Swimming at the 1977 Summer Universiade

Swimming at the IX Summer Universiade

The swimming competition at the 1977 Summer Universiade took place in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	12	7	5	24
2	Canada	4	5	4	13
3	West Germany	2	2	4	8
4	Hungary	2	1	1	4
5	Soviet Union	1	6	5	12
6	Brazil	1	0	0	1
7	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
8	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		22	22	22	66

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	John Ebuna  United States	52.05	Andy Coan  United States	52.12	Klaus Steinbach  West Germany	52.27
400 m freestyle	Dick Hannula Jr.  United States	4:02.17	Vladimir Mikheyev  Soviet Union	4:03.78	Igor Kushpelev  Soviet Union	4:03.93
1500 m freestyle	John Weston  United States	15:46.94	Igor Kushpelev  Soviet Union	15:59.80	Kyle Ditzler  United States	16:10.87
100 m backstroke	Rômulo Arantes  Brazil	58.45	Jim Ballard  United States	58.75	Zoltán Verrasztó  Hungary	58.79
200 m backstroke	Zoltán Verrasztó  Hungary	2:05.60	Bruce Hardcastle  United States	2:06.52	Jim Ballard  United States	2:07.67
100 m breaststroke	Graham Smith  Canada	1:05.17	Duncan Goodhew  Great Britain	1:06.04	Giorgio Lalle  Italy	1:06.34
200 m breaststroke	Graham Smith  Canada	2:23.43	Vladimir Dementyev  Soviet Union	2:24.10	Aigars Kudis  Soviet Union	2:24.73
100 m butterfly	Mike Curington  United States	55.58	Dan Thompson  Canada	57.05	John van Buren  Canada	57.12
200 m butterfly	Michael Kraus  West Germany	2:02.81	Andrey Avtushenko  Soviet Union	2:03.73	Bruce Rogers  Canada	2:05.24
400 m individual medley	András Hargitay  Hungary	4:32.91	Zoltán Verrasztó  Hungary	4:34.19	Andy Ritchie  Canada	4:35.30
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Andy Coan Doug Lambert Mike Curington John Ebuna	3:31.49	West Germany (FRG)	3:31.75	Soviet Union (URS)	3:33.24
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) John Weston Mike Curington John Ebuna Dick Hannula Jr.	7:41.20	Soviet Union (URS)	7:42.55	West Germany (FRG)	7:48.27
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Jim Ballard Lance Michaelis Mike Curington John Ebuna	3:51.67	Canada (CAN)	3:53.67	Soviet Union (URS)	3:54.34

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

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Jutta Weber  West Germany	57.80	Sue Hinderaker  United States	58.93	Beth Harrell  United States	59.05
400 m freestyle	Bonnie Glasgow  United States	4:16.50	Liz McKinnon  Canada	4:24.04	Wendy Weinberg  United States	4:27.75
100 m backstroke	Klavdiya Studenikova  Soviet Union	1:06.68	Meg McCully  United States	1:07.25	Yelena Rusanova  Soviet Union	1:08.54
100 m breaststroke	Marion Stuart  Canada	1:15.60	Amy Tasnady  United States	1:16.66	Anna Skolarczyk  Poland	1:16.83
200 m breaststroke	Anne Gagnon  Canada	2:43.7	Anne Merklinger  Canada	2:44.60	Amy Tasnady  United States	2:44.69
100 m butterfly	Sue Hinderaker  United States	1:03.63	Gudrun Beckmann  West Germany	1:03.84	Anca Miclaus  Romania	1:04.61
200 m individual medley	Bonnie Glasgow  United States	2:20.66	Jennie Franks  United States	2:23.82	Danielle Balla  Canada	2:27.22
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Shawn Houghton Bonny Brown Beth Harrell Sue Hinderaker	3:53.70	Canada (CAN)	4:01.02	West Germany (FRG)	4:03.23
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Meg McCully Amy Tasnady Beth Harrell Sue Hinderaker	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

References

• Medalist Summary (Men) on GBRATHLETICS.com
• Medalist Summary (Women) on GBRATHLETICS.com

• "World University Games". New York Times. 28 August 1977. Retrieved 17 December 2021.