Swimming at the 1997 Summer Universiade
| Swimming at the XIX Summer Universiade | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| Venues | Swimming Pool of the Polo dell'Annuziata at the University of Messina | 
| Dates | 24 August 1997 – 30 August 1997 | 
The swimming competition during the 1997 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIX Summer Universiade, was a long course event (50 m), and took place in Messina, on the island of Sicily, Italy from August 24 till August 30, 1997.[1][2]
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle | .svg.png) Nathan Rickard (AUS) | 22.50 |  Lorenzo Vismara (ITA) | 23.04 |  Brendon Dedekind (RSA) | 23.07 | 
| 100 m freestyle |  Marcos Hernández (CUB) | 50.50 |  Lorenzo Vismara (ITA) | 50.70 |  Christian Tröger (GER) | 50.78 | 
| 200 m freestyle |  Béla Szabados (HUN) | 1:50.70 |  Scott Goldblatt (USA) | 1:51.96 |  Michael Kiedel (GER) | 1:52.13 | 
| 400 m freestyle |  Luiz Lima (BRA) | 3:53.91 |  Béla Szabados (HUN) | 3:54.30 |  Hisato Yasui (JPN) | 3:55.05 | 
| 800 m freestyle |  Igor Snitko (UKR) | 8:05.13 |  Luiz Lima (BRA) | 8:06.26 |  Marco Formentini (ITA) | 8:06.37 | 
| 1500 m freestyle |  Luiz Lima (BRA) | 15:20.83 |  Marco Formentini (ITA) | 15:21.00 |  Nathaniel Lewis (USA) | 15:21.15 | 
| 100 m backstroke |  Neisser Bent (CUB) | 55.82 |  Robert Brewer (USA) | 56.22 |  Mariusz Siembida (POL) | 56.50 | 
| 200 m backstroke |  Emanuele Merisi (ITA) | 2:00.29 |  Neisser Bent (CUB) | 2:00.37 |  Ji Sang-Jun (KOR) | 2:02.52 | 
| 100 m breaststroke |  Stanislav Lopukhov (RUS) | 1:02.74 |  Alexander Tkachev (RUS) | 1:02.77 |  Chikara Nakashita (JPN) | 1:03.05 | 
| 200 m breaststroke |  Chikara Nakashita (JPN) | 2:16.35 |  Scott Werner (USA) | 2:27.41 |  William Byron Shefchik (USA) | 2:17.50 | 
| 100 m butterfly |  Denys Sylantyev (UKR) | 53.73 | .svg.png) Shamek Pietucha (CAN) | 54.33 |  Stephen Martyak (USA) | 54.50 | 
| 200 m butterfly |  Denys Sylantyev (UKR) | 1:59.67 |  Jeffrey Julian (USA) | 2:00.49 | .svg.png) Shamek Pietucha (CAN) | 2:00.66 | 
| 200 m individual medley |  Tatsuya Kinugasa (JPN) | 2:04.32 |  Kristopher Babylon (USA) | 2:04.88 |  Toshiaki Kurasawa (JPN) | 2:05.19 | 
| 400 m individual medley |  Tatsuya Kinugasa (JPN) | 4:24.18 |  Michael Halika (ISR) | 4:24.96 |  Stefano Battistelli (ITA) | 4:25.66 | 
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |  United States (USA) | 3:21.17 | .svg.png) Australia (AUS) | 3:23.75 |  France (FRA) | 3:23.88 | 
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay |  United States (USA) | 7:26.78 |  France (FRA) | 7:28.59 |  Germany (GER) | 7:31.37 | 
| 4 × 100 m medley relay |  United States (USA) | 3:41.95 |  Italy (ITA) | 3:44.26 |  Russia (RUS) | 3:44.98 | 
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle |  Katherine Taylor (USA) | 26.12 |  Luminița Dobrescu (ROU) | 26.32 |  Liesl Pimentel (USA) | 26.37 | 
| 100 m freestyle |  Martina Moravcová (SVK) | 55.47 |  Luminița Dobrescu (ROU) | 56.16 |  Liesl Kolbisen (USA) | 56.91 | 
| 200 m freestyle |  Martina Moravcová (SVK) | 1:59.96 |  Kim Black (USA) | 2:01.48 |  Luminița Dobrescu (ROU) | 2:02.76 | 
| 400 m freestyle |  Eri Yamanoi (JPN) | 4:16.30 |  Sachiko Miyaji (JPN) | 4:16.40 |  Julie Varozza (USA) | 4:16.49 | 
| 800 m freestyle |  Suzanne Black (USA) | 8:45.82 |  Joy Stover (USA) | 8:47.73 |  Eri Yamanoi (JPN) | 8:48.65 | 
| 1500 m freestyle |  Suzanne Black (USA) | 16:40.30 |  Joy Stover (USA) | 16:45.47 |  Olga Šplíchalová (CZE) | 16:52.83 | 
| 100 m backstroke |  Noriko Inada (JPN) | 1:02.24 |  Fabíola Molina (BRA) | 1:03.76 |  Paige Francis (USA) | 1:03.89 | 
| 200 m backstroke |  Miki Nakao (JPN) | 2:15.02 |  Noriko Inada (JPN) | 2:15.88 |  Erin Brooks (USA) | 2:16.76 | 
| 100 m breaststroke |  Svitlana Bondarenko (UKR) | 1:10.02 |  Penny Heyns (RSA) | 1:10.15 |  Dagmara Ajnenkiel (POL) | 1:10.70 | 
| 200 m breaststroke |  Masami Tanaka (JPN) | 2:30.24 |  Svitlana Bondarenko (UKR) | 2:30.99 |  Lenka Maňhalová (CZE) | 2:31.38 | 
| 100 m butterfly |  Martina Moravcová (SVK) | 1:00.40 |  Junko Onishi (JPN) | 1:01.00 |  Mary Bowen (USA) | 1:01.33 | 
| 200 m butterfly |  Anna Uryniuk (POL) | 2:12.39 |  Mika Haruna (JPN) | 2:13.58 |  Jean Todisco (USA) | 2:14.08 | 
| 200 m individual medley |  Martina Moravcová (SVK) | 2:15.55 | .svg.png) Elli Overton (AUS) | 2:17.50 |  Lenka Maňhalová (CZE) | 2:17.59 | 
| 400 m individual medley |  Fumie Kurotori (JPN) | 4:46.20 |  Hana Černá (CZE) | 4:48.20 | .svg.png) Elli Overton (AUS) | 4:52.40 | 
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |  United States (USA) | 3:47.80 |  Italy (ITA) | 3:51.37 | .svg.png) Australia (AUS) | 3:52.43 | 
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay |  United States (USA) | 8:12.16 | .svg.png) Australia (AUS) | 8:26.97 |  Italy (ITA) | 8:27.11 | 
| 4 × 100 m medley relay |  Japan (JPN) | 4:11.42 |  United States (USA) | 4:11.97 |  South Africa (RSA) | 4:15.54 | 
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan (JPN) | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 
| 2 | .png) United States (USA) | 8 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 
| 3 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 
| 4 |  Slovakia (SVK) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 
| 5 |  Brazil (BRA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 
| 6 |  Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 
| 7 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 
| 8 | .svg.png) Australia (AUS) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 
| 9 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 
| 10 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 
| 11 |  Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 
| 12 |  Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 
| 13 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 
| 14 |  South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 
| 15 | .svg.png) Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
|  France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 |  Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 18 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 
| 19 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| Totals (19 entries) | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 | |
 
References
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Universiade history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Results of the 1997 Universiade" (PDF). USA Swimming. August 31, 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
