4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men
| Competition | 1978 World Aquatics Championships |
|---|---|
| Venue |
West-Berlin
 GER
|
| Held | — |
| Status | Medal |
| Competitors | 77 |
| Countries | 17 |
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Preliminary Round | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | United States |  USA |
3:49.92 (1 h3) |
3:44.63 (1 F) |
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| Bob Jackson | — | 56.33 | ||||
| Nick Nevid | — | 1:04.71 | ||||
| Joe Bottom | — | 53.91 | ||||
| David McCagg | — | 49.68 | ||||
| Peter Rocca | 57.45 | — | * | |||
| Steve Lundquist | 1:05.62 | — | * | |||
| Greg Jagenburg | 56.21 | — | * | |||
| Rowdy Gaines | 50.64 | — | * | |||
| 🥈 | Germany | GER |
3:53.08 (2 h2) |
3:48.58 (2 F) |
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| Klaus Steinbach | — | 58.85 | ||||
| Walter Kusch | 1:03.67 | 1:02.91 | ||||
| Michael Kraus | — | 55.99 | ||||
| Andreas Schmidt | — | 50.83 | ||||
| Reinhold Becker | 59.81 | — | * | |||
| Peter Broscienski | 57.44 | — | * | |||
| Ulrich Temps | 52.16 | — | * | |||
| 🥉 | Great Britain |  GBR |
3:51.78 (3 h3) |
3:49.06 (3 F) |
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| Gary Abraham | 59.46 | 59.06 | ||||
| Duncan Goodhew | 1:03.70 | 1:03.20 | ||||
| John Mills | 56.12 | 55.39 | ||||
| Martin Smith | — | 51.41 | ||||
| David Dunne | 52.50 | — | * | |||
| 4 | Canada |  CAN |
3:52.18 (2 h3) |
3:50.10 (4 F) |
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| Wade Flemons | 1:00.13 | 59.82 | ||||
| Graham Smith | 1:04.04 | 1:03.46 | ||||
| Dan Thompson | 55.82 | 55.33 | ||||
| Gary MacDonald | 51.83 | 51.49 | ||||
| 5 | East Germany |  GDR |
3:52.57 (2 h1) |
3:50.15 (5 F) |
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| Lutz Wanja | 59.26 | 58.95 | ||||
| Falk Becker | 1:04.67 | 1:03.76 | ||||
| Roger Pyttel | 55.74 | 54.85 | ||||
| Detlev Grabs | 52.90 | 52.59 | ||||
| 6 | Sweden |  SWE |
3:52.02 (1 h1) |
3:50.58 (6 F) |
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| Michael Söderlund | 59.02 | 59.05 | ||||
| Jan Sjöström | 1:05.62 | 1:05.40 | ||||
| Pär Arvidsson | 55.16 | 54.69 | ||||
| Per Holmertz | 52.22 | 51.44 | ||||
| 7 | Soviet Union |  URS |
3:51.75 (1 h2) |
3:51.18 (7 F) |
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| Aleksandr Sidorenko | 58.86 | 58.46 | ||||
| Arsens Miskarovs | — | 1:05.22 | ||||
| Yevgeny Seredin | 56.02 | 56.00 | ||||
| Andrey Krylov | 51.64 | 51.50 | ||||
| Aleksandr Fedorovsky | 1:05.23 | — | * | |||
| 8 | Japan |  JPN |
3:54.38 (3 h1) |
3:54.84 (8 F) |
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| Noriyoshi Mishina | 1:01.17 | 1:01.26 | ||||
| Shigehiro Takahashi | 1:03.12 | 1:03.47 | ||||
| Shinsuke Kayama | 57.71 | 57.92 | ||||
| Hidenori Ishii | 52.38 | 52.19 (8 F) |
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| 9 | Hungary |  HUN |
3:56.61 (3 h3) |
— | ||
| Zoltán Verrasztó | 58.63 | — | ||||
| Albán Vermes | 1:05.22 | — | ||||
| Tamás Mikola | 58.22 | — | ||||
| Sándor Nagy | 54.54 | — | ||||
| 10 | Netherlands |  NED |
3:57.39 (4 h2) |
— | ||
| Fred Eefting | 59.22 | — | ||||
| Ronald Hond | 1:08.18 | — | ||||
| Cees Vervoorn | 55.86 | — | ||||
| Frans Debets | 54.13 | — | ||||
| 11 | Australia |  AUS |
3:57.73 (4 h3) |
— | ||
| Glenn Patching | 59.12 | — | ||||
| Lindsay Spencer | 1:08.30 | — | ||||
| Mark Morgan | 57.99 | — | ||||
| Graeme Brewer | 52.32 | — | ||||
| 12 | Bulgaria |  BUL |
4:01.31 (4 h1) |
— | ||
| Krasimir Petrov | 1:00.28 | — | ||||
| Georgi Dangalakov | 1:08.69 | — | ||||
| Yuliyan Vasilev | 58.53 | — | ||||
| Petar Georgiev | 53.81 | — | ||||
| 13 | Puerto Rico |  PUR |
4:04.05 (5 h1) |
— | ||
| Carlos Berrocal | 1:00.63 | — | ||||
| Orlando Catinchi | 1:09.38 | — | ||||
| Arnaldo Pérez | 59.54 | — | ||||
| Fernando Canales | 54.50 | — | ||||
| 14 | Colombia |  COL |
4:05.28 (5 h3) |
— | ||
| Genaro Otero | 1:02.18 | — | ||||
| Pablo Restrepo | 1:08.16 | — | ||||
| Jorge Jaramillo | 58.77 | — | ||||
| Helmut Levy | 56.17 | — | ||||
| 15 | Ecuador |  ECU |
4:12.30 (5 h2) |
— | ||
| José Yepes | 1:03.62 | — | ||||
| Luis Bajaña | 1:11.41 | — | ||||
| Enrique Ledesma | 1:01.07 | — | ||||
| Jorge Delgado, Jr. | 56.20 | — | ||||
| 16 | Tunisia |  TUN |
4:18.91 (6 h3) |
— | ||
| Ali Gharbi | 1:04.18 | — | ||||
| Hédi Belhassen | 1:13.63 | — | ||||
| Samir Bouchlaghem | 1:02.97 | — | ||||
| Habib Soukni | 58.13 | — | ||||
| AC | Italy |  ITA |
4:03.80 (DQ h2) |
— | ||
| Daniele Cerabino | 1:02.01 | — | ||||
| Giorgio Lalle | 1:06.98 | — | ||||
| Riccardo Urbani | 1:01.33 | — | ||||
| Paolo Revelli | 53.48 | — | ||||
| DNS | New Zealand |  NZL |
— (DNS h1) |
— |
Preliminary Round
Heat 1
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | SWE |
3:52.02 | |
| Michael Söderlund | 59.02 | |||
| Jan Sjöström | 1:05.62 | |||
| Pär Arvidsson | 55.16 | |||
| Per Holmertz | 52.22 | |||
| 2 | East Germany | GDR |
3:52.57 | |
| Lutz Wanja | 59.26 | |||
| Falk Becker | 1:04.67 | |||
| Roger Pyttel | 55.74 | |||
| Detlev Grabs | 52.90 | |||
| 3 | Japan | JPN |
3:54.38 | |
| Noriyoshi Mishina | 1:01.17 | |||
| Shigehiro Takahashi | 1:03.12 | |||
| Shinsuke Kayama | 57.71 | |||
| Hidenori Ishii | 52.38 | |||
| 4 | Bulgaria | BUL |
4:01.31 | |
| Krasimir Petrov | 1:00.28 | |||
| Georgi Dangalakov | 1:08.69 | |||
| Yuliyan Vasilev | 58.53 | |||
| Petar Georgiev | 53.81 | |||
| 5 | Puerto Rico | PUR |
4:04.05 | |
| Carlos Berrocal | 1:00.63 | |||
| Orlando Catinchi | 1:09.38 | |||
| Arnaldo Pérez | 59.54 | |||
| Fernando Canales | 54.50 | |||
| DNS | New Zealand | NZL |
— |
Heat 2
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | URS |
3:51.75 | |
| Aleksandr Sidorenko | 58.86 | |||
| Arsens Miskarovs | — | |||
| Yevgeny Seredin | 56.02 | |||
| Andrey Krylov | 51.64 | |||
| Aleksandr Fedorovsky | 1:05.23 | |||
| 2 | Germany | GER |
3:53.08 | |
| Klaus Steinbach | — | |||
| Walter Kusch | 1:03.67 | |||
| Michael Kraus | — | |||
| Andreas Schmidt | — | |||
| Reinhold Becker | 59.81 | |||
| Peter Broscienski | 57.44 | |||
| Ulrich Temps | 52.16 | |||
| 4 | Netherlands | NED |
3:57.39 | |
| Fred Eefting | 59.22 | |||
| Ronald Hond | 1:08.18 | |||
| Cees Vervoorn | 55.86 | |||
| Frans Debets | 54.13 | |||
| 5 | Ecuador | ECU |
4:12.30 | |
| José Yepes | 1:03.62 | |||
| Luis Bajaña | 1:11.41 | |||
| Enrique Ledesma | 1:01.07 | |||
| Jorge Delgado, Jr. | 56.20 | |||
| DQ | Italy | ITA |
4:03.80 | |
| Daniele Cerabino | 1:02.01 | |||
| Giorgio Lalle | 1:06.98 | |||
| Riccardo Urbani | 1:01.33 | |||
| Paolo Revelli | 53.48 |
Heat 3
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | USA |
3:49.92 | |
| Bob Jackson | — | |||
| Nick Nevid | — | |||
| Joe Bottom | — | |||
| David McCagg | — | |||
| Peter Rocca | 57.45 | |||
| Steve Lundquist | 1:05.62 | |||
| Greg Jagenburg | 56.21 | |||
| Rowdy Gaines | 50.64 | |||
| 2 | Canada | CAN |
3:52.18 | |
| Wade Flemons | 1:00.13 | |||
| Graham Smith | 1:04.04 | |||
| Dan Thompson | 55.82 | |||
| Gary MacDonald | 51.83 | |||
| 3 | Great Britain | GBR |
3:51.78 | |
| Gary Abraham | 59.46 | |||
| Duncan Goodhew | 1:03.70 | |||
| John Mills | 56.12 | |||
| Martin Smith | — | |||
| David Dunne | 52.50 | |||
| 3 | Hungary | HUN |
3:56.61 | |
| Zoltán Verrasztó | 58.63 | |||
| Albán Vermes | 1:05.22 | |||
| Tamás Mikola | 58.22 | |||
| Sándor Nagy | 54.54 | |||
| 4 | Australia | AUS |
3:57.73 | |
| Glenn Patching | 59.12 | |||
| Lindsay Spencer | 1:08.30 | |||
| Mark Morgan | 57.99 | |||
| Graeme Brewer | 52.32 | |||
| 5 | Colombia | COL |
4:05.28 | |
| Genaro Otero | 1:02.18 | |||
| Pablo Restrepo | 1:08.16 | |||
| Jorge Jaramillo | 58.77 | |||
| Helmut Levy | 56.17 | |||
| 6 | Tunisia | TUN |
4:18.91 | |
| Ali Gharbi | 1:04.18 | |||
| Hédi Belhassen | 1:13.63 | |||
| Samir Bouchlaghem | 1:02.97 | |||
| Habib Soukni | 58.13 |