# Swimming at the 1997 Summer Universiade

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.

## Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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

| 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 |
| 15 | 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) | Totals (19 entries) | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 |