These are the results (medal winners) of the swimming competition at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships held in the city of West Berlin between August 20 and August 28.
Medal table
Record(*)
Medal summary
Men 100 m freestyle 50.24 CR 50.73 50.79200 m freestyle 1:51.02 CR 1:51.10 1:51.33400 m freestyle 3:51.94 CR 3:53.42 3:53.971500 m freestyle 15:03.99 CR 15:20.77 15:23.38100 m backstroke 56.36 CR 56.69 58.01200 m backstroke 2:02.16 2:03.71 2:03.90100 m breaststroke 1:03.56 CR 1:03.60 1:03.62200 m breaststroke 2:16.37 CR 2:18.42 2:20.16100 m butterfly 54.30 55.26 55.38200 m butterfly 1:59.38 CR 1:59.80 2:01.33200 m individual medley 2:03.65 WR 2:04.99 2:05.29400 m individual medley 4:20.05 WR 4:22.29 4:27.044 × 100 m freestyle relay Jack BabashoffRowdy GainesJim MontgomeryDavid McCagg 3:19.74 WR Andreas SchmidtUlrich TempsPeter KnustKlaus Steinbach 3:26.65 Per HolmertzDan LarssonPer-Ola QuistPer-Alvar Magnusson 3:26.954 × 200 m freestyle relay Bruce FurnissBill ForresterBobby HackettRowdy Gaines 7:20.82 WR Sergey RusinAndrey KrylovVladimir SalnikovSergey Kopliakov 7:28.41 Andreas SchmidtPeter KnustKarsken LippmannFrank Wennmann 7:33.294 × 100 m medley relay Bob JacksonNick NevidJoe BottomDavid McCagg 3:44.63 CR Klaus SteinbachWalter KuschMichael KrausAndreas Schmidt 3:48.58 Gary AbrahamDuncan GoodhewJohn MillsMartin Smith 3:49.06 Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record
Women 100 m freestyle 55.68 CR 56.82 56.85200 m freestyle 1:58.53 WR 1:59.78 2:01.76400 m freestyle 4:06.28 WR 4:07.15 4:07.73800 m freestyle 8:24.94 CR 8:29.35 8:32.60100 m backstroke 1:02.55 CR 1:03.18 1:03.43200 m backstroke 2:11.93 WR 2:14.07 2:14.23100 m breaststroke 1:10.31 WR 1:10.77 1:11.99200 m breaststroke 2:31.42 WR 2:32.69 2:33.60100 m butterfly 1:00.20 CR 1:00.26 1:01.82200 m butterfly 2:09.87 WR 2:11.30 2:12.63 200 m individual medley 2:14.07 WR 2:14.98 2:15.99400 m individual medley 4:40.83 WR 4:47.52 4:48.564 × 100 m freestyle relay Tracy CaulkinsStephanie ElkinsJill SterkelCynthia Woodhead 3:43.43 WR Heike WittCaren MetschuckBarbara KrausePetra Priemer 3:47.37 Gail AmundrudNancy GarapickSue SloanWendy Quirk 3:49.594 × 100 m medley relay Linda JezekTracy CaulkinsJoan PenningtonCynthia Woodhead 4:08.21 CR Birgit TreiberRamona ReinkeAndrea PollackBarbara Krause 4:09.13 Elena KruglovaYuliya BogdanovaIrina AksenovaLarisa Tsaryova 4:14.91 Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record
References 1978 World Aquatics Championships-results HistoFINA Men HistoFINA Women