1978 World Sports Acrobatics Championships
# 1978 World Sports Acrobatics Championships

The 3rd World Sports Acrobatics Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1978.

## Men's

### Tumbling

**Overall**

| Gymnast | Country |
| - | - |
| Alexander Rassolin | Soviet Union |
| Igor Brikman | Soviet Union |
| Steve Elliot | United States |

**First exercise**

| Gymnast | Country |
| - | - |
| Alexander Rassolin | Soviet Union |
| Steve Elliot | United States |
| Igor Brikman | Soviet Union |

**Second exercise**

| Gymnast | Country |
| - | - |
| Alexander Rassolin | Soviet Union |
| Igor Brikman | Soviet Union |
| Steve Elliot | United States |
| Plamen Eftimov | Bulgaria |

### Group

**Overall**

* Country
* Poland
* Soviet Union
* Bulgaria

**First exercise**

* Country
* Soviet Union
* Bulgaria
* Poland

**Second exercise**

* Country
* Poland
* Soviet Union
* Bulgaria

### Pair

**Overall**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Vladimir Pochevalov, Vassily Machuga | Soviet Union |
| Dimitar Russanov, Petko Petkov | Bulgaria |
| Adam Klish, Kshistof Olendrginsky | Poland |

**First exercise**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Vladimir Pochevalov, Vassily Machuga | Soviet Union |
| Dimitar Russanov, Petko Petkov | Bulgaria |
| Adam Klish, Kshistof Olendrginsky | Poland |

**Second exercise**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Vladimir Pochevalov, Vassily Machuga | Soviet Union |
| Dimitar Russanov, Petko Petkov | Bulgaria |
| Adam Klish, Kshistof Olendrginsky | Poland |

## Mixed

### Pair

**Overall**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Margarita Mollova, Dimitar Mintchev | Bulgaria |
| Tatiana Kuznetsova, Viatcheslav Krivtsov | Soviet Union |
| Amy Montgomery, Jay Groves | United States |

**First exercise**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Margarita Mollova, Dimitar Mintchev | Bulgaria |
| Tatiana Kuznetsova, Viatcheslav Krivtsov | Soviet Union |
| Sabine Philippi, Herbert Malbach | West Germany |

**Second exercise**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Margarita Mollova, Dimitar Mintchev | Bulgaria |
| Tatiana Kuznetsova, Viatcheslav Krivtsov | Soviet Union |
| Sabine Philippi, Herbert Malbach | West Germany |

## Women

### Tumbling

**Overall**

| Gymnast | Country |
| - | - |
| Ludmila Zyganova | Soviet Union |
| Mella Mustafova | Bulgaria |
| Valentina Chuhareva | Soviet Union |
| Becki Handrin | United States |

**First exercise**

| Gymnast | Country |
| - | - |
| Valentina Chuhareva | Soviet Union |
| Mella Mustafova | Bulgaria |
| Ludmila Zyganova | Soviet Union |

**Second exercise**

| Gymnast | Country |
| - | - |
| Ludmila Zyganova | Soviet Union |
| Mella Mustafova | Bulgaria |
| Veska Atanasova | Bulgaria |

### Group

**Overall**

* Country
* Soviet Union
* Bulgaria
* West Germany

**First exercise**

* Country
* Soviet Union
* Bulgaria
* West Germany

**Second exercise**

* Country
* Soviet Union
* Poland
* Bulgaria

### Pair

**Overall**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Nadejda Tischtschenko, Rita Kucharenko | Soviet Union |
| Stefka Gentcheva, Tania Hristova | Bulgaria |
| Eva Rucka, Eva Anerjevska | Poland |

**First exercise**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Nadejda Tischtschenko, Rita Kucharenko | Soviet Union |
| Stefka Gentcheva, Tania Hristova | Bulgaria |
| Eva Rucka, Eva Anerjevska | Poland |

**Second exercise**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Stefka Gentcheva, Tania Hristova | Bulgaria |
| Nadejda Tischtschenko, Rita Kucharenko | Soviet Union |
| Eva Rucka, Eva Anerjevska | Poland |
