Swimming at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships

Main article: 1982 World Aquatics Championships

The Swimming portion of the 4th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam late July-early August 1982 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The competition featured 19 long course (50 m) events:

• freestyle - 100, 200, 400, 800 (female only) and 1500 (male only);
• backstroke - 100 and 200;
• breaststroke - 100 and 200;
• butterfly - 100 and 200;
• individual medley (IM) - 200 and 400; and
• relays - 4 × 100 free, 4 × 200 free (male only) and 4 × 100 medley.

Results

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Jörg Woithe  (GDR) 50.18 CR	Rowdy Gaines  (USA) 50.21	Per Johansson  (SWE) 50.25
200 m freestyle details	Michael Groß  (FRG) 1:49.84 CR	Rowdy Gaines  (USA) 1:49.92	Jörg Woithe  (GDR) 1:50.71
400 m freestyle details	Vladimir Salnikov  (URS) 3:51.30 CR	Svyatoslav Semenov  (URS) 3:51.43	Sven Lodziewski  (GDR) 3:51.84
1500 m freestyle details	Vladimir Salnikov  (URS) 15:01.77 CR	Svyatoslav Semenov  (URS) 15:05.54	Darjan Petrič  (YUG) 15:10.20
100 m backstroke details	Dirk Richter  (GDR) 55.95 CR	Rick Carey  (USA) 56.04	Vladimir Shemetov  (URS) 56.42
200 m backstroke details	Rick Carey  (USA) 2:00.82 CR	Sándor Wladár  (HUN) 2:01.31	Frank Baltrusch  (GDR) 2:01.51
100 m breaststroke details	Steve Lundquist  (USA) 1:02.75 CR	Victor Davis  (CAN) 1:02.82	John Moffet  (USA) 1:03.13
200 m breaststroke details	Victor Davis  (CAN) 2:14.77 WR	Robertas Žulpa  (URS) 2:16.68	John Moffet  (USA) 2:18.54
100 m butterfly details	Matt Gribble  (USA) 53.88 CR	Michael Groß  (FRG) 54.26	Bengt Baron  (SWE) 54.47
200 m butterfly details	Michael Groß  (FRG) 1:58.85 CR	Sergey Fesenko  (URS) 1:59.91	Craig Beardsley  (USA) 2:00.08
200 m individual medley details	Aleksandr Sidorenko  (URS) 2:03.30 CR	Bill Barrett  (USA) 2:03.49	Giovanni Franceschi  (ITA) 2:04.65
400 m individual medley details	Ricardo Prado  (BRA) 4:19.78 WR	Jens-Peter Berndt  (GDR) 4:23.02	Sergey Fesenko  (URS) 4:23.29
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States  (USA) Chris Cavanaugh Robin Leamy David McCagg Rowdy Gaines 3:19.26 WR	Soviet Union  (URS) Sergey Krasyuk Aleksey Filonov Sergey Smiriyagin Aleksey Markovsky 3:21.78	Sweden  (SWE) Per Johansson Bengt Baron Pelle Holmertz Pelle Wikström 3:22.15
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	United States  (USA) Richard Saeger Jeff Float Kyle Miller Rowdy Gaines 7:21.09	Soviet Union  (URS) Vladimir Shemetov Ivar Stukolkin Vladimir Salnikov Aleksey Filonov 7:24.91	West Germany  (FRG) Andreas Schmidt Dirk Korthals Rainer Henkel Michael Groß 7:25.46
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States  (USA) Rick Carey Steve Lundquist Matt Gribble Rowdy Gaines 3:40.84 WR	Soviet Union  (URS) Vladimir Shemetov Yuriy Kis Aleksey Markovsky Sergey Smiriyagin 3:42.86	West Germany  (FRG) Stefan Peter Gerald Mörken Michael Groß Andreas Schmidt 3:44.78

Legend:WR– World record; CR– Championship record

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Birgit Meineke  (GDR) 55.79	Annemarie Verstappen  (NED) 55.87	Jill Sterkel  (USA) 56.27
200 m freestyle details	Annemarie Verstappen  (NED) 1:59.53	Birgit Meineke  (GDR) 2:00.67	Annelies Maas  (NED) 2:00.84
400 m freestyle details	Carmela Schmidt  (GDR) 4:08.98	Petra Schneider  (GDR) 4:10.08	Tiffany Cohen  (USA) 4:11.85
800 m freestyle details	Kim Linehan  (USA) 8:27.48	Jackie Willmott  (GBR) 8:32.61	Carmela Schmidt  (GDR) 8:33.67
100 m backstroke details	Kristin Otto  (GDR) 1:01.30 CR	Ina Kleber  (GDR) 1:01.47	Susan Walsh  (USA) 1:02.86
200 m backstroke details	Cornelia Sirch  (GDR) 2:09.91 WR	Georgina Parkes  (AUS) 2:14.98	Carmen Bunaciu  (ROU) 2:15.40
100 m breaststroke details	Ute Geweniger  (GDR) 1:09.14 CR	Anne Ottenbrite  (CAN)   Kim Rhodenbaugh  (USA) 1:11.03	—
200 m breaststroke details	Svetlana Varganova  (URS) 2:28.82 CR	Ute Geweniger  (GDR) 2:29.71	Anne Ottenbrite  (CAN) 2:33.05
100 m butterfly details	Mary T. Meagher  (USA) 59.41 CR	Ines Geißler  (GDR) 1:00.36	Melanie Buddemeyer  (USA) 1:00.40
200 m butterfly details	Ines Geißler  (GDR) 2:08.66 CR	Mary T. Meagher  (USA) 2:09.76	Heike Dähne  (GDR) 2:10.29
200 m individual medley details	Petra Schneider  (GDR) 2:11.79 CR	Ute Geweniger  (GDR) 2:13.38	Tracy Caulkins  (USA) 2:15.91
400 m individual medley details	Petra Schneider  (GDR) 4:36.10 WR	Kathleen Nord  (GDR) 4:43.51	Tracy Caulkins  (USA) 4:44.64
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	East Germany  (GDR) Birgit Meineke Susanne Link Kristin Otto Caren Metschuck 3:43.97	United States  (USA) Susan Habernigg Kathy Treible Beth Washut Jill Sterkel 3:45.76	Netherlands  (NED) Annemarie Verstappen Annelies Maas Wilma van Velsen Conny van Bentum 3:45.96
4 × 100 m medley relay details	East Germany  (GDR) Kristin Otto Ute Geweniger Ines Geißler Birgit Meineke 4:05.88 WR	United States  (USA) Susan Walsh Kim Rhodenbaugh Mary T. Meagher Jill Sterkel 4:08.12	Soviet Union  (URS) Larisa Gorchakova Svetlana Varganova Natalya Pokas Irina Gerasimova 4:12.36

Legend:WR– World record; CR– Championship record

Medal standings

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany  (GDR)	12	8	5	25
2	United States  (USA)	8	8	9	25
3	Soviet Union  (URS)	4	7	3	14
4	West Germany  (FRG)	2	1	2	5
5	Canada  (CAN)	1	2	1	4
6	Netherlands  (NED)	1	1	2	4
7	Brazil  (BRA)	1	0	0	1
8	Australia  (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain  (GBR)	0	1	0	1
	Hungary  (HUN)	0	1	0	1
11	Sweden  (SWE)	0	0	3	3
12	Italy  (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Romania  (ROU)	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia  (YUG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		29	30	28	87

References

• HistoFINA Men
• HistoFINA Women ^{[ permanent dead link ]}