Diving at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships

These are the results of the diving competition at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships, which took place in West Berlin.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	1	2	5
2	Soviet Union (URS)	2	0	1	3
3	East Germany (GDR)	0	3	0	3
4	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Phil Boggs (USA) 913.95	Falk Hoffmann (GDR) 873.33	Giorgio Cagnotto (ITA) 845.51
10 m platform details	Greg Louganis (USA) 844.11	Falk Hoffmann (GDR) 836.76	Vladimir Aleynik (URS) 813.62

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Irina Kalinina (URS) 691.43	Cynthia Potter (USA) 643.22	Jennifer Chandler (USA) 637.41
10 m platform details	Irina Kalinina (URS) 412.71	Martina Jäschke (GDR) 384.09	Melissa Briley (USA) 364.74