# 1975 World Aquatics Championships

The 1975 World Aquatics Championships was held in Cali, Colombia, between July 19 and July 27, with 682 participating athletes.

## Medal table

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | United States | 16 | 11 | 10 | 37 |
| 2 | East Germany | 11 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | West Germany | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Australia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Canada | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |

## Medal summary
### Diving
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard | Phil Boggs (USA) | Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) | Vyacheslav Strakhov (URS) |
| 10 m platform | Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) | Nikolay Mikhailin (URS) | Carlos Girón (MEX) |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 m springboard | Irina Kalinina (URS) | Tatyana Volynkina (URS) | Christine Loock (USA) |
| 10 m platform | Janet Ely (USA) | Irina Kalinina (URS) | Ulrika Knape (SWE) |

### Swimming
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Andy Coan (USA) | Vladimir Bure (URS) | Jim Montgomery (USA) |
| 200 m freestyle | Tim Shaw (USA) | Bruce Furniss (USA) | Brian Brinkley (GBR) |
| 400 m freestyle | Tim Shaw (USA) | Bruce Furniss (USA) | Frank Pfütze (GDR) |
| 1500 m freestyle | Tim Shaw (USA) | Brian Goodell (USA) | David Parker (GBR) |
| 100 m backstroke | Roland Matthes (GDR) | John Murphy (USA) | Mel Nash (USA) |
| 200 m backstroke | Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN) | Mark Tonelli (AUS) | Paul Hove (USA) |
| 100 m breaststroke | David Wilkie (GBR) | Nobutaka Taguchi (JPN) | David Leigh (GBR) |
| 200 m breaststroke | David Wilkie (GBR) | Rick Colella (USA) | Nikolay Pankin (URS) |
| 100 m butterfly | Greg Jagenburg (USA) | Roger Pyttel (GDR) | Bill Forrester (USA) |
| 200 m butterfly | Bill Forrester (USA) | Roger Pyttel (GDR) | Brian Brinkley (GBR) |
| 200 m individual medley | András Hargitay (HUN) | Steve Furniss (USA) | Andrey Smirnov (URS) |
| 400 m individual medley | András Hargitay (HUN) | Andrey Smirnov (URS) | Hans-Joachim Geisler (FRG) |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) Bruce Furniss James Montgomery Andy Coan John Murphy | West Germany (FRG) Klaus Steinbach Dirk Braunleder Kersten Meier Peter Nocke | Italy (ITA) Roberto Pangaro Paolo Barelli Claudio Zei Marcello Guarducci |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | West Germany (FRG) Klaus Steinbach Werner Lampe Hans-Joachim Geisler Peter Nocke | Great Britain (GBR) Alan McClatchey Gary Jameson Gordon Downie Brian Brinkley | Soviet Union (URS) Alexandre Samsonov Anatoly Rybakov Viktor Aboimov Andrei Krilov |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | United States (USA) John Murphy Rick Colella Gregory Jagenburg Andy Coan | West Germany (FRG) Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Michael Kraus Peter Nocke | Great Britain (GBR) James Carter David Wilkie Brian Brinkley Gordon Downie |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Kornelia Ender (GDR) | Shirley Babashoff (USA) | Enith Brigitha (NED) |
| 200 m freestyle | Shirley Babashoff (USA) | Kornelia Ender (GDR) | Enith Brigitha (NED) |
| 400 m freestyle | Shirley Babashoff (USA) | Jenny Turrall (AUS) | Kathy Heddy (USA) |
| 800 m freestyle | Jenny Turrall (AUS) | Heather Greenwood (USA) | Shirley Babashoff (USA) |
| 100 m backstroke | Ulrike Richter (GDR) | Birgit Treiber (GDR) | Nancy Garapick (CAN) |
| 200 m backstroke | Birgit Treiber (GDR) | Nancy Garapick (CAN) | Ulrike Richter (GDR) |
| 100 m breaststroke | Hannelore Anke (GDR) | Wijda Mazereeuw (NED) | Marcia Morey (USA) |
| 200 m breaststroke | Hannelore Anke (GDR) | Wijda Mazereeuw (NED) | Karla Linke (GDR) |
| 100 m butterfly | Kornelia Ender (GDR) | Rosemarie Kother (GDR) | Camille Wright (USA) |
| 200 m butterfly | Rosemarie Kother (GDR) | Valerie Lee (USA) | Gabriele Wusche (GDR) |
| 200 m individual medley | Kathy Heddy (USA) | Ulrike Tauber (GDR) | Angela Franke (GDR) |
| 400 m individual medley | Ulrike Tauber (GDR) | Karla Linke (GDR) | Kathy Heddy (USA) |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | East Germany (GDR) Kornelia Ender Barbara Krause Claudia Hempel Ute Brückner | United States (USA) Kathy Heddy Karen Reeser Kelly Powell Shirley Babashoff | Canada (CAN) Gail Amaundrud Jill Quick Rebecca Smith Ann Jardin |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | East Germany (GDR) Ulrike Richter Hannelore Anke Rosemarie Kother Kornelia Ender | United States (USA) Linda Jezek Marcia Morey Camille Wright Shirley Babashoff | Netherlands (NED) Paula van Eijk Wijda Mazereeuw José Damen Enith Brigitha |

### Synchronised swimming

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Solo routine | Gail Buzonas (USA) | Sylvie Fortier (CAN) | Yasuko Unezaki (JPN) |
| Duet routine | Robin Curren (USA) Amanda Norrish (USA) | Carol Stewart (CAN) Laura Wilkin (CAN) | Masako Fujiwara (JPN) Yasuko Fujiwara (JPN) |
| Team routine | United States (USA) | Canada (CAN) | Japan (JPN) |

### Water polo
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team | Soviet Union | Hungary | Italy |