The Swimming portion of the 4th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam late July-early August 1982 in Guayaquil, Ecuador . The competition featured 19 long course (50m) events:

• freestyle - 100, 200, 400, 800 (female only) and 1500 (male only);
• backstroke - 100 and 200;
• breaststroke - 100 and 200;
• butterfly - 100 and 200;
• individual medley (IM) - 200 and 400; and
• relays - 4x100 free, 4x200 free (male only) and 4x100 medley.

Results [ edit ]

Men [ edit ]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Jorg Woithe   ( GDR ) 50.18 CR	Rowdy Gaines   ( USA ) 50.21	Per Johansson   ( SWE ) 50.25
200 m freestyle details	Michael Groß   ( FRG ) 1:49.84 CR	Rowdy Gaines   ( USA ) 1:49.92	Jorg Woithe   ( GDR ) 1:50.71
400 m freestyle details	Vladimir Salnikov   ( URS ) 3:51.30 CR	Svyatoslav Semenov   ( URS ) 3:51.43	Sven Lodziewski   ( GDR ) 3:51.84
1500 m freestyle details	Vladimir Salnikov   ( URS ) 15:01.77 CR	Svyatoslav Semenov   ( URS ) 15:05.54	Darjan Petri?   ( YUG ) 15:10.20
100 m backstroke details	Dirk Richter   ( GDR ) 55.95 CR	Rick Carey   ( USA ) 56.04	Vladimir Shemetov   ( URS ) 56.42
200 m backstroke details	Rick Carey   ( USA ) 2:00.82 CR	Sandor Wladar   ( HUN ) 2:01.31	Frank Baltrusch   ( GDR ) 2:01.51
100 m breaststroke details	Steve Lundquist   ( USA ) 1:02.75 CR	Victor Davis   ( CAN ) 1:02.82	John Moffet   ( USA ) 1:03.13
200 m breaststroke details	Victor Davis   ( CAN ) 2:14.77 WR	Robertas ?ulpa   ( URS ) 2:16.68	John Moffet   ( USA ) 2:18.54
100 m butterfly details	Matt Gribble   ( USA ) 53.88 CR	Michael Groß   ( FRG ) 54.26	Bengt Baron   ( SWE ) 54.47
200 m butterfly details	Michael Groß   ( FRG ) 1:58.85 CR	Sergey Fesenko   ( URS ) 1:59.91	Craig Beardsley   ( USA ) 2:00.08
200 m individual medley details	Aleksandr Sidorenko   ( URS ) 2:03.30 CR	Bill Barrett   ( USA ) 2:03.49	Giovanni Franceschi   ( ITA ) 2:04.65
400 m individual medley details	Ricardo Prado   ( BRA ) 4:19.78 WR	Jens-Peter Berndt   ( GDR ) 4:23.02	Sergey Fesenko   ( URS ) 4:23.29
4×100 m freestyle relay details	United States   (USA) Chris Cavanaugh Robin Leamy David McCagg Rowdy Gaines 3:19.26 WR	Soviet Union   (URS) Sergey Krasyuk Aleksey Filonov Sergey Smiriyagin Aleksey Markovsky 3:21.78	Sweden   (SWE) Per Johansson Bengt Baron Pelle Holmertz Pelle Wikstrom 3:22.15
4×200 m freestyle relay details	United States   (USA) Richard Saeger Jeff Float Kyle Miller Rowdy Gaines 7:21.09	Soviet Union   (URS) Vladimir Shemetov Ivar Stukolkin Vladimir Salnikov Aleksey Filonov 7:24.91	West Germany   (FRG) Andreas Schmidt Dirk Korthals Rainer Henkel Michael Groß 7:25.46
4×100 m medley relay details	United States   (USA) Rick Carey Steve Lundquist Matt Gribble Rowdy Gaines 3:40.84 WR	Soviet Union   (URS) Vladimir Shemetov Yuriy Kis Aleksey Markovsky Sergey Smiriyagin 3:42.86	West Germany   (FRG) Stefan Peter Gerald Morken Michael Groß Andreas Schmidt 3:44.78

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

Women [ edit ]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Birgit Meineke   ( GDR ) 55.79	Annemarie Verstappen   ( NED ) 55.87	Jill Sterkel   ( USA ) 56.27
200 m freestyle details	Annemarie Verstappen   ( NED ) 1:59.53	Birgit Meineke   ( GDR ) 2:00.67	Annelies Maas   ( NED ) 2:00.84
400 m freestyle details	Carmela Schmidt   ( GDR ) 4:08.98	Petra Schneider   ( GDR ) 4:10.08	Tiffany Cohen   ( USA ) 4:11.85
800 m freestyle details	Kim Linehan   ( USA ) 8:27.48	Jackie Willmott   ( GBR ) 8:32.61	Carmela Schmidt   ( GDR ) 8:33.67
100 m backstroke details	Kristin Otto   ( GDR ) 1:01.30 CR	Ina Kleber   ( GDR ) 1:01.47	Susan Walsh   ( USA ) 1:02.86
200 m backstroke details	Cornelia Sirch   ( GDR ) 2:09.91 WR	Georgina Parkes   ( AUS ) 2:14.98	Carmen Bunaciu   ( ROU ) 2:15.40
100 m breaststroke details	Ute Geweniger   ( GDR ) 1:09.14 CR	Anne Ottenbrite   ( CAN )   Kim Rhodenbaugh   ( USA ) 1:11.03	—
200 m breaststroke details	Svetlana Varganova   ( URS ) 2:28.82 CR	Ute Geweniger   ( GDR ) 2:29.71	Anne Ottenbrite   ( CAN ) 2:33.05
100 m butterfly details	Mary T. Meagher   ( USA ) 59.41 CR	Ines Geißler   ( GDR ) 1:00.36	Melanie Buddemeyer   ( USA ) 1:00.40
200 m butterfly details	Ines Geißler   ( GDR ) 2:08.66 CR	Mary T. Meagher   ( USA ) 2:09.76	Heike Dahne   ( GDR ) 2:10.29
200 m individual medley details	Petra Schneider   ( GDR ) 2:11.79 CR	Ute Geweniger   ( GDR ) 2:13.38	Tracy Caulkins   ( USA ) 2:15.91
400 m individual medley details	Petra Schneider   ( GDR ) 4:36.10 WR	Kathleen Nord   ( GDR ) 4:43.51	Tracy Caulkins   ( USA ) 4:44.64
4×100 m freestyle relay details	East Germany   (GDR) Birgit Meineke Susanne Link Kristin Otto Caren Metschuck 3:43.97	United States   (USA) Susan Habernigg Kathy Treible Beth Washut Jill Sterkel 3:45.76	Netherlands   (NED) Annemarie Verstappen Annelies Maas Wilma van Velsen Conny van Bentum 3:45.96
4×100 m medley relay details	East Germany   (GDR) Kristin Otto Ute Geweniger Ines Geißler Birgit Meineke 4:05.88 WR	United States   (USA) Susan Walsh Kim Rhodenbaugh Mary T. Meagher Jill Sterkel 4:08.12	Soviet Union   (URS) Larisa Gorchakova Svetlana Varganova Natalya Pokas Irina Gerasimova 4:12.36

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

Medal standings [ edit ]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany   (GDR)	12	8	5	25
2	United States   (USA)	8	8	9	25
3	Soviet Union   (URS)	4	7	3	14
4	West Germany   (FRG)	2	1	2	5
5	Canada   (CAN)	1	2	1	4
6	Netherlands   (NED)	1	1	2	4
7	Brazil   (BRA)	1	0	0	1
8	Australia   (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain   (GBR)	0	1	0	1
	Hungary   (HUN)	0	1	0	1
11	Sweden   (SWE)	0	0	3	3
12	Italy   (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Romania   (ROU)	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia   (YUG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		29	30	28	87

References [ edit ]

• HistoFINA Men
• HistoFINA Women ^{[ permanent dead link ]}