Swimming World Championships 1978 at West-Berlin (wge) Men: 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay August 22: Final: 1. USA (Jack Babashoff, Rowdy Gaines, Jim Montgomery, David McCagg) 3:19.74 (WR) 2. West Germany (Andreas Schmidt, Ulrich Temps, Peter Knust, Klaus Steinbach) 3:26.65 3. Sweden (Pelle Holmertz, Dan Larsson, Per-Ola Quist, Per-Alvar Magnusson) 3:26.95 4. Canada (Bill Sawchuk, Graham Smith, Gary McDonald, Peter Szmidt) 3:27.14 5. Italy (Marcello Guarducci, Raffaele Franceschi, Paolo Sinigaglia, Paolo Revelli) 3:28.90 6. Great Britain (Martin Smith, Mark Taylor, Richard Burrell, David Dunne) 3:28.93 7. Australia (Mark Morgan, Ron McKeon, Graeme Brewer, Glenn Patching) 3:29.37 8. East Germany (Roger Pyttel, Detlev Grabs, Guenter Schröder, Lutz Wanja) 3:30.04