# 1978 World Sports Acrobatics Championships

The 3rd World Sports Acrobatics Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1978.

## Men's
### Tumbling
#### Overall

| Gymnast | Country |
| Alexander Rassolin | Soviet Union |
| Igor Brikman | Soviet Union |
| Steve Elliot | United States |

#### First exercise

| Gymnast | Country |
| Alexander Rassolin | Soviet Union |
| Steve Elliot | United States |
| Igor Brikman | Soviet Union |

#### Second exercise

| Gymnast | Country |
| Alexander Rassolin | Soviet Union |
| Igor Brikman | Soviet Union |
| Steve Elliot | United States |
| Plamen Eftimov | Bulgaria |

### Group
#### Overall

* Country
* Poland
* Soviet Union
* Bulgaria

#### First exercise

* Country
* Soviet Union
* Bulgaria
* Poland

#### Second exercise

* Country
* Poland
* Soviet Union
* Bulgaria

### Pair
#### Overall

| Team | Country |
| Vladimir Pochevalov, Vassily Machuga | Soviet Union |
| Dimitar Russanov, Petko Petkov | Bulgaria |
| Adam Klish, Kshistof Olendrginsky | Poland |

#### First exercise

| Team | Country |
| Vladimir Pochevalov, Vassily Machuga | Soviet Union |
| Dimitar Russanov, Petko Petkov | Bulgaria |
| Adam Klish, Kshistof Olendrginsky | Poland |

#### Second exercise

| Team | Country |
| Vladimir Pochevalov, Vassily Machuga | Soviet Union |
| Dimitar Russanov, Petko Petkov | Bulgaria |
| Adam Klish, Kshistof Olendrginsky | Poland |

## Mixed
### Pair
#### Overall

| Team | Country |
| Margarita Mollova, Dimitar Mintchev | Bulgaria |
| Tatiana Kuznetsova, Viatcheslav Krivtsov | Soviet Union |
| Amy Montgomery, Jay Groves | United States |

#### First exercise

| Team | Country |
| Margarita Mollova, Dimitar Mintchev | Bulgaria |
| Tatiana Kuznetsova, Viatcheslav Krivtsov | Soviet Union |
| Sabine Philippi, Herbert Malbach | West Germany |

#### Second exercise

| Team | Country |
| Margarita Mollova, Dimitar Mintchev | Bulgaria |
| Tatiana Kuznetsova, Viatcheslav Krivtsov | Soviet Union |
| Sabine Philippi, Herbert Malbach | West Germany |

## Women
### Tumbling
#### Overall

| Gymnast | Country |
| Ludmila Zyganova | Soviet Union |
| Mella Mustafova | Bulgaria |
| Valentina Chuhareva | Soviet Union |
| Becki Handrin | United States |

#### First exercise

| Gymnast | Country |
| Valentina Chuhareva | Soviet Union |
| Mella Mustafova | Bulgaria |
| Ludmila Zyganova | Soviet Union |

#### Second exercise

| Gymnast | Country |
| Ludmila Zyganova | Soviet Union |
| Mella Mustafova | Bulgaria |
| Veska Atanasova | Bulgaria |

### Group
#### Overall

* Country
* Soviet Union
* Bulgaria
* West Germany

#### First exercise

* Country
* Soviet Union
* Bulgaria
* West Germany

#### Second exercise

* Country
* Soviet Union
* Poland
* Bulgaria

### Pair
#### Overall

| Team | Country |
| Nadejda Tischtschenko, Rita Kucharenko | Soviet Union |
| Stefka Gentcheva, Tania Hristova | Bulgaria |
| Eva Rucka, Eva Anerjevska | Poland |

#### First exercise

| Team | Country |
| Nadejda Tischtschenko, Rita Kucharenko | Soviet Union |
| Stefka Gentcheva, Tania Hristova | Bulgaria |
| Eva Rucka, Eva Anerjevska | Poland |

#### Second exercise

| Team | Country |
| Stefka Gentcheva, Tania Hristova | Bulgaria |
| Nadejda Tischtschenko, Rita Kucharenko | Soviet Union |
| Eva Rucka, Eva Anerjevska | Poland |