title: 1978 World Sports Acrobatics Championships
text: # 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 |
  