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]
| Swimming at the XIX Summer Universiade | |
|---|---|
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| Venues | Swimming Pool of the Polo dell'Annuziata at the University of Messina |
| Dates | 24 August 1997 – 30 August 1997 |
Men's events edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m freestyle |  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 |  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 | 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 | 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 edit
| 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 | 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 | Elli Overton (AUS) |
4:52.40 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) |
3:47.80 | Italy (ITA) |
3:51.37 | Australia (AUS) |
3:52.43 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) |
8:12.16 | 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 edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 |  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 | 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 | 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 edit
- ^ 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.