1982 World Aquatics Championships

4th FINA World Championships
Host cityGuayaquil, Ecuador
Date(s)July 29–August 8, 1982

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

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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

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Diving

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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

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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

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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

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Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team  Soviet Union  Hungary  West Germany
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