Swimming at the 1959 Summer Universiade

The swimming competition at the 1959 Summer Universiade took place in Turin, Italy.[1]

Men’s events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle  Igor Lushkovskiy (URS)57.0  Andrzej Salamon (POL)57.7  Paolo Pucci (ITA)58.0
400 m freestyle  Igor Lushkovskiy (URS)4:43.8  Ling (GDR)4:46.5  Mario Liotti (ITA)4:57.9
1500 m freestyle  Kadar (HUN)19:55.7  Strasser (FRG)20:07.0  José Cossio (ESP)20:10.3
100 m backstroke  Gilberto Elsa (ITA)1:05.7  Georgiy Kuvaldin (URS)1:06.5  Mihovil Dorčić (YUG)1:06.6
200 m breaststroke  Hans-Joachim Tröger (FRG)2:42.9  Roberto Lazzari (ITA)2:42.9  Andrzej Klopotowski (POL)2:45.1
200 m butterfly  Fritz Dennerlein (ITA)2:21.9  Grigoriy Kiselyov (URS)2:25.1  Pavel Pazdírek (TCH)2:25.2
4×200 m freestyle relay  Italy (ITA)8:53.1  Hungary (HUN)9:07.7  West Germany (FRG)9:08.8
4×100 m medley relay  Italy (ITA)4:20.4  Czechoslovakia (TCH)4:27.6  West Germany (FRG)4:28.5

Women’s events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle  N. Sacco (ITA)1:09.7  Ludmila Kottková (TCH)1:10.3  Koosje van Voorn (NED)1:12.7
400 m freestyle  Ludmila Kottková (TCH)5:33.3  Chris Gosden (GBR)5:42.9  N. Sacco (ITA)5:43.3
100 m backstroke  Rita Androsoni (ITA)1:20.7  Tindall (GBR)1:28.0  Bosch (FRG)1:28.8
200 m breaststroke  Chris Gosden (GBR)2:59.2  Alessandra Salvi (ITA)3:08.2  Schiemenz (FRG)3:21.1
100 m butterfly  Valentina Pozdnyak (URS)1:13.9  Chris Gosden (GBR)1:14.6  Cornelia Hruska (ITA)1:28.1
4×100 m freestyle relay  Great Britain (GBR)4:54.9  West Germany (FRG)5:02.9  Italy (ITA)5:06.4
4×100 m medley relay  Italy (ITA)5:25.5  Great Britain (GBR)5:32.8  West Germany (FRG)5:47.4

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Italy 72514
2 Soviet Union 3205
3 Great Britain 2406
4 West Germany 1258
5 Czechoslovakia 1214
6 Hungary 1102
7 Poland 0112
8 East Germany 0101
=9 Spain 0011
=9 Netherlands 0011
=9 Yugoslavia 0011
Total 15 15 15 45

References

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