Swimming at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships

These are the results of the swimming competition at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)1111931
2  East Germany (GDR)117523
3  Hungary (HUN)3003
4  Great Britain (GBR)2158
5  West Germany (FRG)1214
6  Australia (AUS)1203
7  Netherlands (NED)0235
  Soviet Union (URS)0235
9  Canada (CAN)0123
10  Japan (JPN)0101
11  Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (11 entries)29292987

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle Andy Coan
  United States
51.25
CR
Vladimir Bure
  Soviet Union
51.32 Jim Montgomery
  United States
51.44
200 m freestyle Tim Shaw
  United States
1:51.04
CR
Bruce Furniss
  United States
1:51.72 Brian Brinkley
  Great Britain
1:53.56
400 m freestyle Tim Shaw
  United States
3:54.88
CR
Bruce Furniss
  United States
3:57.71 Frank Pfütze
  East Germany
4:01.10
1500 m freestyle Tim Shaw
  United States
15:28.92
CR
Brian Goodell
  United States
15:39.00 David Parker
  Great Britain
15:58.21
100 m backstroke Roland Matthes
  East Germany
58.15 John Murphy
  United States
58.34 Mel Nash
  United States
58.38
200 m backstroke Zoltán Verrasztó
  Hungary
2:05.05 Mark Tonelli
  Australia
2:05.78 Paul Hove
  United States
2:06.49
100 m breaststroke David Wilkie
  Great Britain
1:04.26 Nobutaka Taguchi
  Japan
1:05.04 David Leigh
  Great Britain
1:05.32
200 m breaststroke David Wilkie
  Great Britain
2:18.23
CR
Rick Colella
  United States
2:21.60 Nikolay Pankin
  Soviet Union
2:21.75
100 m butterfly Gregory Jagenburg
  United States
55.63
CR
Roger Pyttel
  East Germany
56.04 Bill Forrester
  United States
56.07
200 m butterfly Bill Forrester
  United States
2:01.95
CR
Roger Pyttel
  East Germany
2:02.22 Brian Brinkley
  Great Britain
2:02.47
200 m individual medley András Hargitay
  Hungary
2:07.72
CR
Steve Furniss
  United States
2:07.75 Andrey Smirnov
  Soviet Union
2:08.52
400 m individual medley András Hargitay
  Hungary
4:32.57 Andrey Smirnov
  Soviet Union
4:35.64 Hans-Joachim Geisler
  West Germany
4:36.40
4 × 100 m freestyle relay   United States
Bruce Furniss
James Montgomery
Andy Coan
John Murphy
3:24.85
WR
  West Germany
Klaus Steinbach
Dirk Braunleder
Kersten Meier
Peter Nocke
3:29.55   Italy
Roberto Pangaro
Paolo Barelli
Claudio Zei
Marcello Guarducci
3:31.85
4 × 200 m freestyle relay   West Germany
Klaus Steinbach
Werner Lampe
Hans Joachim Geissler
Peter Nocke
7:39.44   Great Britain
Alan McClatchey
Gary Jameson
Gordon Downie
Brian Brinkley
7:42.55   Soviet Union
Alexandre Samsonov
Anatoly Rybakov
Viktor Aboimov
Andrei Krilov
7:43.58
4 × 100 m medley relay   United States
John Murphy
Rick Colella
Gregory Jagenburg
Andy Coan
3:49.00
CR
  West Germany
Klaus Steinbach
Walter Kusch
Michael Kraus
Peter Nocke
3:51.85   Great Britain
James Carter
David Wilkie
Brian Brinkley
Gordon Downie
3:52.80

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle Kornelia Ender
  East Germany
56.50
CR
Shirley Babashoff
  United States
57.81 Enith Brigitha
  Netherlands
58.20
200 m freestyle Shirley Babashoff
  United States
2:02.50
CR
Kornelia Ender
  East Germany
2:02.69 Enith Brigitha
  Netherlands
2:03.92
400 m freestyle Shirley Babashoff
  United States
4:16.87
CR
Jenny Turrall
  Australia
4:17.88 Kathy Heddy
  United States
4:18.03
800 m freestyle Jenny Turrall
  Australia
8:44.75
CR
Heather Greenwood
  United States
8:48.88 Shirley Babashoff
  United States
8:53.22
100 m backstroke Ulrike Richter
  East Germany
1:03.30
CR
Birgit Treiber
  East Germany
1:04.34 Nancy Garapick
  Canada
1:04.73
200 m backstroke Birgit Treiber
  East Germany
2:15.46
WR
Nancy Garapick
  Canada
2:16.09 Ulrike Richter
  East Germany
2:18.76
100 m breaststroke Hannelore Anke
  East Germany
1:12.72
CR
Wijda Mazereeuw
  Netherlands
1:14.29 Marcia Morey
  United States
1:15.00
200 m breaststroke Hannelore Anke
  East Germany
2:37.25
CR
Wijda Mazereeuw
  Netherlands
2:37.50 Karla Linke
  East Germany
2:38.28
100 m butterfly Kornelia Ender
  East Germany
1:01.24
WR
Rosemarie Kother
  East Germany
1:01.80 Camille Wright
  United States
1:02.79
200 m butterfly Rosemarie Kother
  East Germany
2:13.82 Valerie Lee
  United States
2:14.89 Gabriele Wusche
  East Germany
2:15.96
200 m individual medley Kathy Heddy
  United States
2:19.80
CR
Ulrike Tauber
  East Germany
2:20.40 Angela Franke
  East Germany
2:20.81
400 m individual medley Ulrike Tauber
  East Germany
4:52.76
CR
Karla Linke
  East Germany
4:57.83 Kathy Heddy
  United States
5:00.46
4 × 100 m freestyle relay   East Germany
Kornelia Ender
Barbara Krause
Claudia Hempel
Ute Brückner
3:49.37
WR
  United States
Kathy Heddy
Karen Reeser
Kelly Powell
Shirley Babashoff
3:50.74   Canada
Gail Amundrud
Jill Quirk
Becky Smith
Anne Jardin
3:53.37
4 × 100 m medley relay   East Germany
Ulrike Richter
Hannelore Anke
Rosemarie Kother
Kornelia Ender
4:14.74
CR
  United States
Linda Jezek
Marcia Morey
Camille Wright
Shirley Babashoff
4:20.47   Netherlands
Paula Eijk
Wanda Mazereeuw
Jose Damen
Enith Brigitha
4:21.45

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

References

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