FAI World Championship Indoor class F1D 1978
Held at Cardington, Great Britain from August 26 to 29
Flight times are given for each of the 6 rounds in ‘min.sec’ form. Note that * indicates the best time recorded, + marks the second best time, together these add to give the contest time given in the right hand column
Individual results
| Rank | Player | Country | round 1 | round 2 | round 3 | round 4 | round 5 | round 6 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J Richmond | USA | 41.49+ | 36.52 | 42.53* | 31.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 84.42 |
| 2 | P Romak | W/C | 40.55* | 40.26+ | 13.43 | 28.58 | 31.51 | 0.00 | 81.21 |
| 3 | R Higgs | CAN | 35.16 | 39.44* | 9.18 | 30.57 | 14.37 | 36.45+ | 76.29 |
| 4 | D Siebenmann | SUI | 13.05 | 30.22 | 37.23+ | 8.34 | 32.32 | 37.30* | 74.53 |
| 5 | L Barr | GBR | 11.03 | 37.23* | 24.54 | 15.15 | 36.34+ | 1.13 | 73.57 |
| 6 | S Nonaka | JPN | 28.33 | 33.05+ | 40.36* | 27.11 | 12.28 | 25.55 | 73.41 |
| 7 | J Mcgillivray | CAN | 35.45 | 37.20* | 0.00 | 25.42 | 36.19+ | 34.44 | 73.39 |
| 8 | E Ciapala | POL | 34.43 | 38.15* | 11.39 | 12.59 | 34.58+ | 34.06 | 73.13 |
| 9 | R Green | GBR | 6.40 | 29.28 | 33.44+ | 22.38 | 39.18* | 10.36 | 73.02 |
| 10 | R Butty | SUI | 34.37+ | 28.52 | 37.17* | 24.31 | 27.03 | 33.23 | 71.54 |
| 11 | D Morley | GBR | 30.45 | 32.57 | 38.06* | 31.00 | 25.41 | 33.22+ | 71.28 |
| 12 | C Wolthoorn | NED | 31.20 | 36.20* | 34.58 | 33.02 | 12.47 | 35.01+ | 71.21 |
| 13 | V Kmoch | YUG | 30.28 | 33.40+ | 37.05* | 24.09 | 26.31 | 0.00 | 70.45 |
| 14 | K Vogler | BRD | 8.38 | 30.12 | 34.29+ | 29.38 | 36.03* | 23.47 | 70.32 |
| 15 | Y Banba | JPN | 34.33+ | 35.27* | 0.00 | 25.01 | 30.23 | 0.00 | 70.00 |
| 16 | W Hulbert | USA | 34.39* | 26.38 | 23.48 | 33.10 | 31.39 | 34.38+ | 69.17 |
| 17 | E Chlubny | CS | 33.31+ | 35.40* | 0.00 | 22.52 | 32.22 | 0.00 | 69.11 |
| 18 | J Dihm | POL | 32.58+ | 30.55 | 34.17* | 31.44 | 6.15 | 0.00 | 67.15 |
| 19 | T Matsuzawa | JPN | 0.14 | 35.40* | 0.00 | 31.17+ | 30.09 | 22.41 | 66.57 |
| 20 | K Rybecky | CS | 32.23+ | 10.39 | 9.06 | 29.34 | 33.21* | 30.49 | 65.44 |
| 21 | H Frofejeff | FIN | 30.32 | 29.46 | 33.03* | 32.25+ | 30.11 | 12.15 | 65.28 |
| 22 | C Cotugno | ITA | 34.15* | 8.00 | 30.59+ | 29.47 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 65.14 |
| 23 | F Migani | ITA | 27.01 | 1.48 | 33.13* | 28.57 | 11.52 | 31.40+ | 64.53 |
| 24 | R Czechowski | POL | 31.06+ | 27.59 | 33.47* | 19.42 | 10.07 | 28.36 | 64.53 |
| 25 | L Gabrijel | YUG | 26.07 | 33.28* | 16.18 | 31.17+ | 8.45 | 29.09 | 64.45 |
| 26 | S O Linden | SWE | 16.18 | 24.00 | 32.54* | 20.50 | 31.34+ | 29.41 | 64.28 |
| 27 | J Kalina | CS | 11.48 | 29.47 | 30.03 | 31.40* | 31.16+ | 26.00 | 62.56 |
| 28 | M Thomas | CAN | 6.43 | 26.32 | 31.15+ | 27.12 | 24.15 | 31.29* | 62.44 |
| 29 | K Nottelmann | BRD | 5.18 | 19.22 | 32.07* | 28.43+ | 11.40 | 0.00 | 60.50 |
| 30 | D Domina | USA | 23.14 | 11.29 | 30.33* | 14.00 | 25.51 | 29.53+ | 60.26 |
| 31 | W Beekmeyer | NED | 28.11+ | 26.44 | 30.37* | 19.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58.48 |
| 32 | H Raulio | FIN | 15.55 | 23.52 | 29.22* | 25.50 | 25.19 | 27.09+ | 56.31 |
| 33 | G Masciullo | ITA | 16.24 | 23.03 | 24.08 | 26.56+ | 28.18* | 9.31 | 55.14 |
| 34 | T Strazberger | YUG | 22.15 | 0.42 | 31.27* | 23.04 | 21.30 | 23.16+ | 54.43 |
| 35 | S Pontan | SWE | 16.24 | 15.39 | 27.31* | 25.04+ | 22.47 | 21.15 | 52.35 |
| 36 | W Wetzel | BRD | 14.29 | 26.48* | 25.10 | 23.28 | 22.55 | 25.28+ | 52.16 |
| 37 | M Sitar | AUS | 21.41 | 24.26+ | 27.39* | 5.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 52.05 |
| 38 | T Forss | FIN | 17.36 | 20.47 | 22.32+ | 27.05* | 16.27 | 6.46 | 49.37 |
| 39 | E Liem | NED | 0.47 | 19.07 | 25.42* | 20.02 | 23.48+ | 19.36 | 49.30 |
| 40 | A Jonsson | SWE | 13.24 | 19.08* | 18.40+ | 14.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 37.48 |
| No. of best flights in round | 3 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 40 | ||
| No. of 2nd flights in round | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 40 | ||
| No. of scoring flights in round | 11 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 80 | ||
| No. of flights over 30 min | 17 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 91 | ||
| No. of flights over 35 min | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 27 | ||
| No. of flights over 40 min | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
team results
| Rank | Country | Abbreviation | Total | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | places | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | GBR | 218.27 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | USA | USA | 214.25 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Canada | CAN | 212.52 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Japan | JPN | 210.38 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Poland | POL | 205.21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | CS | 197.51 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 190.13 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Italy | ITA | 185.21 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | Fed. Rep. Germany | BRD | 183.38 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | Netherlands | NED | 179.39 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Finland | FIN | 171.36 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Sweden | SWE | 154.51 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | Switzerland | SUI | 146.47 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Australia | AUS | 52.05 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |