Swimming at the 1981 Summer Universiade

Swimming
at the XI Summer Universiade

The swimming competition at the 1981 Summer Universiade took place in Bucharest, Romania.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
Kris Kirschner
 United States
51.39 Serhiy Krasyuk
 Soviet Union
51.86 Jorge Fernandes
 Brazil
52.06
200 m freestyle
Andy Schmidt
 United States
1:52.62 GR Jorge Fernandes
 Brazil
1:52.92 Djan Madruga
 Brazil
1:53.00
400 m freestyle
Daniel Machek
 Czechoslovakia
3:58.08 Djan Madruga
 Brazil
3:58.54 Sergey Kalashnikov
 Soviet Union
4:00.95
1500 m freestyle
Aleksandr Chayev
 Soviet Union
15:22.25 GR Sergey Kalashnikov
 Soviet Union
15:40.62 Monte Brown
 United States
15:48.70
100 m backstroke
Sergei Zabolotnov
 Soviet Union
58.09 Vladimir Dolgov
 Soviet Union
58.19 Rômulo Arantes
 Brazil
58.24
200 m backstroke
Sergei Zabolotnov
 Soviet Union
2:03.65 Djan Madruga
 Brazil
2:03.73 Zbigniew Januszkiewicz
 Poland
2:05.37
100 m breaststroke
Nicholas Nevid
 United States
1:04.33 Peter Lang
 West Germany
1:05.06 Arsens Miskarovs
 Soviet Union
1:05.41
200 m breaststroke
Arsens Miskarovs
 Soviet Union
2:19.42 GR Nicholas Nevid
 United States
2:21.47 Aleksandr Fedorovsky
 Soviet Union
2:23.62
100 m butterfly
William Paulus
 United States
Robert Placak
 United States
55.41 Not awarded Sergei Kiselyov
 Soviet Union
56.29
200 m butterfly
Sergey Fesenko, Sr.
 Soviet Union
2:01.86 Levente Mady
 Canada
2:04.75 Sergei Kiselyov
 Soviet Union
2:04.85
200 m individual medley
Sergey Fesenko, Sr.
 Soviet Union
2:06.34 GR Aleksey Markovsky
 Soviet Union
2:08.37 Alan Swanston
 Canada
2:09.48
400 m individual medley
Sergey Fesenko, Sr.
 Soviet Union
4:25.53 Peter Dobson
 Canada
4:31.65 Daniel Machek
 Czechoslovakia
4:32.16
4×100 m freestyle relay
 United States (USA)
Jerry Spencer
Andy Schmidt
Paul Goodridge
Kris Kirschner
3:27.84  Soviet Union (URS)
Yuri Prisekin
Alexey Filonov
Aleksey Markovsky
Serhiy Krasyuk
3:28.09  Brazil (BRA)
Jorge Fernandes
Marcus Mattioli
Ronald Menezes
Djan Madruga
3:32.42
4×200 m freestyle relay
 Soviet Union (URS) 7:33.96 GR  United States (USA)
Andy Schmidt
Jimmy Lee
B. McCarthy
Kris Kirschner
7:34.11  Brazil (BRA) 7:38.32
4×100 m medley relay
 Soviet Union (URS)
Sergei Zabolotnov
Arsens Miskarovs
Sergei Kiselyov
Serhiy Krasyuk
3:48.75  United States (USA)
Dave Wilson
Nicholas Nevid
Bob Placak
Kris Kirschner
3:49.55  Brazil (BRA)
Rômulo Arantes
Luiz Carvalho
Marcus Mattioli
Jorge Fernandes
3:55.10

Legend: CRChampionship record; CWRCommonwealth record; NR – National record

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
Jill Sterkel
 United States
57.17 Barbara Major
 United States
58.28 Olga Klevakina
 Soviet Union
58.65
200 m freestyle
Jill Sterkel
 United States
2:03.97 GR Olga Klevakina
 Soviet Union
2:04.58 Irina Laricheva
 Soviet Union
2:05.38
400 m freestyle
Kim Linehan
 United States
4:15.26 Irina Laricheva
 Soviet Union
4:15.50 Sherri Hanna
 United States
4:21.01
800 m freestyle
Kim Linehan
 United States
8:37.50 GR Irina Laricheva
 Soviet Union
8:45.01 Sherri Hanna
 United States
8:46.57
100 m backstroke
Carmen Bunaciu
 Romania
1:02.47 GR Kim Carlisle
 United States
1:04.53 Susan Walsh
 United States
1:04.74
200 m backstroke
Carmen Bunaciu
 Romania
2:13.21 Kim Carlisle
 United States
2:19.02 Susan Walsh
 United States
2:19.11
100 m breaststroke
Angelika Knipping
 West Germany
1:14.20 Liang Weifen
 China
1:14.48 Lina Kačiušytė
 Soviet Union
1:14.54
200 m breaststroke
Lina Kačiušytė
 Soviet Union
2:35.85 GR Irena Fleissnerová
 Czechoslovakia
2:38.64 Cindy Tuttle
 United States
2:41.66
100 m butterfly
Jill Sterkel
 United States
1:01.91 GR Carol Borgmann
 United States
1:02.43 Carmen Bunaciu
 Romania
1:02.98
200 m butterfly
Kim Carlisle
 United States
2:15.71 Susie Woodhouse
 Australia
2:15.97 Mayumi Yokoyama
 United States
2:17.52
200 m individual medley
Kim Carlisle
 United States
2:20.43 GR Olga Klevakina
 Soviet Union
2:20.81 Barbara Selter
 West Germany
2:24.17
400 m individual medley
Mayumi Yokoyama
 United States
4:55.45 GR Irinel Panulescu
 Romania
5:03.78 Malgorzata Rozycka
 Poland
5:07.49
4×100 m freestyle relay
 United States (USA)
Annie Lett
Carol Borgmann
Barbara Major
Jill Sterkel
3:55.05  Soviet Union (URS)
Irina Laricheva
Olga Eliseeva
Irina Orliuk
Olga Klevakina
3:57.64  Canada (CAN)
Kelly Neuber
Leslie Brafield
Sylvie Kennedy
Valerie Whyte
4:00.59
4×100 m medley relay
 United States (USA)
Kim Carlisle
Patricia Waters
Jill Sterkel
Barbara Major
4:18.84  Romania (ROM)
Carmen Bunaciu
Brigitte Prass
Mariana Paraschiv
Irinel Pănulescu
4:22.14  Soviet Union (URS)
Irina Orliuk
Lina Kačiušytė
Olga Klevakina
Irina Laricheva
4:25.96

Legend: CRChampionship record; CWRCommonwealth record; NR – National record

Men's 100 m freestyle
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Kris Kirschner  United States 51.39
Serhiy Krasyuk  Soviet Union 51.86
Jorge Fernandes  Brazil 52.06
4 Jerry Spencer  United States 52.17
5 Yuri Prisekin  Soviet Union 52.38
6 Gerd Kohlat  West Germany 53.63
7 Per-Alvar Magnusson  Sweden 53.71
8 Graeme Brewer  Australia 53.73
Men's 200 m freestyle
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Andy Schmidt  United States 1:52.62 GR
Jorge Fernandes  Brazil 1:52.92
Djan Madruga  Brazil 1:53.00
4 Yuri Logvin  Soviet Union 1:53.01
5 Yuri Prisekin  Soviet Union 1:53.93
6 Daniel Machek  Czechoslovakia 1:54.93
7 Dennis Corcoran  Canada 1:55.82
8 Hiroshi Sakamoto  Japan 1:56.39
Men's 400 m freestyle
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Daniel Machek  Czechoslovakia 3:58.08
Djan Madruga  Brazil 3:58.54
Sergey Kalashnikov  Soviet Union 4:00.95
4 Graeme Brewer  Australia 4:04.03
5 James Lee  United States 4:04.95
6 Ron McKeon  Australia 4:05.85
7 Eugene Gyorfi  Canada 4:08.71
8 Marcelo Jucá  Brazil 4:08.88
Men's 1500 m freestyle
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Aleksandr Chayev  Soviet Union 15:22.25 GR
Sergey Kalashnikov  Soviet Union 15:40.62
Monte Brown  United States 15:48.70
4 Marcelo Jucá  Brazil 15:57.80
5 Eugene Gyorfi  Canada 16:04.58
6 Robert Bylis  Canada 16:09.41
7 Hiroaki Kaneko  Japan 16:11.22
8 Tizoc Guemez  Mexico 16:31.89
Men's 100 m backstroke
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Sergei Zabolotnov  Soviet Union 58.09
Vladimir Dolgov  Soviet Union 58.19
Rômulo Arantes  Brazil 58.24
4 Dave Wilson  United States 58.69
5 Zbigniew Januszkiewicz  Poland 59.56
6 Clay Britt  United States 59.63
7 Miloslav Rolko  Czechoslovakia 59.76
8 Hidetoshi Takahashi  Japan 1:00.01
Men's 200 m backstroke
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Sergei Zabolotnov  Soviet Union 2:03.65
Djan Madruga  Brazil 2:03.73
Zbigniew Januszkiewicz  Poland 2:05.37
4 Vladimir Dolgov  Soviet Union 2:05.97
5 Hidetoshi Takahashi  Japan 2:07.07
6 James Fowler  United States 2:09.10
7 Josef Kuf  Czechoslovakia 2:09.40
8 Mihai Mandache Romania 2:10.12
Men's 100 m breaststroke
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Nicholas Nevid  United States 1:04.33
Peter Lang  West Germany 1:05.06
Arsens Miskarovs  Soviet Union 1:05.41
4 Robert Jackson  United States 1:05.70
5 Wang Lin  China 1:06.09
6 Aleksandr Fedorovsky  Soviet Union 1:06.13
7 Marco Veilleux  Canada 1:06.64
8 Tatsuo Abe  Japan 1:07.72
Men's 200 m breaststroke
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Arsens Miskarovs  Soviet Union 2:19.42 GR
Nicholas Nevid  United States 2:21.47
Aleksandr Fedorovsky  Soviet Union 2:23.62
4 Wang Lin  China 2:24.39
5 Asao Aoki  Japan 2:25.24
6 Marco Veilleux  Canada 2:25.49
Men's 100 m butterfly
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
William Paulus  United States 55.41
Robert Placak  United States 55.41
Sergei Kiselyov  Soviet Union 56.29
4 Kenji Izumi  Japan 57.07
5 Per-Alvar Magnusson  Sweden 57.70
6 Marcus Mattioli  Brazil 57.71
7 Luo Zhaoying  China 57.79
7 Levente Mady  Canada 57.79
Men's 200 m butterfly
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Sergey Fesenko, Sr.  Soviet Union 2:01.86
Levente Mady  Canada 2:04.75
Sergei Kiselyov  Soviet Union 2:04.85
4 Yoshinobu Shidara  Japan 2:05.04
5 Shinsuke Kayama  Japan 2:05.14
6 Juan Carlos Fontoura  Brazil 2:06.16
7 Gérard de Kort  Netherlands 2:07.27
8 Flavius Vişan Romania 2:09.41
Men's 200 m individual medley
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Sergey Fesenko, Sr.  Soviet Union 2:06.34 GR
Aleksey Markovsky  Soviet Union 2:08.34
Alan Swanston  Canada 2:09.48
4 Dawei Feng  China 2:10.24
5 Bob Rives  United States 2:10.99
6 Dave Town  Canada 2:11.34
7 Kozo Tatsumi  Japan 2:11.57
8 Stefan Mitu Romania 2:12.08
Men's 400 m individual medley
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Sergey Fesenko, Sr.  Soviet Union 4:25.53
Peter Dobson  Canada 4:31.65
Daniel Machek  Czechoslovakia 4:32.16
4 Monte Brown  United States 4:38.08
5 Kozo Tatsumi  Japan 4:39.36
6 Tizoc Guemez  Mexico 4:39.43
7 Gérard de Kort  Netherlands 4:42.19
8 Jeffrey Riddle  Canada 4:42.59
Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay
Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
 United States Jerry Spencer
Andy Schmidt
Paul Goodridge
Kris Kirschner
3:27.84
 Soviet Union Yuri Prisekin
Alexey Filonov
Aleksey Markovsky
Serhiy Krasyuk
3:28.09
 Brazil Jorge Fernandes
Marcus Mattioli
Ronald Menezes
Djan Madruga
3:32.42
4  Canada 3:33.54
5  Japan 3:35.96
6 Romania 3:37.75
7  Czechoslovakia 3:39.17
8  Poland 3:45.83
Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay
Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
 Soviet Union 7:33.96 GR
 United States Andy Schmidt
Jimmy Lee
B. McCarthy
Kris Kirschner
7:34.11
 Brazil 7:38.32
4  Canada 7:39.88
5  Czechoslovakia 7:49.08
6  Japan 7:52.96
7 Romania 7:53.78
8 Bulgaria 7:59.43
Men's 4×100 m medley relay
Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
 Soviet Union Sergey Zabolotnov
Arsens Miskarovs
Sergei Kiselyov
Serhiy Krasyuk
3:48.75
 United States Dave Wilson
Nicholas Nevid
Robert Placak
Kris Kirchner
3:49.55
 Brazil Rômulo Arantes
Luiz Carvalho
Marcus Mattioli
Jorge Fernandes
3:55.10
4  Japan 3:56.18
5  China 3:56.48
6  Canada 3:59.79
7 Romania 4:03.15
8  Poland 4:07.29
Women's 100 m freestyle
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Jill Sterkel  United States 57.17
Barbara Major  United States 58.28
Olga Klevakina  Soviet Union 58.65
4 Kelly Neuber  Canada 59.38
5 Carole Amoric  France 59.51
6 Radosveta Chinkova Bulgaria 1:00.05
7 Olga Eliseeva  Soviet Union 1:00.06
8 Kateřina Machková  Czechoslovakia 1:00.72
Women's 200 m freestyle
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Jill Sterkel  United States 2:03.97
Olga Klevakina  Soviet Union 2:04.58
Irina Laricheva  Soviet Union 2:05.38
4 Tracy Spalding  United States 2:05.58
5 Véronique Stéphan  France 2:07.67
6 Kelly Neuber  Canada 2:09.04
7 Leslie Brafield  Canada 2:09.32
8 Iwona Wejksza  Poland 2:10.51
Women's 400 m freestyle
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Kim Linehan  United States 4:15.26
Irina Laricheva  Soviet Union 4:15.50
Sherri Hanna  United States 4:21.01
4 Renata Janik  Poland 4:31.46
5 Leslie Brafield  Canada 4:34.07
6 Carmen Mihăilă Romania 4:37.94
7 Kelly Neuber  Canada 4:39.98
8 Xu Yan  China 4:40.79
Women's 800 m freestyle
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Kim Linehan  United States 8:37.50 GR
Irina Laricheva  Soviet Union 8:45.01
Sherri Hanna  United States 8:46.57
4 Renata Janik  Poland 9:19.83
5 Carmen Mihăilă Romania 9:24.22
6 Xu Yan  China 9:34.01
7 Anna Michalak  Poland 9:41.18
8 Alejandra Colin  Mexico 10:00.89
Women's 100 m backstroke
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Carmen Bunaciu Romania 1:02.47 GR
Kim Carlisle  United States 1:04.53
Susan Walsh  United States 1:04.74
4 Irina Orliuk  Soviet Union 1:06.21
5 Valerie Whyte  Canada 1:07.32
6 Heike John  West Germany 1:07.51
7 Daphne Demuth  Netherlands 1:08.91
8 Lisa Dixon  Canada 1:09.29
Women's 200 m backstroke
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Carmen Bunaciu Romania 2:13.21
Kim Carlisle  United States 2:19.02
Susan Walsh  United States 2:19.11
4 Irina Orliuk  Soviet Union 2:19.92
5 Daphne Demuth  Netherlands 2:22.13
6 Lisa Dixon  Canada 2:24.26
7 Mihăilescu Romania 2:26.17
8 Valerie Whyte  Canada 2:29.92
Women's 100 m breaststroke
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Angelika Knipping  West Germany 1:14.20
Liang Weifen  China 1:14.48
Lina Kačiušytė  Soviet Union 1:14.54
4 Hong Shad  China 1:14.82
5 Brigitte Prass Romania 1:14.86
6 Patricia Waters  United States 1:15.47
7 Christine Seidl Romania 1:15.72
8 Irena Fleissnerová  Czechoslovakia 1:16.13
Women's 200 m breaststroke
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Lina Kačiušytė  Soviet Union 2:35.85 GR
Irena Fleissnerová  Czechoslovakia 2:38.64
Cindy Tuttle  United States 2:41.66
4 Diane Johnson  United States 2:42.09
5 Brigitte Prass Romania 2:44.49
6 Joanne Chevalier  Canada 2:45.94
7 Claire Lemaire  France 2:46.78
8 Ma Guadalupe  Mexico 2:48.58
Women's 100 m butterfly
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Jill Sterkel  United States 1:01.91 GR
Carol Borgmann  United States 1:02.42
Carmen Bunaciu Romania 1:02.98
4 Susie Woodhouse  Australia 1:03.17
5 Valerie Whyte  Canada 1:05.88
6 Lisa Burnes  Australia 1:05.94
7 Susan Jenner  United Kingdom 1:05.98
8 Hansie Geijssen  Netherlands 1:06.32
Women's 200 m butterfly
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Kim Karlisle  United States 2:15.71
Susie Woodhouse  Australia 2:15.97
Mayumi Yokoyama  United States 2:17.52
4 Lisa Burnes  Australia 2:18.27
5 Malgorzata Rozycka  Poland 2:21.89
6 Susan Jenner  United Kingdom 2:22.56
7 Gizella Szlavitsek  Hungary 2:23.42
8 Valerie Whyte  Canada 2:25.76
Women's 200 m individual medley
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Kim Carlisle  United States 2:20.43 GR
Olga Klevakina  Soviet Union 2:20.81
Barbara Selter  West Germany 2:24.17
4 Diane Johnson  United States 2:24.63
5 Irinel Pănulescu Romania 2:25.51
6 Mariana Paraschiv Romania 2:25.84
7 Lisa Dixon  Canada 2:26.55
8 Katy Archer  United Kingdom 2:27.48
Women's 400 m individual medley
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Mayumi Yokoyama  United States 4:55.45 GR
Irinel Pănulescu Romania 5:03.78
Malgorzata Rozycka  Poland 5:07.49
4 Mariana Paraschiv Romania 5:12.58
Anne Tweedy  United States 4:57.68 DSQ
Lisa Dixon  Canada 5:05.74 DSQ
Barbara Selter  West Germany 5:06.56 DSQ
Daphne Demuth  Netherlands DNS
Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay
Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
 United States Annie Lett
Carol Borgmann
Barbara Major
Jill Sterkel
3:55.05
 Soviet Union Irina Laricheva
Olga Eliseeva
Irina Orliuk
Olga Klevakina
3:57.64
 Canada Kelly Neuber
Leslie Brafield
Sylvie Kennedy
Valerie Whyte
4:00.59
4  France 4:01.43
5 Romania 4:02.97
6  Poland 4:10.47
7  United Kingdom 4:13.91
Women's 4×100 m medley relay
Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
 United States Kim Carlisle
Patricia Waters
Jill Sterkel
Barbara Major
4:18.84
Romania Carmen Bunaciu
Brigitte Prass
Mariana Paraschiv
Irinel Pănulescu
4:22.14
 Soviet Union Irina Orliuk
Lina Kačiušytė
Olga Klevakina
Irina Laricheva
4:25.96
4  France 4:33.06
5  Canada 4:33.25
6  Poland 4:37.94
7  United Kingdom 4:41.52

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)167730
2 Soviet Union (URS)1010929
3 Romania (ROU)2215
4 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1113
 West Germany (FRG)1113
6 Brazil (BRA)0369
7 Canada (CAN)0224
8 Australia (AUS)0101
 China (CHN)0101
10 Poland (POL)0022
Totals (10 entries)30282987

References

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