine Philippi / Herbert Malbach GER
Pair Dynamic, Mixed Tatyana Kuznetsova / Vyacheslav Krivtsov URS Margarita Mollova / Dimitar Minchev BUL Sabine Philippi / Herbert Malbach GER
Pair All-Around, Women Nadezhda Tishchenko / Margarita Kukharenko URS Stefka Gencheva / Tanya Hristova BUL Eva Rutzka / Eva Andresheska POL
Pair Balance, Women Nadezhda Tishchenko / Margarita Kukharenko URS Stefka Gencheva / Tanya Hristova BUL Eva Rutzka / Eva Andresheska POL
Pair Dynamic, Women Stefka Gencheva / Tanya Hristova BUL Nadezhda Tishchenko / Margarita Kukharenko URS Eva Rutzka / Eva Andresheska POL
Group All-Around, Women Soviet Union URS Bulgaria BUL Germany GER
Group Balance, Women Soviet Union URS Bulgaria BUL Germany GER
Group Dynamic, Women Soviet Union URS Poland POL Bulgaria BUL
Tumbling Overall, Women Lyudmila Zyganova URS Mella Mustafova BUL Valentina Chukhareva URS
Tumbling Straight Somersault, Women Valentina Chukhareva URS Mella Mustafova BUL Lyudmila Zyganova URS
Tumbling Twist, Women Lyudmila Zyganova URS Mella Mustafova BUL Veska Atanasova BUL