The 3rd World Sports Acrobatics Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1978.
Men's
Tumbling
Overall
Rank | Gymnast | Country | Point |
| Alexander Rassolin | Soviet Union | |
| Igor Brikman | Soviet Union | |
| Steve Elliot | United States | |
First exercise
Rank | Gymnast | Country | Point |
| Alexander Rassolin | Soviet Union | |
| Steve Elliot | United States | |
| Igor Brikman | Soviet Union | |
Second exercise
Rank | Gymnast | Country | Point |
| Alexander Rassolin | Soviet Union | |
| Igor Brikman | Soviet Union | |
| Steve Elliot | United States | |
| Plamen Eftimov | Bulgaria | |
Group
Overall
Rank | Team | Country | Point |
| | Poland | |
| | Soviet Union | |
| | Bulgaria | |
First exercise
Second exercise
Pair
Overall
Rank | Team | Country | Point |
| Vladimir Pochevalov, Vassily Machuga | Soviet Union | |
| Dimitar Russanov, Petko Petkov | Bulgaria | |
| Adam Klish, Kshistof Olendrginsky | Poland | |
First exercise
Rank | Team | Country | Point |
| Vladimir Pochevalov, Vassily Machuga | Soviet Union | |
| Dimitar Russanov, Petko Petkov | Bulgaria | |
| Adam Klish, Kshistof Olendrginsky | Poland | |
Second exercise
Rank | Team | Country | Point |
| Vladimir Pochevalov, Vassily Machuga | Soviet Union | |
| Dimitar Russanov, Petko Petkov | Bulgaria | |
| Adam Klish, Kshistof Olendrginsky | Poland | |
Mixed
Pair
Overall
First exercise
Rank | Team | Country | Point |
| Margarita Mollova, Dimitar Mintchev | Bulgaria | |
| Tatiana Kuznetsova, Viatcheslav Krivtsov | Soviet Union | |
| Sabine Philippi, Herbert Malbach | West Germany | |
Second exercise
Rank | Team | Country | Point |
| Margarita Mollova, Dimitar Mintchev | Bulgaria | |
| Tatiana Kuznetsova, Viatcheslav Krivtsov | Soviet Union | |
| Sabine Philippi, Herbert Malbach | West Germany | |
Women
Tumbling
Overall
First exercise
Second exercise
Group
Overall
First exercise
Second exercise
Pair
Overall
Rank | Team | Country | Point |
| Nadejda Tischtschenko, Rita Kucharenko | Soviet Union | |
| Stefka Gentcheva, Tania Hristova | Bulgaria | |
| Eva Rucka, Eva Anerjevska | Poland | |
First exercise
Rank | Team | Country | Point |
| Nadejda Tischtschenko, Rita Kucharenko | Soviet Union | |
| Stefka Gentcheva, Tania Hristova | Bulgaria | |
| Eva Rucka, Eva Anerjevska | Poland | |
Second exercise
Rank | Team | Country | Point |
| Stefka Gentcheva, Tania Hristova | Bulgaria | |
| Nadejda Tischtschenko, Rita Kucharenko | Soviet Union | |
| Eva Rucka, Eva Anerjevska | Poland | |
References