World Swimming Championships 1986

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5. World Swimming Championships
Host location	Barcelona
Host country	Spain
Beginning	August 13, 1986
The End	23rd August 1986
Venues	M86 swimming complex, Madrid
Disciplines	Swimming , water polo , water jumping , synchronized swimming
Number of athletes	1,119
← 1982 Guayaquil	1991 Perth →
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Medal table intermediate result after 35 of 41 decisions only pool and synchronized swimming WITHOUT diving and water polo
Pl.	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	GDR	14th	12	4th	30th
2	United States	7th	10	10	27
3	Canada	4th	2	2	8th
4th	BR Germany	4th	2	1	7th
5	Hungary	3	-	-	3
6th	Soviet Union	2	3	5	10
7th	Romania	1	-	1	2
8th	Italy	-	2	-	2
9	Bulgaria	-	1	1	2
	Switzerland	-	1	1	2
	France	-	1	1	2
12	New Zealand	-	1	-	1
13	Netherlands	-	-	4th	4th
14th	Japan	-	-	2	2
	Great Britain	-	-	2	2
16	Denmark	-	-	1	1
total		35	35	35	105

The 5th World Swimming Championships took place from August 13 to 23, 1986 in the Spanish capital, Madrid , and were organized by the world swimming federation , FINA . The title fights were held in the Centro de Natación M-86 .

In these competitions, world championship medals were awarded for the first time for women and men in the 50 m freestyle and for women for the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.

1119 athletes from 34 nations took part in these world championships.

Explanation of symbols

• WR - world record

Swimming men

Freestyle

50 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Tom Jager	00: 22.49
2	Switzerland	Dano Halsall	00: 22.80
3	United States	Matt Biondi	00: 22.85

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Matt Biondi	00: 48.94
2	France	Stéphan Caron	00: 49.73
3	United States	Tom Jager	00: 49.79

200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	BR Germany	Michael Gross	01: 47.92
2	German Democratic Republic	Sven Lodziewski	01: 49.12
3	United States	Matt Biondi	01: 49.43

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	BR Germany	Rainer Henkel	03: 50.05
2	German Democratic Republic	Uwe Daßler	03: 51.26
3	United States	Daniel Jorgensen	03: 51.33

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	BR Germany	Rainer Henkel	15: 05.31
2	Italy	Stefano Battistelli	15: 14.80
3	United States	Daniel Jorgensen	15: 16.23

butterfly

100 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Pablo Morales	00: 53.54
2	United States	Matt Biondi	00: 53.67
3	Society. King	Andrew Jameson	00: 53.81

200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	BR Germany	Michael Gross	01: 56.53
2	New Zealand	Anthony Mosse	01: 58.36
3	Denmark	Benny Nielsen	01: 59.09

move

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	Soviet Union	Igor Polyansky	00: 55.58
2	German Democratic Republic	Dirk Richter	00: 56.49
3	Soviet Union	Serguei Zaboltnow	00: 56.57

200 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	Soviet Union	Igor Polyansky	01: 58.78
2	German Democratic Republic	Frank Baltrusch	02: 01.11
3	BR Germany	Frank Hoffmeister	02: 02.42

chest

100 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	Canada	Victor Davis	01: 02.71
2	Italy	Gianni Minervini	01: 03.00
3	Soviet Union	Dimitri Volkov	01: 03.30

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	Hungary	József Szabó	02: 14.27
2	Canada	Victor Davis	02: 14.93
3	United States	Steven Bentley	02: 16.51

Locations

200 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	Hungary	Tamás Darnyi	02: 01.57
2	Canada	Alex Baumann	02: 02.34
3	Soviet Union	Vadim Yaroshchuk	02: 02.61

400 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	Hungary	Tamás Darnyi	04: 18.98
2	Soviet Union	Vadim Yaroshchuk	04: 22.03
3	Canada	Alex Baumann	04: 22.58

Season

Relay 4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Tom Jager Michael Heath Paul Walace Matt Biondi	03: 19.89
2	Soviet Union	Gennady Prigoda Nikolai Ewseen Sergei Smiriaguinbe Alexei Markowski	03: 21.14
3	German Democratic Republic	Dirk Richter Jörg Woithe Sven Lodziewski Steffen Zesner	03: 21.47

Relay 4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Lars Hinneburg Thomas Flemming Dirk Richter Sven Lodziewski	07: 15.91
2	BR Germany	Rainer Henkel Michael Gross Alexander Shovtka Thomas Fahrner	07: 15.96
3	United States	Eric Boyer Michael Heath Daniel Jorgensen Matt Biondi	07: 18.29

Relay 4 × 100 m layers

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Dan Veatch David Lundberg Pablo Morales Matt Biondi	03: 41.25
2	BR Germany	Frank Hoffmeister Bert Goebel Michael Gross André Schadt	03: 42.26
3	Soviet Union	Igor Polyansky Dimitri Volkov Alexei Markowski Nikolai Evseev	03: 42.63

Swimming women

Freestyle

50 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	Romania	Tamara Costache	00: 25.28 WR
2	German Democratic Republic	Kristin Otto	00: 25.50
3	Switzerland	Marie-Thérèse Armentero	00: 25.93

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Kristin Otto	00: 55.05
2	United States	Jenna Johnson	00: 55.70
3	Netherlands	Conny van Bentun	00: 55.79

200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Heike Friedrich	01: 58.26
2	German Democratic Republic	Manuela Stellmach	01: 58.90
3	United States	Mary T. Meagher	02: 00.14

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Heike Friedrich	04: 07.45
2	German Democratic Republic	Astrid Strauss	04: 09.16
3	Society. King	Sarah Hardcastle	04: 09.85

800 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Astrid Strauss	08: 28.24
2	German Democratic Republic	Katja Hartmann	08: 28.44
3	United States	Deborah Babashoff	08: 34.04

butterfly

100 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Kornelia Greßler	00: 59.51
2	German Democratic Republic	Kristin Otto	00: 59.66
3	United States	Mary T. Meagher	00: 59.98

200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Mary T. Meagher	02: 08.41
2	German Democratic Republic	Kornelia Greßler	02: 10.66
3	German Democratic Republic	Birte Weigang	02: 10.68

move

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Betsy Mitchell	01: 01.74
2	German Democratic Republic	Kathrin Zimmermann	01: 02.17
3	Soviet Union	Natalia Schibaewa	01: 02.25

200 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Cornelia Sirch	02: 11.37
2	United States	Betsy Mitchell	02: 11.39
3	German Democratic Republic	Kathrin Zimmermann	02: 11.45

chest

100 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Sylvia Gerasch	01: 08.11 WR
2	German Democratic Republic	Silke Hörner	01: 08.41
3	Bulgaria	Tania Bogomilova	01: 08.52

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Silke Hörner	02: 27.40 WR
2	Bulgaria	Tania Bogomilova	02: 27.66
3	Canada	Allison Higson	02: 31.34

Locations

200 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Kristin Otto	02: 15.56
2	Soviet Union	Elena Dendeberova	02: 15.84
3	German Democratic Republic	Kathleen North	02: 16.05

400 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Kathleen North	04: 43.75
2	United States	Michele Griglione	04: 44.07
3	Romania	Noemi Lung	04: 45.44

Season

Relay 4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Kristin Otto Manuela Stellmach Sabina Schulze Heike Friedrich	03: 40.57 WR
2	United States	Jenna Johnson Dara Torres Mary T. Meagher Betsy Mitchell	03: 44.03
3	Netherlands	Conny van Bentum Laura Leideritz Karin Brienesse Annemarie Verstappen	03: 46.89

Relay 4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Manuela Stellmach Astrid Strauss Nadja Bergknecht Heike Friedrich	07: 59.33 WR
2	United States	Betsy Mitchell Mary T. Meagher Kimberley Brown Mary Waythe	08: 02.12
3	Netherlands	Annemarie Verstappen Johan van der Meer Mildred Muis Conny van Bentum	08: 09.59

Relay 4 × 100 m layers

space	country	Athletes	time
1	German Democratic Republic	Kathrin Zimmermann Sylvia Gerasch Kornelia Greßler Kristin Otto	04: 04.82
2	United States	Betsy Mitchell Jennifer Hau Mary T. Meagher Jenna Johnson	04: 07.45
3	Netherlands	Jolanda de Rover Petra van Staveren Conny van Bentum Annemarie Verstappen	04: 10.70

Synchronized swimming

solo

space	country	Athlete
1	Canada	Carolyn Waldo
2	United States	Sarah Josephson
3	France	Muriel Hermione

duet

space	country	Athletes
1	Canada	Carolyn Waldo Michelle Cameron
2	United States	Sarah Josephson Karen Josephson
3	Japan	Megumi Ito Mikako Kotani

team

space	country	Athletes
1	Canada	Natalie Audet Sylvie Fréchette Karin Larsen Carolyn Waldo Michelle Cameron Missy Morlock Chantal Laviolette Traci Meades
2	United States
3	Japan

See also

• Short course world championships
• Swimming world championships
• European short course championships
• European Swimming Championships

swell

• Results men (PDF file; 286 kB)
• Results women (PDF file; 396 kB)

Web links

• Website of FINA (English.)