Swimming World Championships 1978 at West-Berlin (wge) Men: 1500 m Freestyle August 26: Final: 1. Vladimir Salnikov (sov) 15:03.99 2. Borut Petric (yug) 15:20.77 3. Bobby Hackett (usa) 15:23.38 4. Max Metzker (aus) 15:25.60 5. Zoltán Wladár (hun) 15:35.87 6. Daniel Machek (czs) 15:38.57 7. Simon Gray (gbr) 15:41.33 -. Djan Madruga (bra) did not finished