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Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Location | West Berlin, Germany | |||||||||
Dates | 28 Aug (heats and finals) | |||||||||
Competitors | 48 from 29 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 50.24 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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1978 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | women | |
Duet | women | |
Team | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | |
The men's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships was held on 28 August 1978.[1]
Records
editPrior 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 |
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Competition record | Andy Coan (USA) | 51.23 | Cali, Colombia | 27 July 1975 |
Results
editHeats
editFinal
editRank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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David McCagg | United States | 50.24 | CR | |
Jim Montgomery | United States | 50.73 | ||
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- ^ "Results" (PDF). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Amdur, Neil (15 August 1976). "Skinner swims to mark". The New York Times. UPI. p. 5 of sports.
- ^ "Heat Summary". Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Final". Retrieved 3 August 2023.