1978
Down to 28 with the loss of RSA and BEL: AUS, AUT, CAN, CHN, CZE, ESP, FIN, FRA, FRG, GBR, GDR, HUN, ISR, ITA, JAP, KOR, MGL, NED, NOR, NZL, POL, PRK, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS, USA, YUG. Thus we need a preliminary round of 12 matches. The quarter-finalists from last year, SWE, ROM, GDR, NOR, USA, NED, GBR and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is: FRG-JAP, HUN-ITA, ESP-PRK, SWE-MGL, CZE-GDR, CAN-NZL, KOR-CHN, ISR-NED, ROM-YUG, FRA-URS, AUT-AUS, POL-NOR. The matches:
West Germany-Japan 4-6
Hungary-Italy 2-8
Spain-North Korea 0-9
Sweden-Mongolia 10-0
Czechoslovakia-East Germany 0-10
Canada-New Zealand 11-0
South Korea-China 2-8
Israel-Netherlands 0-11
Romania-Yugoslavia 10-0
France-USSR 0-11
Austria-Australia 7-3
Poland-Norway 3-7
The first round proper then consists of: AUT, CAN, CHN, FIN, GBR, GDR, ITA, JAP, NED, NOR, PRK, ROM, SWE, SWI, URS, USA. The semi-finalists from last year, NED, SWE, NOR and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: ROM-AUT, SWI-URS, SWE-GDR, CHN-CAN, GBR-ITA, JAP-NOR, NED-PRK, FIN-USA. The matches proceed as follows:
Romania-Austria 3-7
Switzerland-USSR 0-11
Sweden-East Germany 3-7
China-Canada 1-10
Britain-Italy 2-8
Japan-Norway 1-9
Netherlands-North Korea 11-0
Finland-USA 1-10
The quarter-final consists of: AUT, CAN, GDR, ITA, NED, NOR, URS, USA. The finalists from last year, NED and URS, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is as follows: URS-USA, NOR-NED, ITA-GDR, AUT-CAN. Results of the matches:
USSR-USA 10-1
Norway-Netherlands 8-3
Italy-East Germany 0-10
Austria-Canada 0-11
Semi-final draw: GDR-URS, NOR-CAN. Matches:
East Germany-USSR 1-10
Norway-Canada 8-3
Bronze final: East Germany-Canada 8-3
FINAL: USSR-Norway
40,84- 42,40 (1-0) 1.23,47- 1.25,99 (2-0) 2.07,18- 2.12,25 (3-0) 4.34,68- 4.38,64 (4-0) 8.12,91- - (5-0) 37,18- 38,48 (6-0) 1.14,46- 1.16,77 (7-0) 1.56,0 - 1.56,33 (8-0) 4.08,88- 4.09,05 (9-0) 6.58,8 - 7.05,69 (10-0) 14.47,28-14.49,26 (11-0)
Final result 11-0
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 46x URS GOLD 27x NED GOLD 7x FIN GOLD 4x SWE GOLD 2x AUT Silver 4x FRG Silver 2x HUN Silver 2x JAP Silver 2x CZE Silver 1955 USA Silver 1964 CHN Silver 1965 GDR bronze 2x CAN bronze 1897 LAT bronze 1940 GBR bronze 1949 PRK bronze 1963 SWI 4th 3x POL 4th 2x FRA 4th 2x DEN 4th 1912 ITA 4th 1945 BEL 4th 1946 EST QF 5x KOR QF 2x LIT QF 1927 AUS QF 1974 ROM QF 1977 NZL 1R 5x MGL 1R 5x VIR 1R 1972 RSA PR 4x YUG PR 4x ESP PR 3x ISR PR 3x ICE PR 2x COL PR 1933