User:Taybayless/Swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle

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Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships
LocationWest Berlin, Germany
Dates28 Aug (heats and finals)
Competitors48 from 29 nations
Winning time50.24
Medalists
gold medal David McCagg   United States
silver medal Klaus Steinbach   West Germany
bronze medal Jim Montgomery   United States
← 1975
1982 →
1978 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Swimming
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Synchronised swimming
Solowomen
Duetwomen
Teamwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmen

The men's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships was held on 28 August 1978.[1]

Records[edit]

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[2]

World record  Jonty Skinner (RSA) 49.44 Philadelphia, United States 14 August 1976
Competition record  Andy Coan (USA) 51.23 Cali, Colombia 27 July 1975

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David McCagg  United States 50.39 Q, CR
2 Klaus Steinbach  West Germany 51.34 Q
3 Jim Montgomery  United States 51.63 Q
4 Marcello Guarducci  Italy 51.80 Q
5 Fernando Canales  Puerto Rico 51.85 Q
6 Andreas Schmidt  West Germany 51.86 Q
7 Pelle Holmertz  Sweden 51.91 Q
8 Per-Alvar Magnusson  Sweden 52.15 Q
9 Martin Smith  United Kingdom 52.65
10 Graeme Brewer  Australia 52.70
11 David Lopez-Zubero  Spain 52.79
11 Bent Brask  Norway 52.79
13 Sergei Kopliakov  Soviet Union 52.96
14 Mark Morgan  Australia 53.03
15 Richard Burrell  United Kingdom 53.09
16 Paolo Revelli  Italy 53.10
17 Bill Sawchuk  Canada 53.20
18 Hidenori Ishii  Japan 53.35
19 Jorge Delgado  Ecuador 53.43
20 Miloslav Rolko  Czechoslovakia 53.49
21 Peter Szmidt  Canada 53.52
21 Nir Shamir  Israel 53.52
23 Rui Abreu  Portugal 53.79
24 Jorge Fernandes  Brazil 53.90
25 Sergey Krasyuk  Soviet Union 53.95
26 José Pereira  Portugal 54.34
27 Juan Barro  Spain 54.36
28 Ali Gharbi  Tunisia 54.43
29 Hiroshi Sakamoto  Japan 54.45
30 Jasper Nordsted  Denmark 54.69
31 Henrik Rasmussen  Denmark 54.79
32 Remmy Schaap  Netherlands 54.82
33 Kurt Dittrich  Austria 55.06
34 Marcus Mattioli  Brazil 55.27
35 David Cummins  Ireland 55.28
36 Ron Kehrmann  Israel 55.60
37 Alfredo Mackliff  Ecuador 55.70
38 Dariusz Broda  Poland 56.18
39 Paul Rowe  New Zealand 57.00
40 Zafer Atamar  Turkey 57.11
41 Habib Soukni  Tunisia 57.64
42 Luki Niode  Indonesia 58.58
43 Edham Al-Seif  Kuwait 58.89
44 Saliah Al-Berges  Kuwait 1:02.27
Frans Debets  Netherlands DNS
Scott Newkirk  United States Virgin Islands
Barry Salisbury  New Zealand
Arl Wiren  Finland

Final[edit]

[4]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) David McCagg  United States 50.24 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jim Montgomery  United States 50.73
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Klaus Steinbach  West Germany 50.79
4 Marcello Guarducci  Italy 51.71
5 Fernando Canales  Puerto Rico 51.74
6 Andreas Schmidt  West Germany 51.78
7 Pelle Holmertz  Sweden 51.83
8 Per-Alvar Magnusson  Sweden 52.36

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Results" (PDF). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  2. ^ Amdur, Neil (15 August 1976). "Skinner swims to mark". The New York Times. UPI. p. 5 of sports.
  3. ^ "Heat Summary". Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Final". Retrieved 3 August 2023.


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