Men 200m Backstroke Swimming III World Championship 1978 West Berlin - Wednesday, 23rd August - Gold Medal: Jesse Vassalloo, United States

Men 200m Backstroke Swimming III World Championship 1978 West Berlin - Wednesday, 23rd August - Gold Medal: Jesse Vassalloo, United States

Final		time		gap	L	ag	50m	100m	150m
1. Jesse Vassallo	United States	2:02.16		-	5	17	29.17s	1:00.17	1:31.28
2. Gary Hurring	New Zealand	2:03.71	NR	+1.55s	6	16	29.37s	1:00.61	1:32.01
3. Zoltan Verraszto	Hungary	2:03.90		+1.74s	3	22	28.90s	59.90s	1:31.65
4. Tim Shaw	United States	2:04.33		+2.17s	4	20	29.11s	1:00.19	1:32.24
5. Fred Eefting	Netherlands	2:05.01	NR	+2.85s	2	19	28.95s	1:00.57	1:32.64
6. Sandor Wladar	Hungary	2:07.32		+5.16s	8	15	29.86s	1:02.33	1:35.23
7. Conrado Porta	Argentina	2:07.43		+5.27s	1	20	30.52s	1:03.00	1:35.62
-. Viktor Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	2:05.56	DQ	-	7	17

Garry Hutlring, New Zealand was charged with illegal touch.

Viktor Kuznetsov, Soviet Union was disqualified on Sun, Aug 28 by FINA because "of an ofense against the doping regulations." Wladar and Porta were awarded sixth and seventh places respectively.

-- Competitors from -- Nations.
Men 200m Backstroke History	1975 Men 200m Backstroke	1982 Men 200m Backstroke

World Record: John Naber, United States 1:59.19 (27.73s, 57.45s, 1:27.99)

Championship Record: Roland Matthes, East Germany 2:01.87 1973 (59.45s)

Heats - Wednesday, 23rd August

Best 8 times advanced to Final>.

Heat 4		time	gap	L	ag	Rk
2. Jesse Vassallo	United States	2:05.04	+0.21s	-	17	1.
4. Gary Hurring	New Zealand	2:05.69	+0.86s	-	16	2.
5. Fred Eefting	Netherlands	2:05.96	+1.13s	-	19	3.
7. Sandor Wladar	Hungary	2:06.42	+1.59s	-	15	4.

Heat 3		time		gap	L	ag	Rk
1. Tim Shaw	United States	2:04.83		-	-	20	1.
-. Viktor Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	2:05.98	DQ	+1.15s	-	17	2.

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Index Swimming	index West Berlin 1978

Swimming
Men 100m Freestyle	Women 100m Freestyle
Men 200m Freestyle	Women 200m Freestyle
Men 400m Freestyle	Women 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle	Women 800m Freestyle
Men 100m Backstroke	Women 100m Backstroke
Men 200m Backstroke	Women 200m Backstroke
Men 100m Breaststroke	Women 100m Breaststroke
Men 200m Breaststroke	Women 200m Breaststroke
Men 100m Butterfly	Women 100m Butterfly
Men 200m Butterfly	Women 200m Butterfly
Men 200m Medley	Women 200m Medley
Men 400m Medley	Women 400m Medley
Men 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Women 4x100m Medley Relay	Women 4x100m Medley Relay
Diving
Men 3m Springboard	Women 3m Springboard
Men 10m Platform	Women 10m Platform
Synchronised Swimming
Women Solo	Women Duo
Women Team

Men Water Polo

Heat 2		time	gap	L	ag	Rk
3. Zoltan Verraszto	Hungary	2:05.27	+0.44s	-	22	1.
8. Miloslav Rolko	Czechoslovakia	2:07.42	+2.59s	-	17	2.
9. Cam Henning	Canada	2:07.83	+3.00s	-	17	3.

Heat 1		time	gap	L	ag	Rk
6. Conrado Porta	Argentina	2:06.07	+1.24s	-	20	1.
10.Mike Scarth	Canada	2:07.84	+3.01s	-	19	2.

Heat -		time		gap	L	ag	Rk
11.Jim Carter	Great Britain	2:08.66		+3.83s	-	21
12.Gary Abraham	Great Britain	2:08.99		+4.16s	-	19
13.Dec Thorell	Sweden	2:09.01		+4.18s	-	19
14.Reinhold Becker	West Germany	2:09.14		+4.31s	-	19
15.Glenn Patching	Australia	2:09.41		+4.58s	-	20
16.Serhiy Fesenko	Soviet Union	2:10.01		+5.18s	-	19
17.Thomas Lebherz	West Germany	2:10.29		+5.46s	-	15
18.Danielle Cerabino	Italy	2:10.64		+5.81s	-	_
19.Leszek Gorski	Poland	2:11.65		+6.82s	-	17
20.Carlos Berrocal	Puerto Rico	2:11.93		+7.10s	-	21
21.Genaro Otero	Colombia	2:12.30		+7.47s	-	_
22.Noriyoshi Mishina	Japan	2:14.72		+9.89s	-	_
24.Luki Niode	Indonesia	2:18.37	NR	+13.54s	-	14
25.David Lindquist	US Virgin Islands	2:21.49	NR	+16.66s	-	_
-. David Cummins	Ireland	DNS		-	-	16
-. Lan Bullock	New Zealand	DNS		-	-	_

All times		time		gap	age	R. H
Final		time		gap	L	ag
1. Jesse Vassallo	United States	2:02.16		-	5	17
2. Gary Hurring	New Zealand	2:03.71	NR	+1.55s	6	16
3. Zoltan Verraszto	Hungary	2:03.90		+1.74s	3	22
4. Tim Shaw	United States	2:04.33		+2.17s	4	20
5. Fred Eefting	Netherlands	2:05.01	NR	+2.85s	2	19
6. Sandor Wladar	Hungary	2:07.32		+5.16s	8	15
7. Conrado Porta	Argentina	2:07.43		+5.27s	1	20
-. Viktor Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	2:05.56	DQ	-	7	17
Heat 1		time		gap	L	ag
Heat 2		time		gap	L	ag
Heat 3		time		gap	L	ag
Heat 4		time		gap	L	ag
Heat -		time		gap	L	ag
1. Tim Shaw	United States	2:04.83		-	-	20
2. Jesse Vassallo	United States	2:05.04		+0.21s	-	17
3. Zoltan Verraszto	Hungary	2:05.27		+0.44s	-	22
4. Gary Hurring	New Zealand	2:05.69		+0.86s	-	16
5. Fred Eefting	Netherlands	2:05.96		+1.13s	-	19
-. Viktor Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	2:05.98	DQ	+1.15s	-	17
6. Conrado Porta	Argentina	2:06.07		+1.24s	-	20
7. Sandor Wladar	Hungary	2:06.42		+1.59s	-	15
8. Miloslav Rolko	Czechoslovakia	2:07.42		+2.59s	-	17
9. Cam Henning	Canada	2:07.83		+3.00s	-	17
10.Mike Scarth	Canada	2:07.84		+3.01s	-	19
11.Jim Carter	Great Britain	2:08.66		+3.83s	-	21
12.Gary Abraham	Great Britain	2:08.99		+4.16s	-	19
13.Dec Thorell	Sweden	2:09.01		+4.18s	-	19
14.Reinhold Becker	West Germany	2:09.14		+4.31s	-	19
15.Glenn Patching	Australia	2:09.41		+4.58s	-	20
16.Serhiy Fesenko	Soviet Union	2:10.01		+5.18s	-	19
17.Thomas Lebherz	West Germany	2:10.29		+5.46s	-	15
18.Danielle Cerabino	Italy	2:10.64		+5.81s	-	_
19.Leszek Gorski	Poland	2:11.65		+6.82s	-	17
20.Carlos Berrocal	Puerto Rico	2:11.93		+7.10s	-	21
21.Genaro Otero	Colombia	2:12.30		+7.47s	-	_
22.Noriyoshi Mishina	Japan	2:14.72		+9.89s	-	_
24.Luki Niode	Indonesia	2:18.37	NR	+13.54s	-	14
25.David Lindquist	US Virgin Islands	2:21.49	NR	+16.66s	-	_
-. David Cummins	Ireland	DNS		-	-	16
-. Lan Bullock	New Zealand	DNS		-	-	_