Swimming at the 1981 Summer Universiade

The swimming competition at the 1981 Summer Universiade took place in Bucharest, Romania.^[1][2][3]

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Kris Kirschner United States (USA)	51.39	Serhiy Krasyuk Soviet Union (URS)	51.86	Jorge Fernandes Brazil (BRA)	52.06
200 m freestyle	Andy Schmidt United States (USA)	1:52.62	Jorge Fernandes Brazil (BRA)	1:52.92	Djan Madruga Brazil (BRA)	1:53.00
400 m freestyle	Daniel Machek Czechoslovakia (TCH)	3:58.08	Djan Madruga Brazil (BRA)	3:58.54	Sergey Kalashnikov Soviet Union (URS)	4:00.95
1500 m freestyle	Aleksandr Chayev Soviet Union (URS)	15:22.25	Sergey Kalashnikov Soviet Union (URS)	15:40.62	Monte Brown United States (USA)	15:48.70
100 m backstroke	Sergei Zabolotnov Soviet Union (URS)	58.09	Vladimir Dolgov Soviet Union (URS)	58.19	Rômulo Arantes Brazil (BRA)	58.24
200 m backstroke	Sergei Zabolotnov Soviet Union (URS)	2:03.65	Djan Madruga Brazil (BRA)	2:03.73	Zbigniew Januskiewicz Poland (POL)	2:05.37
100 m breaststroke	Nicholas Nevid United States (USA)	1:04.33	Peter Lang West Germany (FRG)	1:05.06	Arsens Miskarovs Soviet Union (URS)	1:05.41
200 m breaststroke	Arsens Miskarovs Soviet Union (URS)	2:19.42	Nicholas Nevid United States (USA)	2:21.47	Aleksandr Fedorovsky Soviet Union (URS)	2:23.62
100 m butterfly	William Paulus United States (USA)  Robert Placak United States (USA)	55.41	Not awarded		Sergei Kisselev Soviet Union (URS)	56.29
200 m butterfly	Sergey Fesenko, Sr. Soviet Union (URS)	2:01.86	Levente Mady Canada (CAN)	2:04.75	Sergei Kisselev Soviet Union (URS)	2:04.85
200 m individual medley	Sergey Fesenko, Sr. Soviet Union (URS)	2:06.34	Aleksey Markovsky Soviet Union (URS)	2:08.37	Alan Swanson Canada (CAN)	2:09.48
400 m individual medley	Sergey Fesenko, Sr. Soviet Union (URS)	4:25.53	Peter Dobson Canada (CAN)	4:31.65	Daniel Machek Czechoslovakia (TCH)	4:32.16
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Jerry Spencer Andy Schmidt Paul Goodridge Kris Kirschner	3:27.84	Soviet Union (URS) Yuriy Priseking Alexey Filonov Aleksey Markovsky Serhiy Krasyuk	3:28.09	Brazil (BRA) Jorge Fernandes Marcus Mattioli Ronald Menezes Djan Madruga	3:32.42
4×200 m freestyle relay	Soviet Union (URS)	7:33.96	United States (USA) Andy Schmidt Jimmy Lee B. McCarthy Kris Kirschner	7:34.11	Brazil (BRA)	7:38.32
4×100 m medley relay	Soviet Union (URS) Sergei Zabolotnov Arsens Miskarovs Sergei Kisselev Serhiy Krasyuk	3:48.75	United States (USA) Dave Wilson Nicholas Nevid Bob Placak Kris Kirschner	3:49.55	Brazil (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 United States (USA)	57.17	Barbara Major United States (USA)	58.28	Olga Klevakina Soviet Union (URS)	58.65
200 m freestyle	Jill Sterkel United States (USA)	2:03.97	Olga Klevakina Soviet Union (URS)	2:04.58	Irina Laricheva Soviet Union (URS)	2:05.38
400 m freestyle	Kim Linehan United States (USA)	4:15.26	Irina Laricheva Soviet Union (URS)	4:15.50	Sherri Hanna United States (USA)	4:21.01
800 m freestyle	Kim Linehan United States (USA)	8:37.50	Irina Laricheva Soviet Union (URS)	8:45.01	Sherri Hanna United States (USA)	8:46.57
100 m backstroke	Carmen Bunaciu Romania (ROM)	1:02.47	Kim Carlisle United States (USA)	1:04.53	Susan Walsh United States (USA)	1:04.74
200 m backstroke	Carmen Bunaciu Romania (ROM)	2:13.21	Kim Carlisle United States (USA)	2:19.02	Susan Walsh United States (USA)	2:19.11
100 m breaststroke	Angelika Knipping West Germany (FRG)	1:04.20	Liang Weifen China (CHN)	1:14.48	Lina Kačiušytė Soviet Union (URS)	1:14.54
200 m breaststroke	Lina Kačiušytė Soviet Union (URS)	2:35.85	Irena Fleissnerová Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2:38.64	Cindy Tuttle United States (USA)	2:41.66
100 m butterfly	Jill Sterkel United States (USA)	1:01.91	Carol Borgmann United States (USA)	1:02.43	Carmen Bunaciu Romania (ROM)	1:02.98
200 m butterfly	Kim Carlisle United States (USA)	2:15.71	Susie Woodhouse Australia (AUS)	2:15.97	Mayumi Yokoyama United States (USA)	2:17.52
200 m individual medley	Kim Carlisle United States (USA)	2:20.43	Olga Klevakina Soviet Union (URS)	2:20.81	Barbara Selter West Germany (FRG)	2:24.17
400 m individual medley	Mayumi Yokoyama United States (USA)	4:55.45	Irinel Pantulescu Romania (ROM)	5:03.78	Malgorzata Rozycka Poland (POL)	5:07.49
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Annie Lett Carol Borgmann Barbara Major Jill Sterkel	3:55.05	Soviet Union (URS) Irina Laricheva Olga Eliseeva Irina Orliuk Olga Klevakina	3:57.64	Canada (CAN) Kelly Neuber Leslie Brafield Sylvie Kennedy Valerie Whyte	4:00.59
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Kim Carlisle Patricia Waters Jill Sterkel Barbara Major	4:18.84	Romania (ROM) Carmen Bunaciu Brigitte Prase Mariana Parashiv Irinei Panulescu	4:22.14	Soviet Union (URS) Irina Orliuk Lina Kačiušytė Olga Klevakina Irina Laricheva	4:25.96

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

References

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

1. ISHOF list with all medalists in Universiade history
2. "1981 Summer Universiade results". Hutchinson News. July 29, 1981. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
3. "1981 Summer Universiade results 2". Hutchinson News. July 30, 1981. Retrieved March 28, 2014.