| Women 200m Breaststroke Swimming III World Championship 1978 West Berlin - Thursday, 24th August - Gold Medal: Lina Kachushite, Soviet Union | 
| Final |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | 50m | 100m | 150m |  | 1. Lina Kaciusyte |   Soviet Union | 2:31.42 | WR |   | - | 15 | 35.54s | 1:14.61 | 1:53.76 |  | 2. Yulia Bogacheva |   Soviet Union | 2:32.69 |   | +1.27s | - | 14 | 35.82s | 1:15.24 | 1:54.38 |  | 3. Susanne Nielsson |   Denmark | 2:33.60 |   | +2.18s | - | 18 | 35.12s | 1:13.92 | 1:53.23 |  | 4. Irena Fleissnerova |   Czechoslovakia | 2:36.09 |   | +4.67s | - | 19 | 36.26s | 1:15.96 | 1:56.04 |  | 5. Margaret Kelly |   Great Britain | 2:37.29 |   | +5.87s | - | 21 | 34.44s | 1:13.88 | 1:55.76 |  | 6. Annick De Susini |   France | 2:37.58 |   | +6.16s | - | 18 | 35.99s | 1:16.58 | 1:57.09 |  | 7. Dagmar Rehak |   West Germany | 2:37.68 |   | +6.26s | - | 22 | 35.44s | 1:15.44 | 1:56.32 |  | -. Debbie Rudd |   Great Britain | DSQ |   | - | - | 18 |  illegal touch |   
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| World Record: Yulia Bogdanova, Soviet Union 2:33.32 (34.68s, 1:15.34, 1:53.56) |  | Championship Record: Hannelore Anke, East Germany 2:37.25 (35.49s, 1:16.14, 1:57.00) 1975 |   
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 Heats - Thursday, 24th | August |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final>.  |   
| Heat 5 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk |  | 2. Yulia Bogacheva |   Soviet Union | 2:34.57 |   | +1.46s | - | 14 | 1. |  | 3. Susanne Nielsson |   Denmark | 2:35.05 |   | +1.94s | - | 18 | 2. |  | 13.Ingela Havaas |   Sweden | 2:39.74 |   | +6.63s | - | 16 | 3. |  | 17.Catherine Poirot |   France | 2:40.54 |   | +7.43s | - | 15 | 4. |  | 18.Ulrike Gomntzl |   West Germany | 2:41.29 |   | +8.18s | - | _ | 4. |  | 27.May I-Pel |   Taiwan | 2:48.44 |   | +15.33s | - | _ | 7. |   
| Heat 4 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk |  | 1. Lina Kaciusyte |   Soviet Union | 2:33.11 | WR |   | - | 15 | 1. |  | 4. Debbie Rudd |   Great Britain | 2:35.64 | CWR | +2.53s | - | 18 | 2. |  | 5. Dagmar Rehak |   West Germany | 2:37.03 | NR | +3.92s | - | 22 | 3. |  | 7. Annick De Susini |   France | 2:38.27 |   | +5.16s | - | 18 | 4. |   
| Heat 3 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk |  | 10.Tracy Caulkins |   United States | 2:39.33 |   | +6.22s | - | 15 | 1. |  | 15.Lisa Borsholt |   Canada | 2:40.31 |   | +7.20s | - | 16 | 2. |  | 20.Maritzka Van Der Linden |   Netherlands | 2:45.17 |   | +12.06s | - | 16 | 3. |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk |  | 8. Margaret Kelly |   Great Britain | 2:38.45 |   | +5.34s | - | 21 | 1. |  | 12.Anna Skolarczyk |   Poland | 2:39.62 | NR | +6.51s | - | 21 | 2. |  | 14.Christine Hodaon |   Canada | 2:40.12 |   | +7.01s | - | _ | 3. |  | 16.Ramona Reinke |   East Germany | 2:40.48 |   | +7.37s | - | _ | 4. |   
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| Heat 1 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk |  | 6. Irena Fleissnerova |   Czechoslovakia | 2:37.29 |   | +4.18s | - | 19 | 1. |  | 9. Marion Roache |   East Germany | 2:39.24 |   | +6.13s | - | _ | 2. |  | 11.Kim Dunson |   United States | 2:39.40 |   | +6.29s | - | _ | 3. |   
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| Heat - |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 19.Lisa Curry-Kenny |   Australia | 2:43.64 |   | +10.53s | - | 16 |   |  | 21.Olga Eatefanel |   Spain | 2:45.26 |   | +12.15s | - | _ |   |  | 22.Elke Holtz |   Mexico | 2:45.47 | NR | +12.36s | - | 14 |   |  | 23.Ilse Schoors |   Belgium | 2:46.29 |   | +13.18s | - | 17 |   |  | 24.Masako Murakami |   Japan | 2:46.36 |   | +13.25s | - | _ |   |  | 25.Alicia Maria Boscatto |   Argentina | 2:46.37 |   | +13.26s | - | 18 |   |  | 26.Antoinet De Groot |   Netherlands | 2:46.88 |   | +13.77s | - | _ |   |  | 28.Kazuyo Inaba |   Japan | 2:50.72 |   | +17.61s | - | 19 |   |  | 29.Maja Rodic |   Yugoslavia | 2:51.22 | NR | +18.11s | - | _ |   |  | 30.Anita Sapardjiman |   Indonesia | 2:54.66 |   | +21.55s | - | _ |   |  | -. Vibeke Olsen |   Norway | DNS |   | - | - | _ |   |  | -. Maarit Vahasaari |   Finland | DNS |   | - | - | _ |   |  | -. Eva-Marie Hakansson |   Sweden | DNS |   | - | - | 17 |   |  | -. Karin Miklautz |   Austria | DNS |   | - | - | _ |   |   
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