Swimming at the 1985 Summer Universiade

Swimming
at the XIII Summer Universiade
Swimming; at the XIII Summer Universiade
Dates	25 August 1985 – 30 August 1985

The swimming competition at the 1985 Summer Universiade took place in Kobe, Japan from August 25 to August 30, 1985.^[1]^[2]

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	Aivi 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	Australia (AUS) Michelle Pearson Jenny Messenger Rebecca Whitehead Michelle Ford	8:21.78	Netherlands (NED)	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	Australia (AUS) Michelle Pearson Jenny Messenger Rebecca Whitehead Julie West	4:16.78

Legend: CR – Championship record; NR – National record

Medal table

* Host nation (Japan)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	18	9	8	35
2	Netherlands (NED)	3	1	3	7
3	Soviet Union (URS)	2	4	5	11
4	Australia (AUS)	2	4	2	8
5	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	1	1	4
6	West Germany (FRG)	1	2	3	6
7	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	1	2
7	Romania (ROU)	1	0	1	2
9	Italy (ITA)	0	2	1	3
10	France (FRA)	0	2	0	2
11	Canada (CAN)	0	1	2	3
12	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	1	2
13	Japan (JPN)*	0	1	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	0	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
16	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
16	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		30	30	30	90

References

^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Universiade history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Results of the 1985 Universiade" (PDF). USA Swimming. August 30, 1985. Retrieved March 26, 2014.

[1] ISHOF list with all medalists in Universiade history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Results of the 1985 Universiade" (PDF). USA Swimming. August 30, 1985. Retrieved March 26, 2014.

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