Swimming at the 1977 Summer Universiade

Swimming at the IX Summer Universiade
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The swimming competition at the 1977 Summer Universiade took place in Sofia, Bulgaria. ^[1]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	12	7	5	24
2	Canada	4	5	4	13
3	West Germany	2	2	4	8
4	Hungary	2	1	1	4
5	Soviet Union	1	6	5	12
6	Brazil	1	0	0	1
7	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
8	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		22	22	22	66

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	John Ebuna   United States	52.05	Andy Coan   United States	52.12	Klaus Steinbach   West Germany	52.27
400 m freestyle details	Dick Hannula Jr.   United States	4:02.17	Vladimir Mikheyev   Soviet Union	4:03.78	Igor Kushpelev   Soviet Union	4:03.93
1500 m freestyle details	John Weston   United States	15:46.94	Igor Kushpelev   Soviet Union	15:59.80	Kyle Ditzler   United States	16:10.87
100 m backstroke details	Rômulo Arantes   Brazil	58.45	Jim Ballard   United States	58.75	Zoltán Verrasztó   Hungary	58.79
200 m backstroke details	Zoltán Verrasztó   Hungary	2:05.60	Bruce Hardcastle   United States	2:06.52	Jim Ballard   United States	2:07.67
100 m breaststroke details	Graham Smith   Canada	1:05.17	Duncan Goodhew   Great Britain	1:06.04	Giorgio Lalle   Italy	1:06.34
200 m breaststroke details	Graham Smith   Canada	2:23.43	Vladimir Dementyev   Soviet Union	2:24.10	Aigars Kudis   Soviet Union	2:24.73
100 m butterfly details	Mike Curington   United States	55.58	Dan Thompson   Canada	57.05	John van Buren   Canada	57.12
200 m butterfly details	Michael Kraus   West Germany	2:02.81	Andrey Avtushenko   Soviet Union	2:03.73	Bruce Rogers   Canada	2:05.24
400 m individual medley details	András Hargitay   Hungary	4:32.91	Zoltán Verrasztó   Hungary	4:34.19	Andy Ritchie   Canada	4:35.30
4×100 m freestyle relay details	United States  (USA) Andy Coan Doug Lambert Mike Curington John Ebuna	3:31.49	West Germany  (FRG)	3:31.75	Soviet Union  (URS)	3:33.24
4×200 m freestyle relay details	United States  (USA) John Weston Mike Curington John Ebuna Dick Hannula Jr.	7:41.20	Soviet Union  (URS)	7:42.55	West Germany  (FRG)	7:48.27
4×100 m medley relay details	United States  (USA) Jim Ballard Lance Michaelis Mike Curington John Ebuna	3:51.67	Canada  (CAN)	3:53.67	Soviet Union  (URS)	3:54.34

Legend:CR – Championship record;CWR – Commonwealth record;NR – National record

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Jutta Weber   West Germany	57.80	Sue Hinderaker   United States	58.93	Beth Harrell   United States	59.05
400 m freestyle details	Bonnie Glasgow   United States	4:16.50	Liz McKinnon   Canada	4:24.04	Wendy Weinberg   United States	4:27.75
100 m backstroke details	Klavdiya Studenikova   Soviet Union	1:06.68	Meg McCully   United States	1:07.25	Yelena Rusanova   Soviet Union	1:08.54
100 m breaststroke details	Marion Stuart   Canada	1:15.60	Amy Tasnady   United States	1:16.66	Anna Skolarczyk   Poland	1:16.83
200 m breaststroke details	Anne Gagnon   Canada	2:43.7	Anne Merklinger   Canada	2:44.60	Amy Tasnady   United States	2:44.69
100 m butterfly details	Sue Hinderaker   United States	1:03.63	Gudrun Beckmann   West Germany	1:03.84	Anca Miclaus   Romania	1:04.61
200 m individual medley details	Bonnie Glasgow   United States	2:20.66	Jennie Franks   United States	2:23.82	Danielle Balla   Canada	2:27.22
4×100 m freestyle relay details	United States  (USA) Shawn Houghton Bonny Brown Beth Harrell Sue Hinderaker	3:53.70	Canada  (CAN)	4:01.02	West Germany  (FRG)	4:03.23
4×100 m medley relay details	United States  (USA) Meg McCully Amy Tasnady Beth Harrell Sue Hinderaker	4:29.78	Soviet Union  (URS)	4:31.27	West Germany  (FRG)	4:46.63

Legend:CR – Championship record;CWR – Commonwealth record;NR – National record

References

• Medalist Summary (Men) on GBRATHLETICS.com
• Medalist Summary (Women) on GBRATHLETICS.com

1. ISHOF list with all medalists in Universiade history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine

• "World University Games". New York Times. 28 August 1977. Retrieved 17 December 2021.