Swimming at the 1985 Summer Universiade

The swimming competition at the 1985 Summer Universiade took place in Kobe, Japan from August 25 to August 30, 1985.

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Matt Biondi  United States	49.14	Stéphan Caron  France	49.97	Scott McCadam  United States	50.63
200 m freestyle	Matt Biondi  United States	1:49.52	Stéphan Caron  France	1:49.78	Marcel Gery  Czechoslovakia	1:50.98
400 m freestyle	Justin Lemberg  Australia	3:52.45	John Mykkanen  United States	3:53.24	Thomas Fahrner  West Germany	3:54.17
1500 m freestyle	Alex Miawsky  United States	15:20.13	Mike O'Brien  United States	15:20.45	John Day  Great Britain	15:31.93
100 m backstroke	Igor Polyansky  Soviet Union	56.26	Mark Rhodenbaugh  United States	56.99	Sergei Zabolotnov  Soviet Union	57.04
200 m backstroke	Igor Polyansky  Soviet Union	1:59.76	Sean Murphy  Canada	2:02.69	Mike West  Canada	2:03.14
100 m breaststroke	John Moffet  United States	1:02.88	Gianni Minervini  Italy	1:03.38	Eduard Klimentiev  Soviet Union	1:03.94
200 m breaststroke	John Moffet  United States	2:18.83	Alexandre Yokochi  Portugal	2:18.92	Dimitri Kuzmin  Soviet Union	2:19.81
100 m butterfly	Jon Sieben  Australia	53.97	Matt Biondi  United States	54.03	Michael Gross  West Germany	54.16
200 m butterfly	Michael Gross  West Germany	1:57.88	Anthony Mosse  New Zealand	1:58.94	Chris Rives  United States	2:00.03
200 m individual medley	Chris Rives  United States	2:03.50	Duffy Dillon  United States	2:04.65	Ricardo Prado  Brazil	2:04.92
400 m individual medley	Ricardo Prado  Brazil	4:19.83	Rob Woodhouse  Australia	4:20.76	Jeff Prior  United States	4:23.91
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Scott McCadam Jim Born Craig Oppel Matt Biondi	3:20.12	West Germany (FRG)	3:22.70	Soviet Union (URS)	3:23.76
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Craig Oppel Charley Siroky Duffy Dillon Matt Biondi	7:20.34	West Germany (FRG)	7:22.43	Canada (CAN)	7:30.81
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Mark Rhodenbaugh John Moffet Chris O'Neil Scott McCadam	3:42.99	Soviet Union (URS)	3:46.33	West Germany (FRG)	3:47.71

Legend: CR – Championship record; NR – National record

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Conny van Bentum  Netherlands	55.87	Jenna Johnson  United States	56.29	Kathy Coffin  United States	57.71
200 m freestyle	Conny van Bentum  Netherlands	2:00.34	Mary T. Meagher  United States	2:01.64	Michelle Pearson  Australia	2:02.25
400 m freestyle	Patty Sabo  United States	4:16.23	Andrea Orosz  Hungary	4:16.88	Stacy Shupe  United States	4:18.34
800 m freestyle	Stacy Shupe  United States	8:45.87	Carla Lasi  Italy	8:47.76	Andrea Orosz  Hungary	8:49.41
100 m backstroke	Carmen Bunaciu  Romania	1:03.67	Jolanda de Rover  Netherlands	1:03.75	Michelle Donahue  United States	1:03.83
200 m backstroke	Jolanda de Rover  Netherlands	2:13.34	Michelle Donahue  United States	2:13.81	Carmen Bunaciu  Romania	2:17.63
100 m breaststroke	Tania Bogomilova  Bulgaria	1:09.27	Larisa Moreva  Soviet Union	1:12.24	Manuela Dalla Valle  Italy	1:12.33
200 m breaststroke	Tania Bogomilova  Bulgaria	2:30.30	Larisa Moreva  Soviet Union	2:32.53	Channon Hermstad  United States	2:36.72
100 m butterfly	Mary T. Meagher  United States	59.81	Melanie Buddemeyer  United States	1:01.33	Conny van Bentum  Netherlands	1:01.51
200 m butterfly	Mary T. Meagher  United States	2:07.32	Kiyomi Takahashi  Japan	2:13.87	Patty King  United States	2:15.06
200 m individual medley	Svetlana Koptchikova  Soviet Union	2:18.11	Michelle Pearson  Australia	2:18.21	Tania Bogomilova  Bulgaria	2:19.36
400 m individual medley	Channon Hermstad  United States	4:49.84	Michelle Pearson  Australia	4:51.20	Ivi Liiv  Soviet Union	4:52.04
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Jennifer Boyd Paige Zemina Kirsten Wengler Jenna Johnson	3:49.10	Soviet Union (URS)	3:51.17	Netherlands (NED)	3:51.42
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Paige Zemina Stacy Shupe Francie O’Leary Mary T. Meagher	8:15.14	Soviet Union (URS)	8:21.78	Australia (AUS)	8:22.74
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Michelle Donahue Kathy Smith Mary T. Meagher Jenna Johnson	4:11.24	Bulgaria (BUL)	4:14.59	Netherlands (NED)	4:16.78

Legend: CR – Championship record; NR – National record

References

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