Swimming World Championships 1978 at West-Berlin (wge) Men: 200 m Backstroke August 23: Final: 1. Jesse Vassallo (usa) 2:02.16 2. Gary Hurring (nzl) 2:03.71 3. Zoltán Verrasztó (hun) 2:03.90 4. Tim Shaw (usa) 2:04.33 5. Fred Eefting (net) 2:05.01 6. Sándor Wladár (hun) 2:07.32 7. Conrado Porta (arg) 2:07.43 -. Viktor Kuznetsov (sov) disqualified * * Viktor Kuznetsov was disqualified for a doping offense (actual 6th in 2:05.58)