Swimming at the 1979 Summer Universiade

The swimming competition at the 1979 Summer Universiade took place in Mexico City, Mexico in September 1979.

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Marcello Guarducci  Italy	51.88	Kirk Peppas  United States	51.91	Bruce Stahl  United States	52.32
200 m freestyle	Bill O'Brien  United States	1:54.00	Sergey Rusin  Soviet Union	1:54.55	Keith Dickson  United States	1:54.62
400 m freestyle	Sergey Rusin  Soviet Union	4:02.26	John Hillencamp  United States	4:05.23	Graeme Brewer  Australia	4:05.32
1500 m freestyle	Ron Neugent  United States	16:01.87	Igor Kushpelyev  Soviet Union	16:09.22	Bill O'Brien  United States	16:13.88
100 m backstroke	Mark Kerry  Australia	57.05	Rômulo Arantes  Brazil	58.10	Mike Bottom  United States	58.55
200 m backstroke	Kyle Miller  United States	2:07.30	Djan Madruga  Brazil	2:07.70	Ron Raikula  United States	2:07.81
100 m breaststroke	Vladimir Fliont  Soviet Union	1:05.45	John Lundberg  United States	1:06.15	Vladimir Tarassov  Soviet Union	1:06.44
200 m breaststroke	Vladimir Tarassov  Soviet Union	2:21.13	Timur Podmarev  Soviet Union	2:21.31	Tateki Shinya  Japan	2:25.53
100 m butterfly	Mike Bottom  United States	55.37	James Halliburton  United States	56.15	Miloslav Rolko  Czechoslovakia	56.53
200 m butterfly	Mikhail Gorelik  Soviet Union	2:04.50	Michael Kraus  West Germany	2:06.25	Sergei Kisselev  Soviet Union	2:06.41
400 m individual medley	Djan Madruga  Brazil	4:37.34	Vladimir Mikheev  Soviet Union	4:38.19	David Santos  United States	4:38.57
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Sharpe Keith Dickson Bill O'Brien John Hillencamp	7:36.03	Soviet Union (URS)	7:40.40	Italy (ITA)	7:49.20
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Lou Mangianello David Lundberg Mike Bottom Kirk Peppas	3:51.29	Soviet Union (URS)	3:52.05	West Germany (FRG)	3:55.40

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

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Tracy Caulkins  United States	58.26	Sue Hinderaker  United States	58.67	Annelies Maas  Netherlands	58.71
200 m freestyle	Annelies Maas  Netherlands	2:04.87	Bonnie Glasgow  United States	2:07.24	Maura Walsh  United States	2:08.84
400 m freestyle	Corrina Weinkofsky  United States	4:22.88	Bonnie Glasgow  United States	4:25.92	Annelies Maas  Netherlands	4:28.03
800 m freestyle	Margaret Brooksbank  United States	9:04.32	Annelies Maas  Netherlands	9:13.62	Cyndi McCullam  United States	9:18.28
100 m backstroke	Carmen Bunaciu  Romania	1:03.35	Margaret Browne  United States	1:05.63	Christine Breedy  United States	1:05.75
200 m backstroke	Carmen Bunaciu  Romania	2:16.20	Margaret Browne  United States	2:23.08	Christine Breedy  United States	2:25.86
100 m breaststroke	Irena Fleissnerová  Czechoslovakia	1:14.57	Debbie Rudd  Great Britain	1:14.74	Anna Skolarczyk  Poland	1:14.94
200 m breaststroke	Irena Fleissnerová  Czechoslovakia	2:41.00	Debbie Rudd  Great Britain	2:41.88	Anna Skolarczyk  Poland	2:42.81
100 m butterfly	Elizabeth Rapp  United States	1:04.04	Sue Hinderaker  United States	1:04.88	Alla Gritchenkova  Soviet Union	1:05.28
200 m butterfly	Elizabeth Rapp  United States	2:19.11	Alla Gritchenkova  Soviet Union	2:19.57	Jody Alexander  United States	2:20.38
400 m individual medley	Janet Buchan  United States	5:06.6	Bonnie Glasgow  United States	5:08.1	Irena Fleissnerová  Czechoslovakia	5:12.8
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) B.Harris Sue Hinderaker Bonnie Glasgow Tracy Caulkins	3:56.75	Netherlands (NED)	3:59.16	Canada (CAN)	4:01.15
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Christine Breedy Gayle Hegel Elizabeth Rapp Tracy Caulkins	4:22.8	Soviet Union (URS)	4:27.4	Netherlands (NED)	4:29.1

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

References

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