Swimming World Championship 1978 West Berlin Archive index - Saturday 19th August to Monday 28th August

Swimming World Championship 1978 West Berlin Archive index - Saturday 19th August to Monday 28th August

482 Swimmers, 73 Divers and 176 Water Polo players from 49 nations.

The Olympic Stadium and complex designed by the architect Werner March was built between 1934 and 1936 for the Olympiad. The athletic facilities were built on a 131 hectare plateau above the surrounding area. Along both sides of the pools there were stands for about 7,500 spectators. Technical installations, changing rooms and a number of organizational offces were located below the stands. Temporary bleachers were constructed for the World Championship. Total specatators: 78,000
The Weather: After the cold evening of the opening ceremony, it warmed up with beatiful sunny days until the last few days when the weather turned cold and rainy.

Men	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men 100m Freestyle	David McCagg	USA	Jim Montgomery	USA	Klaus Steinbach	FRG
Men 200m Freestyle	Bill Forrester	USA	Rowdy Gaines	USA	Sergey Koplyakov	URS
Men 400m Freestyle	Vladimir Salnikov	URS	Jeff Float	USA	Bill Forrester	USA
Men 1500m Freestyle	Vladimir Salnikov	URS	Borut Petric	YUG	Bobby Hackett	USA
Men 100m Backstroke	Bob Jackson	USA	Peter Rocca	USA	Romulo Arantes	BRA
Men 200m Backstroke	Jesse Vassallo	USA	Gary Hurring	NZL	Zoltan Verraszto	HUN
Men 100m Breaststroke	Walter Kusch	FRG	Graham Smith	CAN	Gerald Moerken	FRG
Men 200m Breaststroke	Nick Nevid	USA	Arsen Miskarov	URS	Walter Kusch	FRG
Men 100m Butterfly	Joseph Bottom	USA	Greg Jagenburg	USA	Paer Arvidsson	SWE
Men 200m Butterfly	Mike Bruner	USA	Steven Gregg	USA	Roger Pyttel	GDR
Men 200m Medley	Graham Smith	CAN	Jesse Vassallo	USA	Alexander Sidorenko	URS
Men 400m Medley	Jesse Vassallo	USA	Serguey Fesenko	URS	Andras Hargitay	HUN
Men 4x100m Freestyle Relay	United States		West Germany		Sweden
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay	United States		Soviet Union		West Germany
Men 4x100m Medley Relay	United States		West Germany		Great Britain

Women	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Women 100m Freestyle	Barbara Krause	GDR	Lene Jenssen	NOR	Larisa Tsareva	URS
Women 200m Freestyle	Cynthia Woodhead	USA	Barbara Krause	GDR	Larisa Tsareva	URS
Women 400m Freestyle	Tracey Wickham	AUS	Cynthia Woodhead	USA	Kim Linehan	USA
Women 800m Freestyle	Tracey Wickham	AUS	Cynthia Woodhead	USA	Kim Linehan	USA
Women 100m Backstroke	Linda Jezek	USA	Birgit Treiber	GDR	Cheryl Gibson	CAN
Women 200m Backstroke	Linda Jezek	USA	Birgit Treiber	GDR	Cheryl Gibson	CAN
Women 100m Breaststroke	Julia Bogdanova	URS	Tracy Caulkins	USA	Margaret Kelly	GBR
Women 200m Breaststroke	Lina Kachushite	URS	Julia Bogdanova	URS	Susanne Schultz Nielsen	DEN
Women 100m Butterfly	Joan Pennington	USA	Andrea Pollack	GDR	Wendy Quirk	CAN
Women 200m Butterfly	Tracy Caulkins	USA	Nancy Hogshead	USA	Andrea Pollack	GDR
Women 200m Medley	Tracy Caulkins	USA	Joan Pennington	USA	Ulrike Tauber	GDR
Women 400m Medley	Tracy Caulkins	USA	Ulrike Tauber	GDR	Petra Schneider	GDR
Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay	United States		East Germany		Canada
Women 4x100m Meldey Relay	United States		East Germany		Soviet Union

	Medals Swimming	Gd	Sv	Br	All
1.	United States	20	12	4	36
2.	Soviet Union	4	4	5	13
3.	Australia	2			2
4.	East Germany	1	7	4	12
5.	West Germany	1	2	4	7
6.	Canada	1	1	4	6
7.	New Zealand		1		1
7.	Yugoslavia		1		1
9.	Great Britain			2	2
9.	Hungary			2	2
9.	Sweden			2	2
12,	Denmark			1	1
12.	Norway			1	1
12.	Brazil			1	1

	Points ranking	pts
1.	United States	473
2.	Soviet Union	204
3.	East Germany	176
4.	Canada	155.5
5.	West Germany	120
6.	Great Britain	85
7.	Netherlands	67
8.	Sweden	59
9.	Australia	54
9.	Italy	54
-.	Hungary
-.	Yugoslavia
-.	New Zealand
-.	Denmark
-.	Norway
-.	Brazil

	All Medals	Gd	Sv	Br	All
1.	United States	23	14	7	44
2.	Soviet Union	6	4	6	16
3.	Canada	3	1	5	10
4.	Australia	2			2
5.	East Germany	1	10	4	15
6.	West Germany	1	2	4	7
7.	Italy	1		1	2
8.	Japan		2	1	3

Diving

Event	Gold			Silver			Bronze
Men 3m Springboard	Phil Boggs	USA	913.95	Falk Hoffmann	GDR	873.33	Giorgio Cagnotto	ITA	845.51
Men 10m Platform	Greg Louganis	USA	844.11	Falk Hofmann	GDR	836.76	Valdimir Alenik	URS	813.62
Women 3m Springboard	Irina Kalinina	URS	691.43	Cynthia Potter	USA	643.22	Jennifer Chandier	USA	637.41
Women 10m Platform	Irina Kalinina	URS	412.71	Martina Jaeschke	GDR	384.09	Melissa Briley	USA	364.74

Sinchronised Swimming

Event	Gold			Silver			Bronze
Women Solo	Helen Vanderburg	CAN	187.849	Pamela Tryon	USA	181.499	Yasuko Unezaki	JPN	179.658
Women Duo	Michelle Calkins Helen Vanderburg	CAN	183.300	Masako Fujiwara Yasuko Fujiwara	JPN	181.842	Pamela Tryon Mivhele Barone	USA	180.758
Women Team	USA United States		182.300	JPN Japan		181.633	CAN Canada		177.919

Qualification swimming times
Event	Women	Men
F 100m	1:00.0	54.0s
F 200m	2:09.0	1:55.0
F 400m	4:31.0	4:03.0
F 800m	9:18.0
F 1500m		16:07.0
Ba 100m	1:07.0	1:00.0
Ba 200m	2:24.0	2:10.0
Br 100m	1:16.0	1:07.0
Br 200m	2:42.0	2:27.0
Bu 100m	1:05.0	58.0s
Bu 200m	2:21.0	2:07.0
M 200m	2:28.0	2:13.0
M 400m	5:11.0	4:44.0
M 4x100	4:30.0	4:00.0
F 4x100	4:04.0	3:35.0
F 4x200	-	7:50.0

Schedule Swimming
Mon 21.08	M F 200	W M 200	M Br 100	M Ba 100	W M 4x100	10:00 ; 19:30
Wed 23.08	W F 200	M M 400	M Ba 100	W Ba 100	W Br 100	W F 4x100
Thu 24.08	M F 400	W M 400	M Ba 200	M Br 200	W Bu 100	M Nu 200
Fri 25.08	W F 400	M M 200	W Ba 200	M F 4x200	W Br 200	Night M F 1500
Sat 26.08	W Bu 200	W F 800	M Bu 100	W F 4x100	Night W F 800 M F 1500
Mon 27.08	W F 100	M F 100	M M 4x100	Night W F 800	21:20 closure

1982 Guayiaquil (ECU)

1978 West Berlin

1975 Cali (COL)

1973 Beograd (YUG)

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