1986 World Aquatics Championships

Aquatic sports competition

5th FINA World Championships

Host city| Madrid, Spain
Date(s)| August 13–23, 1986
Officially opened by| Juan Carlos I

<- 1982 Guayaquil

1991 Perth ->

1986 FINA
World Championships

Diving
Individual
3 m| men| women
10 m| men| women
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m| men| women
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
400 m| men| women
800 m| | women
1500 m| men|
Backstroke
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
Breaststroke
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
Butterfly
100 m| men| women
200 m| men| women
Individual medley
200 m| men| women
400 m| men| women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m| men| women
4×200 m| men| women
Medley relay
4×100 m| men| women
Synchronised swimming
Solo| | women
Duet| | women
Team| | women
Water polo
Tournament| men| women

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The 1986 World Aquatics Championships took place in M86 Swimming Center in Madrid, Spain between August 13 and August 23, 1986, with 1119 participating athletes. In swimming, the 50 m freestyle events and women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay were held for the first time.

## Medal table

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Place  | Nation  |  |  |  | Total

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1  |  East Germany | 14  | 12  | 4  | 30
2  |  United States | 9  | 10  | 13  | 32
3  |  Canada | 4  | 2  | 2  | 8
4  |  West Germany | 4  | 2  | 1  | 7
5  |  Hungary | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3
6  |  China | 2  | 4  | 1  | 7
7  |  Soviet Union | 2  | 3  | 7  | 12
8  |  Romania | 1  | 0  | 1  | 2
9  |  Australia | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1
Yugoslavia | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1
11  |  Italy | 0  | 3  | 0  | 3
12  |  Netherlands | 0  | 1  | 4  | 5
13  |  Bulgaria | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2
France | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2
Switzerland | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2
16  |  New Zealand | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1
17  |  Great Britain | 0  | 0  | 2  | 2
Japan | 0  | 0  | 2  | 2
19  |  Denmark | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Total | 41 | 41 | 41 | 123

## Medal summary

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### Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships

Men
Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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3 m springboard  |  Greg Louganis (USA) |  Tan Liangde (CHN) |  Li Hongping (CHN)
10 m highboard  |  Greg Louganis (USA) |  Li Kongzheng (CHN) |  Bruce Kimball (USA)

Women
Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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3 m springboard  |  Gao Min (CHN) |  Li Yihua (CHN) |  Marina Babkova (URS)
10 m highboard  |  Chen Lin (CHN) |  Lü Wei (CHN) |  Wendy Wyland (USA)

### Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships

Men
Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50 m freestyle  |  Tom Jager (USA) |  Dano Halsall (SUI) |  Matt Biondi (USA)
100 m freestyle  |  Matt Biondi (USA) |  Stéphan Caron (FRA) |  Tom Jager (USA)
200 m freestyle  |  Michael Gross (FRG) |  Sven Lodziewski (GDR) |  Matt Biondi (USA)
400 m freestyle  |  Rainer Henkel (FRG) |  Uwe Daßler (GDR) |  Dan Jorgensen (USA)
1500 m freestyle  |  Rainer Henkel (FRG) |  Stefano Battistelli (ITA) |  Dan Jorgensen (USA)
100 m backstroke  |  Igor Polyansky (URS) |  Dirk Richter (GDR) |  Sergei Zabolotnov (URS)
200 m backstroke  |  Igor Polyansky (URS) |  Frank Baltrusch (GDR) |  Frank Hoffmeister (FRG)
100 m breaststroke  |  Victor Davis (CAN) |  Gianni Minervini (ITA) |  Dmitry Volkov (URS)
200 m breaststroke  |  József Szabó (HUN) |  Victor Davis (CAN) |  Steve Bentley (USA)
100 m butterfly  |  Pablo Morales (USA) |  Matt Biondi (USA) |  Andy Jameson (GBR)
200 m butterfly  |  Michael Gross (FRG) |  Anthony Mosse (NZL) |  Benny Nielsen (DEN)
200 m individual medley  |  Tamás Darnyi (HUN) |  Alex Baumann (CAN) |  Vadim Yaroshchuk (URS)
400 m individual medley  |  Tamás Darnyi (HUN) |  Vadim Yaroshchuk (URS) |  Alex Baumann (CAN)
4 × 100 m freestyle relay  |  United States (USA)
Tom Jager
Mike Heath
Paul Wallace
Matt Biondi |  Soviet Union (URS)
Gennadiy Prigoda
Nikolay Yevseyev
Sergey Smiriyagin
Aleksey Markovsky |  East Germany (GDR)
Dirk Richter
Jörg Woithe
Sven Lodziewski
Steffen Zesner
4 × 200 m freestyle relay  |  East Germany (GDR)
Lars Hinneburg
Thomas Flemming
Dirk Richter
Sven Lodziewski |  West Germany (FRG)
Rainer Henkel
Michael Gross
Alexander Schowtka
Thomas Fahrner |  United States (USA)
Eric Boyer
Mike Heath
Dan Jorgensen
Matt Biondi
4 × 100 m medley relay  |  United States (USA)
Dan Veatch
David Lundberg
Pablo Morales
Matt Biondi |  West Germany (FRG)
Frank Hoffmeister
Bert Göbel
Michael Gross
André Schadt |  Soviet Union (URS)
Igor Polyansky
Dmitry Volkov
Aleksey Markovsky
Nikolay Yevseyev

Women
Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50 m freestyle  |  Tamara Costache (ROU) |  Kristin Otto (GDR) |  Marie-Thérèse Armentero (SUI)
100 m freestyle  |  Kristin Otto (GDR) |  Jenna Johnson (USA) |  Conny van Bentum (NED)
200 m freestyle  |  Heike Friedrich (GDR) |  Manuela Stellmach (GDR) |  Mary T. Meagher (USA)
400 m freestyle  |  Heike Friedrich (GDR) |  Astrid Strauß (GDR) |  Sarah Hardcastle (GBR)
800 m freestyle  |  Astrid Strauß (GDR) |  Katja Hartmann (GDR) |  Debbie Babashoff (USA)
100 m backstroke  |  Betsy Mitchell (USA) |  Kathrin Zimmermann (GDR) |  Natalya Shibayeva (URS)
200 m backstroke  |  Cornelia Sirch (GDR) |  Betsy Mitchell (USA) |  Kathrin Zimmermann (GDR)
100 m breaststroke  |  Sylvia Gerasch (GDR) |  Silke Hörner (GDR) |  Tanya Bogomilova (BUL)
200 m breaststroke  |  Silke Hörner (GDR) |  Tanya Bogomilova (BUL) |  Allison Higson (CAN)
100 m butterfly  |  Kornelia Greßler (GDR) |  Kristin Otto (GDR) |  Mary T. Meagher (USA)
200 m butterfly  |  Mary T. Meagher (USA) |  Kornelia Greßler (GDR) |  Birte Weigang (GDR)
200 m individual medley  |  Kristin Otto (GDR) |  Yelena Dendeberova (URS) |  Kathleen Nord (GDR)
400 m individual medley  |  Kathleen Nord (GDR) |  Michelle Griglione (USA) |  Noemi Lung (ROU)
4 × 100 m freestyle relay  |  East Germany (GDR)
Kristin Otto
Manuela Stellmach
Sabine Schulze
Heike Friedrich |  United States (USA)
Jenna Johnson
Dara Torres
Mary T. Meagher
Betsy Mitchell |  Netherlands (NED)
Conny van Bentum
Laura Leideritz
Karin Brienesse
Annemarie Verstappen
4 × 200 m freestyle relay  |  East Germany (GDR)
Manuela Stellmach
Astrid Strauß
Nadja Bergknecht
Heike Friedrich |  United States (USA)
Betsy Mitchell
Mary T. Meagher
Kim Brown
Mary Wayte |  Netherlands (NED)
Annemarie Verstappen
Jolanda van de Meer
Marianne Muis
Conny van Bentum
4 × 100 m medley relay  |  East Germany (GDR)
Kathrin Zimmermann
Sylvia Gerasch
Kornelia Greßler
Kristin Otto |  United States (USA)
Betsy Mitchell
Jenny Hau
Mary T. Meagher
Jenna Johnson |  Netherlands (NED)
Jolanda de Rover
Petra van Staveren
Conny van Bentum
Annemarie Verstappen

### Synchronised swimming

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Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Solo routine  |  Carolyn Waldo (CAN) |  Sarah Josephson (USA) |  Muriel Hermine (FRA)
Duet routine  |  Michelle Cameron (CAN)
Carolyn Waldo (CAN) |  Karen Josephson (USA)
Sarah Josephson (USA) |  Megumi Itō (JPN)
Mikako Kotani (JPN)
Team routine  |  Canada (CAN) |  United States (USA) |  Japan (JPN)

### Water polo

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Men

Main article: Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Team  |  Yugoslavia |  Italy |  Soviet Union

Women

Main article: Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Team  |  Australia |  Netherlands |  United States

## External links

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* FINA Official Website
* World Swimming Championship Results
* 1986 World Aquatics Championships Results[permanent dead link]

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World Aquatics Championships

Editions|

* Belgrade 1973
* Cali 1975
* West Berlin 1978
* Guayaquil 1982
* Madrid 1986
* Perth 1991
* Rome 1994
* Perth 1998
* Fukuoka 2001
* Barcelona 2003
* Montreal 2005
* Melbourne 2007
* Rome 2009
* Shanghai 2011
* Barcelona 2013
* Kazan 2015
* Budapest 2017
* Gwangju 2019
* Budapest 2022
* Fukuoka 2023
* Doha 2024
* Singapore 2025
* Budapest 2027
* Beijing 2029

Disciplines|

| Diving|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

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High diving|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
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Open water swimming|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
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* 2023
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Separate events: 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010

Swimming|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
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* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
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Synchronised swimming|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Water polo|

* 1973
* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
* 2001
* 2003
* 2005
* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
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Medalists|

* Diving
* High diving
* Open water swimming
* Swimming
* men
* women
* Synchronised swimming
* Water polo

See also
FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m)
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*[USA]: United States
*[CHN]: China
*[URS]: Soviet Union
*[SUI]: Switzerland
*[FRA]: France
*[FRG]: West Germany
*[GDR]: East Germany
*[ITA]: Italy
*[CAN]: Canada
*[HUN]: Hungary
*[GBR]: Great Britain
*[NZL]: New Zealand
*[DEN]: Denmark
*[ROU]: Romania
*[NED]: Netherlands
*[BUL]: Bulgaria
*[JPN]: Japan