Swimming at the 1997 Summer Universiade

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The Swimming Tournament during the 1997 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIX Summer Universiade, was a long course event (50 m), and took place on the island of Sicily, Italy from August 24 till August 30, 2003.

One of the long-awaited stars of the Universiade was the South African double Olympic champion Penny Heyns, who had in fact first emerged into the sports limelight two years earlier at the Fukuoka Universiade. But in Sicily, the breastroke specialist started by placing fourth in the 200 m finals. Heyns, who took the first Olympic gold for post-apartheid South Africa, started out smartly enough in Messina. In the first 50 metres she was impressive, but she weakened throughout the event, finishing in 4th place in 2:32.13 - a slower time than the one she had recorded earlier that same morning. Winner Masami Tanaka (Japan) took it in 2:30.24. Heyns was distinctly stronger in the 100 metres, but only managed a second in 1:10.15, behind the Ukraine's Svetlana Bondarenko.

Yann deFabrique of France, a student in his last year of law school at the University of North Carolina in the U.S., reached an absolute record, taking a silver in the 4x200 m Freestyle, and bringing his total number of Universiade medals in three Universiades to eight.

Technical conditions in Messina dashed athletes' hopes of beating the stopwatch; this was owing to the water temperature, which was under 25 degrees Celsius due to storms that broke out over Sicily at the end of August. The two Universiade records were set by Martina Moravcová (Slovakia) in the 200 m Freestyle, and the U.S. Men's Relay Team in the 4x100 m Freestyle. Moravcová, a student at Southern Methodist University in the U.S., became the queen of the competition, taking four individual titles and breaking a Universiade record.

The U.S. team accumulated 26 medals against Japan's 16; but never had so many countries been contenders for the swimming medals in a Universiade. The winners came from eleven different countries, with sixteen countries taking medals. Cuba's Neisser Bent, who took the gold in the 100 m and the silver in the 200 m Backstroke, also marked the end of an era in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, when he took the bronze in the 200 m, distinguishing himself as the first black swimmer.

Contents 1 Men's Events 1.1 50 m Freestyle 1.2 100 m Freestyle 1.3 200 m Freestyle 1.4 400 m Freestyle 1.5 800 m Freestyle 1.6 1500 m Freestyle 1.7 100 m Backstroke 1.8 200 m Backstroke 1.9 100 m Breaststroke 1.10 200 m Breaststroke 1.11 100 m Butterfly 1.12 200 m Butterfly 1.13 200 m Individual Medley 1.14 400 m Individual Medley 1.15 4x100 m Freestyle Relay 1.16 4x200 m Freestyle Relay 1.17 4x100 m Medley Relay 2 Women's Events 2.1 50 m Freestyle 2.2 100 m Freestyle 2.3 200 m Freestyle 2.4 400 m Freestyle 2.5 800 m Freestyle 2.6 1500 m Freestyle 2.7 100 m Backstroke 2.8 200 m Backstroke 2.9 100 m Breaststroke 2.10 200 m Breaststroke 2.11 100 m Butterfly 2.12 200 m Butterfly 2.13 200 m Individual Medley 2.14 400 m Individual Medley 2.15 4x100 m Freestyle Relay 2.16 4x200 m Freestyle Relay 2.17 4x100 m Medley Relay 3 Reference

[edit] Men's Events

[edit] 50 m Freestyle

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Nathan Rickard	AUS	22.50
	Lorenzo Vismara	ITA	23.04
	Brendon Dedekind	RSA	23.07

[edit] 100 m Freestyle

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Marcos Hernández	CUB	50.50
	Lorenzo Vismara	ITA	50.70
	Christian Tröger	GER	50.78

[edit] 200 m Freestyle

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Béla Szabados	HUN	1:50.70
	Scott Goldblatt	USA	1:51.96
	Michael Kiedel	GER	1:52.13

[edit] 400 m Freestyle

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Luiz Lima	BRA	3:53.91
	Béla Szabados	HUN	3:54.30
	Hisato Yasui	JPN	3:55.05

[edit] 800 m Freestyle

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Igor Snitko	UKR	8:05.13
	Luiz Lima	BRA	8:06.26
	Marco Formentini	ITA	8:06.37

[edit] 1500 m Freestyle

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Luiz Lima	BRA	15:20.83
	Marco Formentini	ITA	15:21.00
	Nathaniel Lewis	USA	15:21.15

[edit] 100 m Backstroke

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Neisser Bent	CUB	55.82
	Robert Brewer	USA	56.22
	Mariusz Siembida	POL	56.50

[edit] 200 m Backstroke

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Kunpeng Ouyang	ITA	2:00.29
	Neisser Bent	CUB	2:00.37
	Sang-Joon Ji	KOR	2:02.52

[edit] 100 m Breaststroke

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Stanislav Lopukhov	RUS	1:02.74
	Alexandre Tkachev	RUS	1:02.77
	Chikara Nakashita	JPN	1:03.05

[edit] 200 m Breaststroke

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Chikara Nakashita	JPN	2:16.35
	Scott Werner	USA	2:27.41
	William Shefchik	USA	2:17.50

[edit] 100 m Butterfly

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Denys Sylant'yev	UKR	53.73
	Przemyslaw Pietucha	CAN	54.33
	Stephen Martyak	USA	54.50

[edit] 200 m Butterfly

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Denys Sylant'yev	UKR	1:59.67
	Jeffrey Julian	USA	2:00.49
	Przemyslaw Pietucha	CAN	2:00.66

[edit] 200 m Individual Medley

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Tatsuya Kinugasa	JPN	2:04.32
	Kristopher Babylon	USA	2:04.88
	Toshiaki Kurasawa	JPN	2:05.19

[edit] 400 m Individual Medley

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Tatsuya Kinugasa	JPN	4:24.18
	Michael Halika	ISR	4:24.96
	Stefano Battistelli	ITA	4:25.66

[edit] 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

RANK	NATION	COUNTRY	TIME
	United States	USA	3:21.17
	Australia	AUS	3:23.75
	France	FRA	3:23.88

[edit] 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

RANK	NATION	COUNTRY	TIME
	United States	USA	7:26.78
	France	FRA	7:28.59
	Germany	GER	7:31.37

[edit] 4x100 m Medley Relay

RANK	NATION	COUNTRY	TIME
	United States	USA	3:41.95
	Italy	ITA	3:44.26
	Russia	RUS	3:44.98

[edit] Women's Events

[edit] 50 m Freestyle

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Katherine Taylor	USA	26.12
	Luminita Dobrescu	ROM	26.32
	Liesl Pimentel	USA	26.37

[edit] 100 m Freestyle

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Martina Moravcová	SVK	55.47
	Luminita Dobrescu	ROM	56.16
	Liesl Kolbisen	USA	56.91

[edit] 200 m Freestyle

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Martina Moravcová	SVK	1:56.96
	Kim Black	USA	2:01.48
	Luminita Dobrescu	ROM	2:02.76

[edit] 400 m Freestyle

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Eri Yamanoi	JPN	4:16.30
	Sachiko Miyaji	JPN	4:16.40
	Julie Varozza	USA	4:16.49

[edit] 800 m Freestyle

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Suzanne Black	USA	8:45.82
	Joy Stover	USA	8:47.73
	Eri Yamanoi	JPN	8:48.65

[edit] 1500 m Freestyle

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Suzanne Black	USA	16:40.30
	Joy Stover	USA	16:45.47
	Olga Šplíchalová	CZE	16:52.83

[edit] 100 m Backstroke

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Noriko Inada	JPN	1:02.24
	Fabíola Molina	BRA	1:03.76
	Paige Francis	USA	1:03.89

[edit] 200 m Backstroke

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Miki Nakao	JPN	2:15.02
	Noriko Inada	JPN	2:15.88
	Erin Brooks	USA	2:16.76

[edit] 100 m Breaststroke

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Svetlana Bondarenko	UKR	1:10.02
	Penny Heyns	RSA	1:10.15
	Dagmara Ajnenkiel	POL	1:10.70

[edit] 200 m Breaststroke

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Masami Tanaka	JPN	2:30.24
	Svetlana Bondarenko	UKR	2:30.99
	Lenka Maňhalová	CZE	2:31.38

[edit] 100 m Butterfly

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Martina Moravcová	SVK	1:00.40
	Junko Onishi	JPN	1:01.00
	Mary Bowen	USA	1:01.33

[edit] 200 m Butterfly

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Anna Uryniuk	POL	2:12.39
	Mika Haruna	JPN	2:13.58
	Jean Todisco	USA	2:14.08

[edit] 200 m Individual Medley

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Martina Moravcová	SVK	2:15.55
	Elli Overton	AUS	2:17.50
	Lenka Maňhalová	CZE	2:17.59

[edit] 400 m Individual Medley

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Fumie Kurotori	JPN	4:46.20
	Hana Černá	CZE	4:48.20
	Elli Overton	AUS	4:52.40

[edit] 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

RANK	NATION	COUNTRY	TIME
	United States	USA	3:47.80
	Italy	ITA	3:51.37
	Australia	AUS	3:52.43

[edit] 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

RANK	NATION	COUNTRY	TIME
	United States	USA	8:12.16
	Australia	AUS	8:26.97
	Italy	ITA	8:27.11

[edit] 4x100 m Medley Relay

RANK	NATION	COUNTRY	TIME
	Japan	JPN	4:11.42
	United States	USA	4:11.97
	South Africa	RSA	4:15.54

[edit] Reference

• Results on FISU-site