# Swimming at the 1991 Summer Universiade

The swimming competition at the 1991 Summer Universiade took place in Sheffield, Great Britain from July 15 to July 21, 1991.

## Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Stéphan Caron France | 22.97 | Robert Pufleb Germany | 23.15 | Krzysztof Cwalina PolandEric Hansen United States | 23.20 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Stéphan Caron France | 49.72 | Axel Hickmann Germany | 50.81 | Robert Pufleb Germany | 51.19 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Stéphan Caron France | 1:50.24 | Artur Wojdat Poland | 1:50.69 | Turlough O'Hare Canada | 1:51.22 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Artur Wojdat Poland | 3:52.55 | Peter Wright United States | 3:54.47 | Vladimir Belov Soviet Union | 3:55.11 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Ian Wilson Great Britain | 15:15.30 | Jeffrey Ong Malaysia | 15:23.61 NR | Christopher Bowie Canada | 15:31.87 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Deke Botsford Canada | 56.40 | Tripp Schwenk United States | 56.70 | Scott Johnson United States | 56.78 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Tripp Schwenk United States | 2:00.38 | Kevin Draxinger Canada | 2:00.92 | Dmitriy Haritonov Soviet Union | 2:01.73 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Brian Pajer United States | 1:03.21 | Chen Jianhong China | 1:03.59 | Leif Heg United States | 1:04.20 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Gary O'Toole Ireland | 2:16.75 | Ty Richardson United States | 2:17.42 | Preston Staats United States | 2:18.92 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Shen Jianqiang China | 54.25 | Andrey Kozirev Soviet Union | 54.78 | Dan Kutler United States | 54.84 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Ray Carey United States | 1:58.36 | Brian Gunn United States | 1:59.48 | Kunio Sugimoto Japan | 2:03.01 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Greg Burgess United States | 2:03.90 | Matt Stahlman United States | 2:04.67 | Takahiro Fujimoto Japan | 2:04.71 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Takahiro Fujimoto Japan | 4:23.10 NR | Greg Burgess United States | 4:24.53 | Brent Harding Australia | 4:26.20 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) Keith Anderson Josh Davis Eric Hansen Alyn Towne | 3:22.73 | France (FRA) | 3:23.48 | Germany (GER) | 3:23.61 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Soviet Union (URS) | 7:23.28 | United States (USA) Josh Davis Vince Giambalvo Dan Kanner Greg Larson | 7:24.54 | Canada (CAN) | 7:32.89 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | United States (USA) Eric Hansen Dan Kutler Brian Pajer Tripp Schwenk | 3:44.33 | Germany (GER) | 3:44.65 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:45.76 |
Legend: CR – Championship record; NR – National record

## Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Yang Wenyi China | 25.92 CR | Zhuang Yong China | 26.10 | Jenifer Boyd United States | 26.14 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Zhuang Yong China | 56.28 | Wang Xiaohong China | 56.87 | Andrea Nugent Canada | 57.31 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Karen Kraemer United States | 2:02.23 | Patricia Noall Canada | 2:02.99 | Natalia Trefilova Soviet Union | 2:03.68 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Patricia Noall Canada | 4:16.74 | Jana Shamarova Soviet Union | 4:17.15 | Sionainn Marcoux United States | 4:18.03 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Francesca Ferrarini Italy | 8:43.55 | Marie-Pierre Wirth France | 8:47.98 | Sionainn Marcoux United States | 8:48.53 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Barbara Bedford United States | 1:02.08 CR | Kristina Stinson United States | 1:03.70 | Niecia Freeman Australia | 1:04.47 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Lin Li China | 2:15.12 | Laura Savarino Italy | 2:16.54 | Kristina Stinson United States | 2:16.65 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Guylaine Cloutier Canada | 1:10.93 | Yelena Volkova Soviet Union | 1:11.19 | Katherine Hedman United States | 1:11.98 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Svetlana Kuzmina Soviet Union | 2:31.60 | Lin Li China | 2:31.72 | Yelena Volkova Soviet Union | 2:32.03 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Wang Xiaohong China | 1:00.00 | Qian Hong China | 1:00.21 | Kristin Stoudt United States | 1:02.69 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Wang Xiaohong China | 2:10.76 | Yumiko Ichioka Japan | 2:14.30 | Mojca Cater Canada | 2:15.57 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Lin Li China | 2:14.22 CR | Alicja Pęczak Poland | 2:18.84 | Marie-Pierre Wirth France | 2:20.83 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Lin Li China | 4:42.58 CR | Sheila Taormina United States | 4:52.10 | Patricia Noall Canada | 4:52.17 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | China (CHN) | 3:46.41 CR | United States (USA) Dyne Burrell Grace Cornelius Melanie Morgan Julie Sommer | 3:47.48 | Canada (CAN) | 3:49.73 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | Soviet Union (URS) | 8:14.48 | United States (USA) Dyne Burrell Karen Kraemer Sionainn Marcoux Amy Ward | 8:14.54 | Canada (CAN) | 8:28.20 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay details | United States (USA) Barbara Bedford Katherine Hedman Melanie Morgan Kristin Stoudt | 4:11.70 | Canada (CAN) | 4:15.25 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:17.32 |
Legend: CR – Championship record; NR – National record

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 9 | 11 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 9 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 32 | 32 | 33 | 97 |