# Swimming at the 1983 Summer Universiade

The swimming competition at the 1983 Summer Universiade took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from July 2 to July 7, 1983.

## Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Sergey Smiryagin Soviet Union | 50.51 CR | Tom Jager United States | 51.02 | Andreas Schmidt West Germany | 51.60 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Bruce Hayes United States | 1:51.19 CR | Aleksey Filonov Soviet Union | 1:51.90 | Alex Baumann Canada | 1:51.97 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union | 3:49.38 CR | Bruce Hayes United States | 3:54.93 | Svyatoslav Semenov Soviet Union | 3:56.57 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union | 15:02.83 CR | Svyatoslav Semenov Soviet Union | 15:28.36 | Bruce Hayes United States | 15:37.97 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Mike West Canada | 56.64 CR, NR | Vladimir Shemetov Soviet Union | 56.71 | Viktor Kuznetsov Soviet Union | 56.74 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Sergei Zabolotnov Soviet Union | 2:00.42 CR, NR | Vladimir Shemetov Soviet Union | 2:01.27 | Mike West Canada | 2:01.63 CWR |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Shigehiro Takahashi Japan | 1:04.13 | Yuri Kis Soviet Union | 1:04.21 | Peter Evans Australia | 1:04.32 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Robertas Žulpa Soviet Union | 2:15.93 CR | Shigehiro Takahashi Japan | 2:19.72 | Gennadiy Utenkov Soviet Union | 2:19.80 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Aleksey Markovsky Soviet Union | 54.65 CR | Tom Jager United States | 55.45 | Tom Ponting Canada | 55.55 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Sergey Fesenko, Sr. Soviet Union | 2:00.38 CR | Philip Hubble Great Britain | 2:01.36 | Anthony Mosse New Zealand | 2:02.03 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Alex Baumann Canada | 2:02.29 CR | Oleksandr Sydorenko Soviet Union | 2:04.41 | Ricardo Prado Brazil | 2:05.50 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Alex Baumann Canada | 4:19.80 CR, CWR | Bruce Hayes United States | 4:26.05 | Ricardo Prado Brazil | 4:26.87 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:21.72 CR | United States (USA) Tom Jager Chris Silva Dallas Kyle Bruce Hayes | 3:21.82 | Canada (CAN) Peter Szmidt Wayne Kelly | 3:26.38 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay details | Soviet Union (URS) | 7:27.22 CR | United States (USA) Stewart Macdonald Rich Bodor Bruce Hayes Richard Saeger | 7:30.18 | Canada (CAN) Wayne Kelly Dave Shemilt | 7:31.40 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:44.33 CR | Canada (CAN) | 3:46.49 | United States (USA) | 3:46.65 |
Legend: CR – Championship record; CWR – Commonwealth record; NR – National record

## Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Irina Laricheva Soviet Union | 58.15 | Annelies Kraus Netherlands | 58.27 | Tammy Thomas United States | 58.45 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Irina Laricheva Soviet Union | 2:02.17 CR | Annelies Kraus Netherlands | 2:02.78 | Irina Gerasimova Soviet Union | 2:02.84 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Irina Laricheva Soviet Union | 4:13.41 CR,NR | Marybeth Linzmeier United States | 4:15.36 | Julie Daigneault Canada | 4:17.77 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Irina Laricheva Soviet Union | 8:40.31 | Marybeth Linzmeier United States | 8:41.43 | Julie Daigneault Canada | 8:53.52 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Larisa Gorchakova Soviet Union | 1:03.28 | Carmen Bunaciu Romania | 1:03.77 | Susan Walsh United States | 1:03.80 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Larisa Gorchakova Soviet Union | 2:15.37 | Carmen Bunaciu Romania | 2:15.96 | Susan Walsh United States | 2:16.41 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Larisa Belokon Soviet Union | 1:12.17 CR | Ayshkute Buzelite Soviet Union | 1:13.08 | Manuela Dalla Valle Italy | 1:13.90 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Larisa Belokon Soviet Union | 2:34.02 CR | Ayshkute Buzelite Soviet Union | 2:34.58 | Lisa Borsholt Canada | 2:36.22 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Susie Woodhouse Australia | 1:01.79 CR | Cinzia Savi Scarponi Italy | 1:02.31 | Naoko Kume Japan | 1:02.48 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Susie Woodhouse Australia | 2:13.50 CR | Naoko Kume Japan | 2:15.02 | Michelle Ford Australia | 2:15.38 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Irina Gerasimova Soviet Union | 2:18.23 CR | Cinzia Savi Scarponi Italy | 2:19.75 | Vera Barker United States | 2:20.63 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Irina Gerasimova Soviet Union | 4:52.27 CR | Cinzia Savi Scarponi Italy | 4:55.77 | Christi Woolger United States | 4:56.70 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:49.64 CR | United States (USA) E. Emery J. Williams I. Lawrence Tammy Thomas | 3:50.19 | Canada (CAN) Maureen New | 3:54.67 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay details | Soviet Union (URS) | 8:21.78 | Australia (AUS) | 8:22.74 | West Germany (FRG) | 8:23.48 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:14.10 CR | United States (USA) Susan Walsh Jeanne Childs Jane Wagstaff J. Williams | 4:16.29 | Canada (CAN) Reema Abdo | 4:22.46 |
Legend: CR – Championship record; CWR – Commonwealth record; NR – National record

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 22 | 8 | 4 | 34 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 1 | 10 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |