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1982 World Aquatics Championships

The 4th FINA World Aquatics Championships took place from July 29-August 8, 1982, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. They featured 848 athletes, competing in four Aquatics disciplines:

  • Diving - 4 events (2 male, 2 female);
  • Swimming - 29 events (15 male, 14 female);
  • Synchronized Swimming - 3 events (all female); and
  • Water Polo - 1 event (male).

Medal table

Place Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1 United States 13 11 10 34
2 East Germany 12 9 5 26
3 Soviet Union 5 9 4 18
4 Canada 3 3 1 7
5 West Germany 2 1 3 6
6 Netherlands 1 1 2 4
7 Brazil 1 0 0 1
8 Hungary 0 2 0 2
9 Australia 0 1 0 1
Great Britain 0 1 0 1
11 Japan 0 0 3 3
Sweden 0 0 3 3
13 China 0 0 2 2
14 Italy 0 0 1 1
Romania 0 0 1 1
Yugoslavia 0 0 1 1
Total 37 38 36 111

Results

Diving

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard Greg Louganis (USA) Sergei Kuzmin (URS) Aleksandr Portnov (URS)
10 m platform Greg Louganis (USA) Vladimir Aleynik (URS) Bruce Kimball (USA)
Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard Megan Neyer (USA) Christina Seufert (USA) Peng Yuanchun (CHN)
10 m platform Wendy Wyland (USA) Ramona Wenzel (GDR) Zhou Jihong (CHN)

Swimming

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle Jörg Woithe (GDR) Rowdy Gaines (USA) Per Johansson (SWE)
200 m freestyle Michael Groß (FRG) Rowdy Gaines (USA) Jörg Woithe (GDR)
400 m freestyle Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Svyatoslav Semenov (URS) Sven Lodziewski (GDR)
1500 m freestyle Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Svyatoslav Semenov (URS) Darjan Petrič (YUG)
100 m backstroke Dirk Richter (GDR) Rick Carey (USA) Vladimir Shemetov (URS)
200 m backstroke Rick Carey (USA) Sándor Wladár (HUN) Frank Baltrusch (GDR)
100 m breaststroke Steve Lundquist (USA) Victor Davis (CAN) John Moffet (USA)
200 m breaststroke Victor Davis (CAN) Robertas Žulpa (URS) John Moffet (USA)
100 m butterfly Matt Gribble (USA) Michael Groß (FRG) Bengt Baron (SWE)
200 m butterfly Michael Groß (FRG) Sergey Fesenko (URS) Craig Beardsley (USA)
200 m individual medley Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) Bill Barrett (USA) Giovanni Franceschi (ITA)
400 m individual medley Ricardo Prado (BRA) Jens-Peter Berndt (GDR) Sergey Fesenko (URS)
4 × 100 m freestyle relay United States (USA)
Chris Cavanaugh
Robin Leamy
David McCagg
Rowdy Gaines
Soviet Union (URS)
Sergey Krasyuk
Aleksey Filonov
Sergey Smiriyagin
Aleksey Markovsky
Sweden (SWE)
Per Johansson
Bengt Baron
Pelle Holmertz
Pelle Wikström
4 × 200 m freestyle relay United States (USA)
Richard Saeger
Jeff Float
Kyle Miller
Rowdy Gaines
Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Shemetov
Ivar Stukolkin
Vladimir Salnikov
Aleksey Filonov
West Germany (FRG)
Andreas Schmidt
Dirk Korthals
Rainer Henkel
Michael Groß
4 × 100 m medley relay United States (USA)
Rick Carey
Steve Lundquist
Matt Gribble
Rowdy Gaines
Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Shemetov
Yuriy Kis
Aleksey Markovsky
Sergey Smiriyagin
West Germany (FRG)
Stefan Peter
Gerald Mörken
Michael Groß
Andreas Schmidt
Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle Birgit Meineke (GDR) Annemarie Verstappen (NED) Jill Sterkel (USA)
200 m freestyle Annemarie Verstappen (NED) Birgit Meineke (GDR) Annelies Maas (NED)
400 m freestyle Carmela Schmidt (GDR) Petra Schneider (GDR) Tiffany Cohen (USA)
800 m freestyle Kim Linehan (USA) Jackie Wilmott (GBR) Carmela Schmidt (GDR)
100 m backstroke Kristin Otto (GDR) Ina Kleber (GDR) Susan Walsh (USA)
200 m backstroke Cornelia Sirch (GDR) Georgina Parkes (AUS) Carmen Bunaciu (ROU)
100 m breaststroke Ute Geweniger (GDR) Anne Ottenbrite (CAN)
Kim Rhodenbaugh (USA)
200 m breaststroke Svetlana Varganova (URS) Ute Geweniger (GDR) Anne Ottenbrite (CAN)
100 m butterfly Mary T. Meagher (USA) Ines Geißler (GDR) Melanie Buddemeyer (USA)
200 m butterfly Ines Geißler (GDR) Mary T. Meagher (USA) Heike Dähne (GDR)
200 m individual medley Petra Schneider (GDR) Ute Geweniger (GDR) Tracy Caulkins (USA)
400 m individual medley Petra Schneider (GDR) Kathleen Nord (GDR) Tracy Caulkins (USA)
4 × 100 m freestyle relay East Germany (GDR)
Birgit Meineke
Susanne Link
Kristin Otto
Caren Metschuck
United States (USA)
Susan Habernigg
Kathy Treible
Beth Washut
Jill Sterkel
Netherlands (NED)
Annemarie Verstappen
Annelies Maas
Wilma van Velsen
Conny van Bentum
4 × 100 m medley relay East Germany (GDR)
Kristin Otto
Ute Geweniger
Ines Geißler
Birgit Meineke
United States (USA)
Susan Walsh
Kim Rhodenbaugh
Mary T. Meagher
Jill Sterkel
Soviet Union (URS)
Larisa Gorchakova
Svetlana Varganova
Natalya Pokas
Irina Gerasimova

Synchronised swimming

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Solo routine Tracie Ruiz (USA) Kelly Kryczka (CAN) Miwako Motoyoshi (JPN)
Duet routine Sharon Hambrook (CAN)
Kelly Kryczka (CAN)
Candy Costie (USA)
Tracie Ruiz (USA)
Ikuko Abe (JPN)
Masako Fujiwara (JPN)
Team routine Canada (CAN) United States (USA) Japan (JPN)

Water polo

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team Soviet Union Hungary West Germany

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