Swimming at the 1981 Summer Universiade

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The swimming competition at the 1981 Summer Universiade took place in Bucharest, Romania.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Men's events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
 Kris Kirschner
 		 51.39 Serhiy Krasyuk
 		 51.86 Jorge Fernandes
 		 52.06
200 m freestyle
 		 1:52.62 GR Jorge Fernandes
 		 1:52.92 Djan Madruga
 		 1:53.00
400 m freestyle
 Daniel Machek
 		 3:58.08 Djan Madruga
 		 3:58.54
 		 4:00.95
1500 m freestyle
 Aleksandr Chayev
 		 15:22.25 GR
 		 15:40.62
 		 15:48.70
100 m backstroke
 Sergei Zabolotnov
 		 58.09 Vladimir Dolgov
 		 58.19 Rômulo Arantes
 		 58.24
200 m backstroke
 Sergei Zabolotnov
 		 2:03.65 Djan Madruga
 		 2:03.73 Zbigniew Januszkiewicz
 		 2:05.37
100 m breaststroke
 Nicholas Nevid
 		 1:04.33 Peter Lang
 		 1:05.06 Arsens Miskarovs
 		 1:05.41
200 m breaststroke
 Arsens Miskarovs
 		 2:19.42 GR Nicholas Nevid
 		 2:21.47 Aleksandr Fedorovsky
 		 2:23.62
100 m butterfly
 William Paulus
 

 		 55.41 Not awarded Sergei Kiselyov
 		 56.29
200 m butterfly
 Sergey Fesenko, Sr.
 		 2:01.86 Levente Mady
 		 2:04.75 Sergei Kiselyov
 		 2:04.85
200 m individual medley
 Sergey Fesenko, Sr.
 		 2:06.34 GR Aleksey Markovsky
 		 2:08.37
 		 2:09.48
400 m individual medley
 Sergey Fesenko, Sr.
 		 4:25.53 Peter Dobson
 		 4:31.65 Daniel Machek
 		 4:32.16
4×100 m freestyle relay
   (USA)



Kris Kirschner		 3:27.84   (URS)
Yuri Prisekin
Alexey Filonov
Aleksey Markovsky
Serhiy Krasyuk		 3:28.09   (BRA)
Jorge Fernandes
Marcus Mattioli
Ronald Menezes
Djan Madruga		 3:32.42
4×200 m freestyle relay
   (URS) 7:33.96 GR   (USA)



Kris Kirschner		 7:34.11   (BRA) 7:38.32
4×100 m medley relay
   (URS)
Sergei Zabolotnov
Arsens Miskarovs
Sergei Kiselyov
Serhiy Krasyuk		 3:48.75   (USA)
Dave Wilson
Nicholas Nevid

Kris Kirschner		 3:49.55   (BRA)
Rômulo Arantes
Luiz Carvalho
Marcus Mattioli
Jorge Fernandes		 3:55.10

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

Women's events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
 Jill Sterkel
 		 57.17
 		 58.28 Olga Klevakina
 		 58.65
200 m freestyle
 Jill Sterkel
 		 2:03.97 GR Olga Klevakina
 		 2:04.58 Irina Laricheva
 		 2:05.38
400 m freestyle
 Kim Linehan
 		 4:15.26 Irina Laricheva
 		 4:15.50
 		 4:21.01
800 m freestyle
 Kim Linehan
 		 8:37.50 GR Irina Laricheva
 		 8:45.01
 		 8:46.57
100 m backstroke
 Carmen Bunaciu
 		 1:02.47 GR
 		 1:04.53 Susan Walsh
 		 1:04.74
200 m backstroke
 Carmen Bunaciu
 		 2:13.21
 		 2:19.02 Susan Walsh
 		 2:19.11
100 m breaststroke
 Angelika Knipping
 		 1:14.20 Liang Weifen
 		 1:14.48 Lina Kačiušytė
 		 1:14.54
200 m breaststroke
 Lina Kačiušytė
 		 2:35.85 GR Irena Fleissnerová
 		 2:38.64
 		 2:41.66
100 m butterfly
 Jill Sterkel
 		 1:01.91 GR
 		 1:02.43 Carmen Bunaciu
 		 1:02.98
200 m butterfly
 		 2:15.71
 		 2:15.97
 		 2:17.52
200 m individual medley
 		 2:20.43 GR Olga Klevakina
 		 2:20.81
 		 2:24.17
400 m individual medley
 		 4:55.45 GR Irinel Panulescu
 		 5:03.78 Malgorzata Rozycka
 		 5:07.49
4×100 m freestyle relay
   (USA)



Jill Sterkel		 3:55.05   (URS)
Irina Laricheva


Olga Klevakina		 3:57.64   (CAN)



 4:00.59
4×100 m medley relay
   (USA)


Jill Sterkel
 4:18.84   (ROM)
Carmen Bunaciu
Brigitte Prass
Mariana Paraschiv
Irinel Pănulescu		 4:22.14   (URS)

Lina Kačiušytė
Olga Klevakina
Irina Laricheva		 4:25.96

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

Men's 100 m freestyle
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kris Kirschner  United States 51.39
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Serhiy Krasyuk  Soviet Union 51.86
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jorge Fernandes  Brazil 52.06
4  United States 52.17
5 Yuri Prisekin  Soviet Union 52.38
6  West Germany 53.63
7 Per-Alvar Magnusson  Sweden 53.71
8 Graeme Brewer  Australia 53.73
Men's 200 m freestyle
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 1:52.62 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jorge Fernandes  Brazil 1:52.92
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Djan Madruga  Brazil 1:53.00
4  Soviet Union 1:53.01
5 Yuri Prisekin  Soviet Union 1:53.93
6 Daniel Machek  Czechoslovakia 1:54.93
7  Canada 1:55.82
8 Hiroshi Sakamoto  Japan 1:56.39
Men's 400 m freestyle
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Machek  Czechoslovakia 3:58.08
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Djan Madruga  Brazil 3:58.54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Soviet Union 4:00.95
4 Graeme Brewer  Australia 4:04.03
5  United States 4:04.95
6 Ron McKeon  Australia 4:05.85
7  Canada 4:08.71
8 Marcelo Jucá  Brazil 4:08.88
Men's 1500 m freestyle
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleksandr Chayev  Soviet Union 15:22.25 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union 15:40.62
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Monte Brown  United States 15:48.70
4 Marcelo Jucá  Brazil 15:57.80
5  Canada 16:04.58
6  Canada 16:09.41
7  Japan 16:11.22
8  Mexico 16:31.89
Men's 100 m backstroke
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sergei Zabolotnov  Soviet Union 58.09
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vladimir Dolgov  Soviet Union 58.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rômulo Arantes  Brazil 58.24
4 Dave Wilson  United States 58.69
5 Zbigniew Januszkiewicz  Poland 59.56
6  United States 59.63
7 Miloslav Rolko  Czechoslovakia 59.76
8  Japan 1:00.01
Men's 200 m backstroke
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sergei Zabolotnov  Soviet Union 2:03.65
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Djan Madruga  Brazil 2:03.73
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zbigniew Januszkiewicz  Poland 2:05.37
4 Vladimir Dolgov  Soviet Union 2:05.97
5  Japan 2:07.07
6  United States 2:09.10
7  Czechoslovakia 2:09.40
8 Mihai Mandache  Romania 2:10.12
Men's 100 m breaststroke
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nicholas Nevid  United States 1:04.33
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Lang  West Germany 1:05.06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arsens Miskarovs  Soviet Union 1:05.41
4  United States 1:05.70
5 Wang Lin  China 1:06.09
6 Aleksandr Fedorovsky  Soviet Union 1:06.13
7 Marco Veilleux  Canada 1:06.64
8  Japan 1:07.72
Men's 200 m breaststroke
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arsens Miskarovs  Soviet Union 2:19.42 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nicholas Nevid  United States 2:21.47
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aleksandr Fedorovsky  Soviet Union 2:23.62
4 Wang Lin  China 2:24.39
5  Japan 2:25.24
6 Marco Veilleux  Canada 2:25.49
Men's 100 m butterfly
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) William Paulus  United States 55.41
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 55.41
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sergei Kiselyov  Soviet Union 56.29
4  Japan 57.07
5 Per-Alvar Magnusson  Sweden 57.70
6 Marcus Mattioli  Brazil 57.71
7  China 57.79
7 Levente Mady  Canada 57.79
Men's 200 m butterfly
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sergey Fesenko, Sr.  Soviet Union 2:01.86
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Levente Mady  Canada 2:04.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sergei Kiselyov  Soviet Union 2:04.85
4  Japan 2:05.04
5 Shinsuke Kayama  Japan 2:05.14
6  Brazil 2:06.16
7 Gérard de Kort  Netherlands 2:07.27
8  Romania 2:09.41
Men's 200 m individual medley
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sergey Fesenko, Sr.  Soviet Union 2:06.34 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aleksey Markovsky  Soviet Union 2:08.34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada 2:09.48
4  China 2:10.24
5  United States 2:10.99
6  Canada 2:11.34
7  Japan 2:11.57
8  Romania 2:12.08
Men's 400 m individual medley
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sergey Fesenko, Sr.  Soviet Union 4:25.53
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Dobson  Canada 4:31.65
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daniel Machek  Czechoslovakia 4:32.16
4  United States 4:38.08
5  Japan 4:39.36
6  Mexico 4:39.43
7 Gérard de Kort  Netherlands 4:42.19
8  Canada 4:42.59
Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay
Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States


Kris Kirschner		 3:27.84
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union Yuri Prisekin
Alexey Filonov
Aleksey Markovsky
Serhiy Krasyuk		 3:28.09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil Jorge Fernandes
Marcus Mattioli
Ronald Menezes
Djan Madruga		 3:32.42
4  Canada 3:33.54
5  Japan 3:35.96
6  Romania 3:37.75
7  Czechoslovakia 3:39.17
8  Poland 3:45.83
Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay
Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union 7:33.96 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States


Kris Kirschner		 7:34.11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil 7:38.32
4  Canada 7:39.88
5  Czechoslovakia 7:49.08
6  Japan 7:52.96
7  Romania 7:53.78
8  Bulgaria 7:59.43
Men's 4×100 m medley relay
Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union Sergey Zabolotnov
Arsens Miskarovs
Sergei Kiselyov
Serhiy Krasyuk		 3:48.75
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States Dave Wilson
Nicholas Nevid

Kris Kirchner		 3:49.55
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil Rômulo Arantes
Luiz Carvalho
Marcus Mattioli
Jorge Fernandes		 3:55.10
4  Japan 3:56.18
5  China 3:56.48
6  Canada 3:59.79
7  Romania 4:03.15
8  Poland 4:07.29
Women's 100 m freestyle
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jill Sterkel  United States 57.17
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 58.28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Olga Klevakina  Soviet Union 58.65
4  Canada 59.38
5 Carole Amoric  France 59.51
6  Bulgaria 1:00.05
7  Soviet Union 1:00.06
8  Czechoslovakia 1:00.72
Women's 200 m freestyle
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jill Sterkel  United States 2:03.97
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olga Klevakina  Soviet Union 2:04.58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Irina Laricheva  Soviet Union 2:05.38
4  United States 2:05.58
5  France 2:07.67
6  Canada 2:09.04
7  Canada 2:09.32
8  Poland 2:10.51
Women's 400 m freestyle
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kim Linehan  United States 4:15.26
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Irina Laricheva  Soviet Union 4:15.50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 4:21.01
4  Poland 4:31.46
5  Canada 4:34.07
6  Romania 4:37.94
7  Canada 4:39.98
8  China 4:40.79
Women's 800 m freestyle
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kim Linehan  United States 8:37.50 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Irina Laricheva  Soviet Union 8:45.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 8:46.57
4  Poland 9:19.83
5  Romania 9:24.22
6  China 9:34.01
7  Poland 9:41.18
8  Mexico 10:00.89
Women's 100 m backstroke
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carmen Bunaciu  Romania 1:02.47 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 1:04.53
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Susan Walsh  United States 1:04.74
4  Soviet Union 1:06.21
5  Canada 1:07.32
6 Heike John  West Germany 1:07.51
7  Netherlands 1:08.91
8  Canada 1:09.29
Women's 200 m backstroke
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carmen Bunaciu  Romania 2:13.21
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 2:19.02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Susan Walsh  United States 2:19.11
4  Soviet Union 2:19.92
5  Netherlands 2:22.13
6  Canada 2:24.26
7 Mihăilescu  Romania 2:26.17
8  Canada 2:29.92
Women's 100 m breaststroke
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Angelika Knipping  West Germany 1:14.20
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Liang Weifen  China 1:14.48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lina Kačiušytė  Soviet Union 1:14.54
4  China 1:14.82
5 Brigitte Prass  Romania 1:14.86
6  United States 1:15.47
7  Romania 1:15.72
8 Irena Fleissnerová  Czechoslovakia 1:16.13
Women's 200 m breaststroke
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lina Kačiušytė  Soviet Union 2:35.85 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Irena Fleissnerová  Czechoslovakia 2:38.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 2:41.66
4  United States 2:42.09
5 Brigitte Prass  Romania 2:44.49
6  Canada 2:45.94
7  France 2:46.78
8  Mexico 2:48.58
Women's 100 m butterfly
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jill Sterkel  United States 1:01.91 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 1:02.42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Carmen Bunaciu  Romania 1:02.98
4  Australia 1:03.17
5  Canada 1:05.88
6  Australia 1:05.94
7 Susan Jenner  United Kingdom 1:05.98
8  Netherlands 1:06.32
Women's 200 m butterfly
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 2:15.71
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 2:15.97
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 2:17.52
4  Australia 2:18.27
5 Malgorzata Rozycka  Poland 2:21.89
6 Susan Jenner  United Kingdom 2:22.56
7  Hungary 2:23.42
8  Canada 2:25.76
Women's 200 m individual medley
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 2:20.43 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olga Klevakina  Soviet Union 2:20.81
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  West Germany 2:24.17
4  United States 2:24.63
5 Irinel Pănulescu  Romania 2:25.51
6 Mariana Paraschiv  Romania 2:25.84
7 Lisa Dixon  Canada 2:26.55
8  United Kingdom 2:27.48
Women's 400 m individual medley
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 4:55.45 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Irinel Pănulescu  Romania 5:03.78
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Malgorzata Rozycka  Poland 5:07.49
4 Mariana Paraschiv  Romania 5:12.58
 United States 4:57.68 DSQ
Lisa Dixon  Canada 5:05.74 DSQ
 West Germany 5:06.56 DSQ
 Netherlands DNS
Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay
Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States


Jill Sterkel		 3:55.05
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union Irina Laricheva


Olga Klevakina		 3:57.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada


4:00.59
4  France 4:01.43
5  Romania 4:02.97
6  Poland 4:10.47
7  United Kingdom 4:13.91
Women's 4×100 m medley relay
Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States

Jill Sterkel
 4:18.84
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Romania Carmen Bunaciu
Brigitte Prass
Mariana Paraschiv
Irinel Pănulescu		 4:22.14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Soviet Union
Lina Kačiušytė
Olga Klevakina
Irina Laricheva		 4:25.96
4  France 4:33.06
5  Canada 4:33.25
6  Poland 4:37.94
7  United Kingdom 4:41.52

References[]

  1. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Universiade history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
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  3. ^ "1981 Summer Universiade results 2". Hutchinson News. July 29, 1981. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
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