# 1978 World Aquatics Championships

The 1978 World Aquatics Championships took place in the free city of West Berlin between August 20 and August 28, 1978. Women's Water Polo competed as an exhibition sport.

## Medal table

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | United States | 23* | 14 | 7 | 44 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | East Germany | 1 | 10 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | West Germany | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Japan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |
* Record(*)

## Results
### Diving
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard | Phil Boggs (USA) | Falk Hoffmann (GDR) | Giorgio Cagnotto (ITA) |
| 10 m platform | Greg Louganis (USA) | Falk Hoffmann (GDR) | Vladimir Aleynik (URS) |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard | Irina Kalinina (URS) | Cynthia Potter (USA) | Jennifer Chandler (USA) |
| 10 m platform | Irina Kalinina (URS) | Martina Jäschke (GDR) | Melissa Briley (USA) |

### Swimming
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | David McCagg (USA) | Jim Montgomery (USA) | Klaus Steinbach (FRG) |
| 200 m freestyle | Bill Forrester (USA) | Rowdy Gaines (USA) | Sergey Kopliakov (URS) |
| 400 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | Jeff Float (USA) | Bill Forrester (USA) |
| 1500 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | Borut Petrič (YUG) | Bobby Hackett (USA) |
| 100 m backstroke | Bob Jackson (USA) | Peter Rocca (USA) | Romulo Arantes (BRA) |
| 200 m backstroke | Jesse Vassallo (USA) | Gary Hurring (NZL) | Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) |
| 100 m breaststroke | Walter Kusch (FRG) | Graham Smith (CAN) | Gerald Mörken (FRG) |
| 200 m breaststroke | Nick Nevid (USA) | Arsens Miskarovs (URS) | Walter Kusch (FRG) |
| 100 m butterfly | Joe Bottom (USA) | Greg Jagenburg (USA) | Pär Arvidsson (SWE) |
| 200 m butterfly | Mike Bruner (USA) | Steve Gregg (USA) | Roger Pyttel (GDR) |
| 200 m individual medley | Graham Smith (CAN) | Jesse Vassallo (USA) | Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) |
| 400 m individual medley | Jesse Vassallo (USA) | Sergey Fesenko (URS) | András Hargitay (HUN) |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) Jack Babashoff Rowdy Gaines Jim Montgomery David McCagg | West Germany (FRG) Andreas Schmidt Ulrich Temps Peter Knust Klaus Steinbach | Sweden (SWE) Per Holmertz Dan Larsson Per-Ola Quist Per-Alvar Magnusson |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) Bruce Furniss Bill Forrester Bobby Hackett Rowdy Gaines | Soviet Union (URS) Sergey Rusin Andrey Krylov Vladimir Salnikov Sergey Kopliakov | West Germany (FRG) Andreas Schmidt Peter Knust Karsten Lippmann Frank Wennmann |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | United States (USA) Bob Jackson Nick Nevid Joe Bottom David McCagg | West Germany (FRG) Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Michael Kraus Andreas Schmidt | Great Britain (GBR) Gary Abraham Duncan Goodhew John Mills Martin Smith |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Barbara Krause (GDR) | Lene Jenssen (NOR) | Larisa Tsaryova (URS) |
| 200 m freestyle | Cynthia Woodhead (USA) | Barbara Krause (GDR) | Larisa Tsaryova (URS) |
| 400 m freestyle | Tracey Wickham (AUS) | Cynthia Woodhead (USA) | Kim Linehan (USA) |
| 800 m freestyle | Tracey Wickham (AUS) | Cynthia Woodhead (USA) | Kim Linehan (USA) |
| 100 m backstroke | Linda Jezek (USA) | Birgit Treiber (GDR) | Cheryl Gibson (CAN) |
| 200 m backstroke | Linda Jezek (USA) | Birgit Treiber (GDR) | Cheryl Gibson (CAN) |
| 100 m breaststroke | Yuliya Bogdanova (URS) | Tracy Caulkins (USA) | Margaret Kelly (GBR) |
| 200 m breaststroke | Lina Kačiušytė (URS) | Yuliya Bogdanova (URS) | Susanne Nielsson (DEN) |
| 100 m butterfly | Joan Pennington (USA) | Andrea Pollack (GDR) | Wendy Quirk (CAN) |
| 200 m butterfly | Tracy Caulkins (USA) | Nancy Hogshead (USA) | Andrea Pollack (GDR) |
| 200 m individual medley | Tracy Caulkins (USA) | Joan Pennington (USA) | Ulrike Tauber (GDR) |
| 400 m individual medley | Tracy Caulkins (USA) | Ulrike Tauber (GDR) | Petra Schneider (GDR) |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) Tracy Caulkins Stephanie Elkins Jill Sterkel Cynthia Woodhead | East Germany (GDR) Heike Witt Caren Metschuck Barbara Krause Petra Priemer | Canada (CAN) Gail Amundrud Nancy Garapick Sue Sloan Wendy Quirk |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | United States (USA) Linda Jezek Tracy Caulkins Joan Pennington Cynthia Woodhead | East Germany (GDR) Birgit Treiber Ramona Reinke Andrea Pollack Barbara Krause | Soviet Union (URS) Elena Kruglova Yuliya Bogdanova Irina Aksenova Larisa Tsaryova |

### Synchronised swimming

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Solo routine | Helen Vanderburg (CAN) | Pam Tryon (USA) | Yasuko Unezaki (JPN) |
| Duet routine | Michelle Calkins (CAN) Helen Vanderburg (CAN) | Masako Fujiwara (JPN) Yasuko Fujiwara (JPN) | Michele Barone (USA) Pam Tryon (USA) |
| Team routine | United States (USA) | Japan (JPN) | Canada (CAN) |

### Water polo
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team | Italy | Hungary | Yugoslavia |