Swimming at the 1973 Summer Universiade

The swimming competition at the 1973 Summer Universiade took place in Moscow, USSR in August 1973.

Swimming at the VII Summer Universiade
Venues	Lenin Stadium Pool

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Vladimir Bure  Soviet Union	52.03	Kenneth Knox  United States	52.90	Dean Anderson  United States	53.31
400 m freestyle	Jack Tingley  United States	4:02.87	Aleksandr Samsonov  Soviet Union	4:12.09	José Namorado  Brazil	4:12.74
1500 m freestyle	Jack Tingley  United States	16:02.20	Anton Van Klooster  Netherlands	16:30.03	Jim McConica  United States	16:37.79
100 m backstroke	David Johnson  United States	59.94	Igor Potyakin  Soviet Union	1:00.59	Erik Fish  Canada	1:00.67
200 m backstroke	David Johnson  United States	2:10.53	Steve Furniss  United States	2:12.72	John Hawes  Canada	2:13.93
100 m breaststroke	Nikolai Pankin  Soviet Union	1:06.67	Igor Tcherdakov  Soviet Union	1:07.19	Mark Chatfield  United States	1:07.74
200 m breaststroke	Nikolai Pankin  Soviet Union	2:23.81	Igor Tcherdakov  Soviet Union	2:24.06	Felipe Muñoz  Mexico	2:27.89
100 m butterfly	Allan Poucher  United States	56.36	Byron MacDonald  Canada	57.17	Pat O'Connor  United States	57.77
200 m butterfly	Allen Poucher  United States	2:05.67	Folkert Meeuw  West Germany	2:06.53	Viktor Sharygin  Soviet Union	2:09.00
400 m individual medley	Sergei Zacharov  Soviet Union	4:37.96	Steve Furniss  United States	4:39.54	Lee Engstrand  United States	4:40.13
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Elliot Tietre Dean Anderson Kenneth Knox	-	Soviet Union (URS)	-	West Germany (FRG)	-
4×200 m freestyle relay	Soviet Union (URS)	7:43.28	United States (USA) Elliot Reeder Jack Tingley Steve Furniss	7:43.61	Brazil (BRA) José Namorado José Aranha James Huxley Adams Alfredo Machado	8:02.06
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) David Johnson Mark Chatfield Allan Poucher Kenneth Knox	3:55.15	Soviet Union (URS)	3:56.07	West Germany (FRG)	4:02.65

Legend: CR – Championship record; CWR – Commonwealth record; NR – National record

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Sally Tuttle  United States	1:00.33	Jutta Weber  West Germany	1:00.59	Heidi Reineck  West Germany	1:00.82
400 m freestyle	Ann Simmons  United States	4:28.80	Jill Strong  United States	4:39.15	Nadezhda Matyukhina  Soviet Union	4:41.56
100 m backstroke	Mary Feldman  United States	1:07.04	Elizabeth Tullis  United States	1:07.38	Benedicte Duprez  France	1:09.65
100 m breaststroke	Lyubov Rusanova  Soviet Union	1:15.54	Catherine Carr  United States	1:15.60	Galina Stepanova  Soviet Union	1:17.03
200 m breaststroke	Catherine Carr  United States	2:42.30	Lyudmila Porubayko  Soviet Union	2:42.68	Robyn Farrell  Australia	2:48.49
100 m butterfly	Irene Arden  United States	1:06.05	Cathy Corcione  United States	1:07.34	Alexandra Meerzon  Soviet Union	1:07.46
200 m individual medley	Susie Atwood  United States	2:26.38	Catherine Carr  United States	2:28.65	Birutė Užkuraitytė  Soviet Union	2:29.30
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Cathy Corcione Elizabeth Tullis Eadie Wetsel Sally Tuttle	4:01.04	Soviet Union (URS)	4:07.83	West Germany (FRG)	4:10.41
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Elizabeth Tullis Catherine Carr Irene Arden Sally Tuttle	4:29.78	Soviet Union (URS)	4:31.27	West Germany (FRG)	4:46.63

Legend: CR – Championship record; CWR – Commonwealth record; NR – National record

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	16	9	5	30
2	Soviet Union (URS)	6	9	5	20
3	West Germany (FRG)	0	2	5	7
4	Canada (CAN)	0	1	2	3
5	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
6	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	2	2
7	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		22	22	22	66

References

• Medalist Summary (Men) on GBRATHLETICS.com
• Medalist Summary (Women) on GBRATHLETICS.com
• USA Swimming Roster