| Swimming at the Universiade | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Dong'an Lake Sports Park Aquatics Centre |
| Dates | 1–7 August 2023 |
| Competitors | 465 from 55 nations |
Swimming was contested at the 2021 Summer Universiade from 1 to 7 August 2023 at the Dong'an Lake Sports Park Aquatics Centre, in Chengdu. [1] [2]
* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China | 18 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| 2 |  Italy | 8 | 10 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 |  Poland | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 |  Japan | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 |  Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 |  United States | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 |  Portugal | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 |  Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  South Africa | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 |  Brazil | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 |  Hungary | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 |  Chinese Taipei | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 |  Romania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 |  Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 |  France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 42 | 44 | 42 | 128 | |
a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | China Chen Juner Lin Tao Li Bingjie Zhang Yufei Zhao Xinchen Luo Youyang Chen Mingjie Ma Yiyi | 3:25.38 NR | Italy Giovanni Izzo Giovanni Carraro Paola Biagioli Anita Gastaldi Nicolò Franceschi Paolo Conte Bonin Linda Caponi Sonia Laquintana | 3:26.75 | Brazil Vinícius Assunção Breno Correia Luanna Oliveira Fernanda Celidônio Marco Júnior | 3:27.82 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | China Wang Gukailai Qin Haiyang Zhang Yufei Li Bingjie Song Jiale Lin Tao Jing Shangbeihua Liu Yaxin | 3:44.02 | Poland Kacper Stokowski Dominika Sztandera Jakub Majerski Kornelia Fiedkiewicz Wiktoria Piotrowska Marcin Goraj Wiktoria Guść Dawid Wiekiera | 3:46.07 | Italy Simone Stefani Alessandro Pinzuti Giulia D'Innocenzo Viola Scotto di Carlo Lorenzo Glessi Alessandro Fusco Antonella Crispino Antonietta Cesarano | 3:47.25 |
| AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | UR Universiade record | WR World record | NR National record | ||||||
a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
465 swimmers from 55 nations: [3] [4] [5]
Argentina (1)
Armenia (2)
Austria (5)
Azerbaijan (2) Brazil (27) China (35) Chinese Taipei (13)
Colombia (2)
Comoros (1) Cyprus (4)
Czech Republic (5)
Denmark (1)
Estonia (4)
Finland (4) France (6)
Georgia (4) Germany (6)
Greece (4)
Guatemala (2)
Hong Kong (15)
Honduras (2) Hungary (7)
India (24)
Indonesia (9) Italy (36) Japan (32) Kazakhstan (5)
Kuwait (2)
Lebanon (4)
Liechtenstein (1) Lithuania (5)
Macau (6)
Malaysia (2)
Moldova (2)
Mongolia (9)
Netherlands (3)
Oman (4) Poland (21) Portugal (4) Romania (6)
Senegal (2)
Sierra Leone (1)
Singapore (13)
Slovakia (4) South Africa (23) South Korea (22)
Sri Lanka (3)
Sweden (5)
Switzerland (16)
Tanzania (1)
Turkmenistan (3)
Uganda (3) United States (37)
Uruguay (2)
Zimbabwe (2)
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