200 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1978 World Aquatics Championships
Venue West-Berlin GER
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 48
Countries 28
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Bill Forrester USA 1:52.09
(1 h1)		 1:51.02
(1 F)
🥈 Rowdy Gaines USA 1:52.29
(3 h1)		 1:51.10
(2 F)
🥉 Sergey Koplyakov URS 1:52.69
(4 h1)		 1:51.33
(3 F)
4 Peter Szmidt CAN —
(8 h1)		 1:51.94
(4 F)
5 Marcello Guarducci ITA 1:52.23
(2 h1)		 1:52.82
(5 F)
6 Andrey Krylov URS 1:53.18
(=6 h1)		 1:53.25
(6 F)
7 Ron McKeon AUS 1:53.18
(=6 h1)		 1:53.26
(7 F)
8 Andreas Schmidt GER 1:53.08
(5 h1)		 1:53.48
(8 F)
9 Jorge Delgado, Jr. ECU 1:53.28
(9 h1)		 —
10 Frank Wennmann GER 1:53.30
(10 h1)		 —
11 Per-Alvar Magnusson SWE 1:53.39
(11 h1)		 —
12 Fernando Canales PUR 1:53.54
(12 h1)		 —
13 Per Holmertz SWE 1:53.56
(13 h1)		 —
14 Graeme Brewer AUS 1:53.58
(14 h1)		 —
=15 David Dunne GBR 1:53.62
(=15 h1)		 —
=15 Paolo Revelli ITA 1:53.62
(=15 h1)		 —
17 Arne Borgstrøm NOR 1:53.71
(17 h1)		 —
18 Pierre Andraca FRA 1:54.06
(18 h1)		 —
=19 Cees Vervoorn NED 1:54.86
(=19 h1)		 —
=19 Rainer Strohbach GDR 1:54.86
(=19 h1)		 —
21 Bill Sawchuk CAN 1:55.02
(21 h1)		 —
=22 Detlev Grabs GDR 1:55.16
(=22 h1)		 —
=22 Martin Smith GBR 1:55.16
(=22 h1)		 —
24 Bent Brask NOR 1:55.18
(24 h1)		 —
25 Borut Petrič YUG 1:55.53
(25 h1)		 —
26 Daniel Machek TCH 1:55.69
(26 h1)		 —
27 Amir Ganiel ISR 1:55.78
(27 h1)		 —
28 Rui de Abreu POR 1:56.13
(28 h1)		 —
29 Marcus Mattioli BRA 1:56.16
(29 h1)		 —
30 Hiroshi Sakamoto JPN 1:57.04
(30 h1)		 —
31 Jorge Fernandes BRA 1:57.16
(31 h1)		 —
32 Fabien Noël FRA 1:57.20
(32 h1)		 —
33 Petar Georgiev BUL 1:57.29
(33 h1)		 —
34 Ali Gharbi TUN 1:57.30
(34 h1)		 —
35 Dariusz Broda POL 1:57.34
(35 h1)		 —
36 Gerard Smits NED 1:57.44
(36 h1)		 —
37 Hidenori Ishii JPN 1:57.48
(37 h1)		 —
38 Bill Chao TPE 1:57.94
(38 h1)		 —
39 Nir Shamir ISR 1:58.45
(39 h1)		 —
40 Jens Bronnum DEN 1:58.81
(40 h1)		 —
41 Paulo Frischknecht POR 1:58.94
(41 h1)		 —
42 David Cummins IRL 1:59.17
(42 h1)		 —
43 Jasper Nordsted-Jørgensen DEN 1:59.93
(43 h1)		 —
44 Diego Quiroga ECU 2:00.17
(44 h1)		 —
45 Scott Newkirk ISV 2:01.63
(45 h1)		 —
46 Murat Özüak TUR 2:02.42
(46 h1)		 —
47 Dariusz Gil POL 2:03.69
(47 h1)		 —
48 Habib Soukni TUN 2:06.65
(48 h1)		 —
DNS Barry SalisburyDNS NZL —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Brett NaylorDNS NZL —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Ari WirenDNS FIN —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Ilkka LahtlDNS FIN —
(DNS h1)		 —
DNS Zafer AtamerDNS TUR —
(DNS h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Bill Forrester USA 1:52.09
2 Marcello Guarducci ITA 1:52.23
3 Rowdy Gaines USA 1:52.29
4 Sergey Koplyakov URS 1:52.69
5 Andreas Schmidt GER 1:53.08
=6 Andrey Krylov URS 1:53.18
=6 Ron McKeon AUS 1:53.18
8 Peter Szmidt CAN —
9 Jorge Delgado, Jr. ECU 1:53.28
10 Frank Wennmann GER 1:53.30
11 Per-Alvar Magnusson SWE 1:53.39
12 Fernando Canales PUR 1:53.54
13 Per Holmertz SWE 1:53.56
14 Graeme Brewer AUS 1:53.58
=15 David Dunne GBR 1:53.62
=15 Paolo Revelli ITA 1:53.62
17 Arne Borgstrøm NOR 1:53.71
18 Pierre Andraca FRA 1:54.06
=19 Cees Vervoorn NED 1:54.86
=19 Rainer Strohbach GDR 1:54.86
21 Bill Sawchuk CAN 1:55.02
=22 Detlev Grabs GDR 1:55.16
=22 Martin Smith GBR 1:55.16
24 Bent Brask NOR 1:55.18
25 Borut Petrič YUG 1:55.53
26 Daniel Machek TCH 1:55.69
27 Amir Ganiel ISR 1:55.78
28 Rui de Abreu POR 1:56.13
29 Marcus Mattioli BRA 1:56.16
30 Hiroshi Sakamoto JPN 1:57.04
31 Jorge Fernandes BRA 1:57.16
32 Fabien Noël FRA 1:57.20
33 Petar Georgiev BUL 1:57.29
34 Ali Gharbi TUN 1:57.30
35 Dariusz Broda POL 1:57.34
36 Gerard Smits NED 1:57.44
37 Hidenori Ishii JPN 1:57.48
38 Bill Chao TPE 1:57.94
39 Nir Shamir ISR 1:58.45
40 Jens Bronnum DEN 1:58.81
41 Paulo Frischknecht POR 1:58.94
42 David Cummins IRL 1:59.17
43 Jasper Nordsted-Jørgensen DEN 1:59.93
44 Diego Quiroga ECU 2:00.17
45 Scott Newkirk ISV 2:01.63
46 Murat Özüak TUR 2:02.42
47 Dariusz Gil POL 2:03.69
48 Habib Soukni TUN 2:06.65
DNS Barry SalisburyDNS NZL —
DNS Brett NaylorDNS NZL —
DNS Ari WirenDNS FIN —
DNS Ilkka LahtlDNS FIN —
DNS Zafer AtamerDNS TUR —

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Bill Forrester USA 1:51.02
2 Rowdy Gaines USA 1:51.10
3 Sergey Koplyakov URS 1:51.33
4 Peter Szmidt CAN 1:51.94
5 Marcello Guarducci ITA 1:52.82
6 Andrey Krylov URS 1:53.25
7 Ron McKeon AUS 1:53.26
8 Andreas Schmidt GER 1:53.48