Swimming at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships

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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These are the results (medal winners) of the swimming competition at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships.[1]

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  East Germany (GDR)| 14| 12| 4| 30
2|  United States (USA)| 7| 7| 10| 24
3|  West Germany (FRG)| 4| 2| 1| 7
4|  Hungary (HUN)| 3| 0| 0| 3
5|  Soviet Union (URS)| 2| 3| 5| 10
6|  Canada (CAN)| 1| 2| 2| 5
7|  Romania (ROU)| 1| 0| 1| 2
8|  Italy (ITA)| 0| 2| 0| 2
9|  Bulgaria (BUL)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Switzerland (SUI)| 0| 1| 1| 2
11|  France (FRA)| 0| 1| 0| 1
New Zealand (NZL)| 0| 1| 0| 1
13|  Netherlands (NED)| 0| 0| 4| 4
14|  Great Britain (GBR)| 0| 0| 2| 2
15|  Denmark (DEN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (15 entries)| 32| 32| 32| 96

## Medal summary

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50 m freestyle

details

|  Tom Jager (USA)
22.49  |  Dano Halsall (SUI)
22.80  |  Matt Biondi (USA)
22.85
100 m freestyle

details

|  Matt Biondi (USA)
48.94

|  Stéphan Caron (FRA)
49.73  |  Tom Jager (USA)
49.79
200 m freestyle

details

|  Michael Gross (FRG)
1:47.92

|  Sven Lodziewski (GDR)
1:49.12  |  Matt Biondi (USA)
1:49.43
400 m freestyle

details

|  Rainer Henkel (FRG)
3:50.05

|  Uwe Daßler (GDR)
3:51.26  |  Dan Jorgensen (USA)
3:51.33
1500 m freestyle

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|  Rainer Henkel (FRG)
15:05.31  |  Stefano Battistelli (ITA)
15:14.80  |  Dan Jorgensen (USA)
15:16.23
100 m backstroke

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|  Igor Polyansky (URS)
55.58

|  Dirk Richter (GDR)
56.49  |  Sergei Zabolotnov (URS)
56.57
200 m backstroke

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|  Igor Polyansky (URS)
1:58.78

|  Frank Baltrusch (GDR)
2:01.11  |  Frank Hoffmeister (FRG)
2:02.42
100 m breaststroke

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|  Victor Davis (CAN)
1:02.71

|  Gianni Minervini (ITA)
1:03.00  |  Dmitry Volkov (URS)
1:03.30
200 m breaststroke

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|  József Szabó (HUN)
2:14.27

|  Victor Davis (CAN)
2:14.93  |  Steve Bentley (USA)
2:16.51
100 m butterfly

details

|  Pablo Morales (USA)
53.54

|  Matt Biondi (USA)
53.67  |  Andy Jameson (GBR)
53.81
200 m butterfly

details

|  Michael Gross (FRG)
1:56.53

|  Anthony Mosse (NZL)
1:58.36  |  Benny Nielsen (DEN)
1:59.09
200 m individual medley

details

|  Tamás Darnyi (HUN)
2:01.57

|  Alex Baumann (CAN)
2:02.34  |  Vadim Yaroshchuk (URS)
2:02.61
400 m individual medley

details

|  Tamás Darnyi (HUN)
4:18.98

|  Vadim Yaroshchuk (URS)
4:22.03  |  Alex Baumann (CAN)
4:22.58
4 × 100 m freestyle relay

details

|  United States (USA)
Tom Jager
Mike Heath
Paul Wallace
Matt Biondi
3:19.89  |  Soviet Union (URS)
Gennadiy Prigoda
Nikolay Yevseyev
Sergey Smiriyagin
Aleksey Markovsky
3:21.14  |  East Germany (GDR)
Dirk Richter
Jörg Woithe
Sven Lodziewski
Steffen Zesner
3:21.47
4 × 200 m freestyle relay

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|  East Germany (GDR)
Lars Hinneburg
Thomas Flemming
Dirk Richter
Sven Lodziewski
7:15.91

|  West Germany (FRG)
Rainer Henkel
Michael Gross
Alexander Schowtka
Thomas Fahrner
7:15.96  |  United States (USA)
Eric Boyer
Mike Heath
Dan Jorgensen
Matt Biondi
7:18.29
4 × 100 m medley relay

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|  United States (USA)
Dan Veatch
David Lundberg
Pablo Morales
Matt Biondi
3:41.25  |  West Germany (FRG)
Frank Hoffmeister
Bert Göbel
Michael Gross
André Schadt
3:42.26  |  Soviet Union (URS)
Igor Polyansky
Dmitry Volkov
Aleksey Markovsky
Nikolay Yevseyev
3:42.63

Legend: WR - World record; CR - Championship record

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50 m freestyle

details

|  Tamara Costache (ROU)
25.28

|  Kristin Otto (GDR)
25.50  |  Marie-Thérèse Armentero (SUI)
25.93
100 m freestyle

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|  Kristin Otto (GDR)
55.05

|  Jenna Johnson (USA)
55.70  |  Conny van Bentum (NED)
55.79
200 m freestyle

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|  Heike Friedrich (GDR)
1:58.26

|  Manuela Stellmach (GDR)
1:58.90  |  Mary T. Meagher (USA)
2:00.14
400 m freestyle

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|  Heike Friedrich (GDR)
4:07.45  |  Astrid Strauss (GDR)
4:09.16  |  Sarah Hardcastle (GBR)
4:09.85
800 m freestyle

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|  Astrid Strauss (GDR)
8:28.24  |  Katja Hartmann (GDR)
8:28.44  |  Debbie Babashoff (USA)
8:34.04
100 m backstroke

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|  Betsy Mitchell (USA)
1:01.74  |  Kathrin Zimmermann (GDR)
1:02.17  |  Natalya Shibayeva (URS)
1:02.25
200 m backstroke

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|  Cornelia Sirch (GDR)
2:11.37  |  Betsy Mitchell (USA)
2:11.39  |  Kathrin Zimmermann (GDR)
2:11.45
100 m breaststroke

details

|  Sylvia Gerasch (GDR)
1:08.11

|  Silke Hörner (GDR)
1:08.41  |  Tanya Bogomilova (BUL)
1:08.52
200 m breaststroke

details

|  Silke Hörner (GDR)
2:27.40

|  Tanya Bogomilova (BUL)
2:27.66  |  Allison Higson (CAN)
2:31.34
100 m butterfly

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|  Kornelia Greßler (GDR)
59.51  |  Kristin Otto (GDR)
59.66  |  Mary T. Meagher (USA)
59.98
200 m butterfly

details

|  Mary T. Meagher (USA)
2:08.41

|  Kornelia Greßler (GDR)
2:10.66  |  Birte Weigang (GDR)
2:10.68
200 m individual medley

details

|  Kristin Otto (GDR)
2:15.56  |  Yelena Dendeberova (URS)
2:15.84  |  Kathleen Nord (GDR)
2:16.05
400 m individual medley

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|  Kathleen Nord (GDR)
4:43.75  |  Michelle Griglione (USA)
4:44.07  |  Noemi Lung (ROU)
4:45.44
4 × 100 m freestyle relay

details

|  East Germany (GDR)
Kristin Otto
Manuela Stellmach
Sabine Schulze
Heike Friedrich
3:40.57

|  United States (USA)
Jenna Johnson
Dara Torres
Mary T. Meagher
Betsy Mitchell
3:44.04  |  Netherlands (NED)
Conny van Bentum
Laura Leideritz
Karin Brienesse
Annemarie Verstappen
3:46.89
4 × 200 m freestyle relay

details

|  East Germany (GDR)
Manuela Stellmach
Astrid Strauß
Nadja Bergknecht
Heike Friedrich
7:59.33

|  United States (USA)
Betsy Mitchell
Mary T. Meagher
Kim Brown
Mary Wayte
8:02.12  |  Netherlands (NED)
Annemarie Verstappen
Jolande van der Meer
Marianne Muis
Conny van Bentum
8:09.59
4 × 100 m medley relay

details

|  East Germany (GDR)
Kathrin Zimmermann
Sylvia Gerasch
Kornelia Greßler
Kristin Otto
4:04.82

|  United States (USA)
Betsy Mitchell
Jenny Hau
Mary T. Meagher
Jenna Johnson
4:07.75  |  Netherlands (NED)
Jolanda de Rover
Petra van Staveren
Conny van Bentum
Annemarie Verstappen
4:10.70

Legend: WR - World record; CR - Championship record

## External links

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* 1986 World Aquatics Championships-results
* HistoFINA Men
* HistoFINA Women[permanent dead link]

## References

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1. ^ "Results at 1986 Madrid" (PDF). USA Swimming. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2013.

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World Aquatics Championships

Editions|

* Belgrade 1973
* Cali 1975
* West Berlin 1978
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* Madrid 1986
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* Shanghai 2011
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Disciplines|

| Diving|

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High diving|

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* 1975
* 1978
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* 2022
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Open water swimming|

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* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
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Separate events: 2000
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Swimming|

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* 1975
* 1978
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* 1986
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Synchronised swimming|

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* 1975
* 1978
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* 1986
* 1991
* 1994
* 1998
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* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
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Water polo|

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* 1975
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
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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
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*[FRA]: France
*[FRG]: West Germany
*[GDR]: East Germany
*[ITA]: Italy
*[URS]: Soviet Union
*[CAN]: Canada
*[HUN]: Hungary
*[GBR]: Great Britain
*[NZL]: New Zealand
*[DEN]: Denmark
*[ROU]: Romania
*[NED]: Netherlands
*[BUL]: Bulgaria