Swimming at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1978 FINA World Championships
Dates	28 August 1978 (heats) 28 August 1978 (final)
Competitors	45
Winning time	55.68 seconds
Medalists
Barbara Krause    East Germany   Lene Jenssen    Norway   Larisa Tsaryova    Soviet Union
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The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships took place 28 August.

Results[]

Heats[]

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Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Barbara Krause	East Germany	55.99	CR
2	Larisa Tsaryova	Soviet Union	57.00
3	Lene Jenssen	Norway	57.04
4	Stephanie Elkins	United States	57.22
5	Heike Witt	East Germany	57.41
6	Enith Brigitha	Netherlands	57.51
7	Birgitta Jönsson	Sweden	57.98
8	Rebecca Perrott	New Zealand	58.01
9		United States	58.17
10	Wendy Quirk	Canada	58.20
11	Olga Klevakina	Soviet Union	58.21
12		West Germany	58.26
13	Marion Aizpors	West Germany	58.42
14	Ineke Ran	Netherlands	58.52
15	Guylaine Berger	France	58.53
16		Norway	58.68
17	Rosemary Brown	Australia	58.71
18	Carol Klimpel	Canada	58.97
19	Sachiko Yamazaki	Japan	59.51
20	Sharron Davies	United Kingdom	59.60
21	Heidi Turk	United Kingdom	59.68
22	Heidi Koch	Austria	59.75
23		New Zealand	59.94
24		Denmark	1:00.63
25	Shelley Cramer	United States Virgin Islands	1:00.63
26	Anette Fredriksson	Sweden	1:00.69
27		Denmark	1:00.79
28	Natalia Más	Spain	1:01.02
29	Hsu Yue-yun	Chinese Taipei	1:01.14
30		Spain	1:01.32
31	María París	Costa Rica	1:01.41
32		Belgium	1:01.49
33	Ratchaneewan Bulakul	Thailand	1:01.55
34	Maria Guimarães	Brazil	1:01.67
35		Ecuador	1:01.74
36	Rosanna Juncos	Argentina	1:01.95
37		Luxembourg	1:02.35
38		Chinese Taipei	1:02.77
39		Indonesia	1:03.40
40		Poland	1:03.65
41	Myriam Mizouni	Tunisia	1:03.92
42		Thailand	1:04.26
43		Indonesia	1:05.24
44		Tunisia	1:05:59
45	Karen Van de Graaf	Australia	DNS

Final[]

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Barbara Krause	East Germany	55.68	CR
	Lene Jenssen	Norway	56.82
	Larisa Tsaryova	Soviet Union	56.85
4	Stephanie Elkins	United States	56.98
5	Enith Brigitha	Netherlands	57.17
6	Heike Witt	East Germany	57.49
7	Birgitta Jönsson	Sweden	57.54
8	Rebecca Perrott	New Zealand	58.03

References[]

• USASwimming