| Women 200m Butterfly Swimming III World Championship 1978 West Berlin - Saturday, 26th August - Gold Medal: Tracey Caulkins, United States | 
| Final |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | 50m | 100m | 150m |  | 1. Tracy Caulkins |   United States | 2:09.87 | =WR |   | 4 | 15 | 30.09s | 1:03.00 | 1:36.96  |  | 2. Nancy Hogshead |   United States | 2:11.30 |   | +1.43s | 5 | 16 | 29.91s | 1:02.72 | 1:36.75  |  | 3. Andrea Pollack |   East Germany | 2:12.63 |   | +2.76s | 2 | 17 | 29.52s | 1:03.25 | 1:37.50  |  | 4. Wendy Quirk |   Canada | 2:14.08 |   | +4.21s | 6 | 19 | 30.64s | 1:03.56 | 1:38.37  |  | 5. Cinzia Rampazzo |   Italy | 2:14.76 | NR | +4.89s | 7 | 17 | 31.14s | 1:04.69 | 1:39.58  |  | 6. Kelly Albright |   Canada | 2:15.44 |   | +5.57s | 3 | _ | 30.50s | 1:04.36 | 1:39.55 |  | 7. Ann Osgerby |   Great Britain | 2:16.01 |   | +6.14s | 1 | 15 | 30.78s | 1:05.16 | 1:40.68  |  | 8. Jane Lang |   East Germany | 2:17.43 |   | +7.56s | 8 | _ | 31.46s | 1:05.57 | 1:40.82 |   
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| World Record: Andrea Pollack, East Germany 2:09.87 (29.39s, 1:01.99, 1:35.78) |  | Championship Record: R. Kother-Gabriel, East Germany 2:13.76 (30.30s, 1:03.26, 1:39.12) 1975 |   
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 Heats - Saturday, 26th August |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final>.  |   
| Heat 4 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk |  | 5. Andrea Pollack |   East Germany | 2:15.04 |   | +3.26s | - | 17 | 1. |  | 9. Michelle Ford |   Australia | 2:16.81 |   | +5.03s | - | 16 | 2. |  | 11.Sue Jenner |   Great Britain | 2:17.73 |   | +5.95s | - | 18 | 3. |  | 16.Agneta Martensson |   Sweden | 2:20.25 |   | +8.47s | - | 17 | 4. |  | 23.Diane Edelijn |   Netherlands | 2:23.68 |   | +11.90s | - | 18 | 5. |   
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| Heat 1 |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk |  | 3. Kelly Albright |   Canada | 2:14.31 |   | +2.53s | - | _ | 1. |  | 10.Linda Hanel |   Australia | 2:17.33 |   | +5.55s | - | 16 | 2. |  | 13.Lena De Val |   Sweden | 2:17.78 |   | +6.00s | - | _ | 3. |  | 15.Anneke Van Kraaij |   Netherlands | 2:20.08 |   | +8.30s | - | _ | 4. |   
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| Heat - |   | time |   | gap | L | ag | Rk  |  | 1. Tracy Caulkins |   United States | 2:11.78 | CR |   | - | 15 |   |  | 2. Nancy Hogshead |   United States | 2:14.26 |   | +2.48s | - | 16 |   |  | 4. Wendy Quirk |   Canada | 2:14.82 |   | +3.04s | - | 19 |   |  | 6. Cinzia Rampazzo |   Italy | 2:15.91 |   | +4.13s | - | 17 |   |  | 7. Ann Osgerby |   Great Britain | 2:16.32 |   | +4.54s | - | 15 |   |  | 8. Jane Lang |   East Germany | 2:16.67 |   | +4.89s | - | _ |   |  | 12.Cristina Quintarelli |   Italy | 2:17.77 |   | +5.99s | - | 15 |   |  | 14.Patricia Clug |   France | 2:19.00 |   | +7.22s | - | _ |   |  | 17.Sophie Falandry |   France | 2:21.46 |   | +9.68s | - | _ |   |  | 18.Barbara Gellrich |   West Germany | 2:22.03 |   | +10.25s | - | _ |   |  | 19.Yasue Hatsuda |   Japan | 2:22.93 |   | +11.15s | - | 18 |   |  | 20.Maria Paris |   Costa Rica | 2:22.96 |   | +11.18s | - | 17 |   |  | 21.Miriam Hopkins |   Ireland | 2:23.04 |   | +11.26s | - | 17 |   |  | 22.Alia Goschenkova |   Soviet Union | 2:23.23 |   | +11.45s | - | _ |   |  | 24.Martine Verbreyt |   Belgium | 2:24.00 |   | +12.22s | - | _ |   |  | 25.Renata Damiecka |   Poland | 2:25.04 | NR | +13.26s | - | _ |   |  | 26.Shelley Katherine Cramer |   US Virgin Islands | 2:25.30 | NR | +13.52s | - | 16 |   |  | 27.Rosanna Juncos |   Argentina | 2:26.24 |   | +14.46s | - | 20 |   |  | 28.Penny McCarthy |   New Zealand | 2:26.45 |   | +14.67s | - | _ |   |  | 29.Porunn Alfredsdottir |   Iceland | 2:27.37 |   | +15.59s | - | 17 |   |  | 30.Yue-Yun Hsu |   Taiwan | 2:31.14 |   | +19.36s | - | 20 |   |  | 31.Ratchaneewan Bulakul |   Thailand | 2:31.85 | NR | +20.07s | - | 15 |   |  | -. Susanne Nielsson |   Denmark | DNS |   | - | - | 18 |   |   
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