1979 FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup

The 1st FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup was held 1979 in Tokyo, Japan.[1] It had swimmers from eight nations, swimming in three events: solo, duet and team.[2]

Participating nations edit

Eight nations swam at the 1979 Synchro World Cup:

Results edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Solo
  details
Helen Vanderburg
    Canada
193.0334 Michelle Beaulieu
    USA
188.5333 Yuki Ishii
    Japan
179.1833
Duet
  details
Helen Vanderburg
Kelly Kryczka
    Canada
187.4167 Michelle Barone
Linda Shelley
    USA
186.1417 Yasuko Unezaki
Kinuyo Okada
    Japan
179.6003
Team
  details
  USA 188.4958   Japan 183.8917   Canada 183.0750

Point standings edit

Place Nation Total
1   USA 34
2   Canada 34
3   Japan 27
4   Netherlands 18
5   Great Britain 17
6   Mexico 6
7   Federal Republic of Germany 7
8   Switzerland 8

References edit

  1. ^ Bean, Dawn Pawson (2005). Synchronized Swimming: An American History. McFarland. p. 312. ISBN 9780786419487.
  2. ^ HistoFINA, volume 9 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine published by FINA on 1 July 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2013.