The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships took place 28 August.
Results
Heats
Sources: Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 Barbara Krause 55.99 CR 2 Larisa Tsaryova 57.00 3 Lene Jenssen 57.04 4 Stephanie Elkins 57.22 5 Heike Witt 57.41 6 Enith Brigitha 57.51 7 Birgitta Jönsson 57.98 8 Rebecca Perrott 58.01 9 Jane Abraham 58.17 10 Wendy Quirk 58.20 11 Olga Klevakina 58.21 12 Petra Jensurski 58.26 13 Marion Aizpors 58.42 14 Ineke Ran 58.52 15 Guylaine Berger 58.53 16 Guri Kogstad 58.68 17 Rosemary Brown 58.71 18 Carol Klimpel 58.97 19 Sachiko Yamazaki 59.51 20 Sharron Davies 59.60 21 Heidi Turk 59.68 22 Heidi Koch 59.75 23 Andrea Hawcridge 59.94 24 Charlotte Petersen 1:00.63 25 Shelley Cramer 1:00.63 26 Anette Fredriksson 1:00.69 27 Lone Jansen 1:00.79 28 Natalia Más 1:01.02 29 Hsu Yue-yun 1:01.14 30 Julia Lopez-Zubero 1:01.32 31 María París 1:01.41 32 Marie Rose Verplaetse 1:01.49 33 Ratchaneewan Bulakul 1:01.55 34 Maria Guimarães 1:01.67 35 Lorgia Orejuela 1:01.74 36 Rosanna Juncos 1:01.95 37 Yasmine Kummer 1:02.35 38 Wen-Hsuen Kiang 1:02.77 39 Nanik Jullati Soewadji 1:03.40 40 Marta Slonina 1:03.65 41 Myriam Mizouni 1:03.92 42 Sumatana Pingkatswan 1:04.26 43 Anita Sapardjiman 1:05.24 44 Ahlem Gheribi 1:05:59 45 Karen Van de Graaf DNS
Final
Sources: Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Barbara Krause 55.68 CR Lene Jenssen 56.82 Larisa Tsaryova 56.85 4 Stephanie Elkins 56.98 5 Enith Brigitha 57.17 6 Heike Witt 57.49 7 Birgitta Jönsson 57.54 8 Rebecca Perrott 58.03
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