Volleyball, Women
| Competition | 1978 Volleyball Women's World Championship |
|---|---|
| Venue |
various
 URS
|
| Held | 25 August – 7 September 1978 |
| Status | Medal |
| Competitors | 36 |
| Countries | 3 |
CUB qualified for the 1980 Moskva Olympics.
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Cuba |  CUB |
— | ||
| Nelly Barnet / Ana Díaz / Erenia Díaz / Ana María García / Mavis Guilarte / Libertad González / Sirenia Martínez / Mercedes Pérez / Mercedes Pomares / Imilsis Téllez / Lucila Urgellés / Maura Alfonso | |||||
| 🥈 | Japan |  JPN |
— | ||
| Yumi Egami-Maruyama / Yoshie Ishikawa / Sachiko Kaneko / Chizuru Kawahara / Tamae Namekawa / Kazuko Ogawa / Kayoko Sudo / Shoko Takayanagi / Hiromi Yano / Juri Yokoyama / Mariko Yoshida / Mitsuko Yoshino | |||||
| 🥉 | Soviet Union | URS |
— | ||
| Lyudmila Chernyshova / Nadezhda Gorlovskaya / Lidiya Loginova / Irina Makogonova / Nina Muradyan / Liliya Osadchaya / Nadezhda Radzevich / Lyudmila Shchetinina / Nina Smoleyeva / Midite Sturmane / Lyubov Timofeyeva / Lyudmila Zhigily | |||||