Swimming at the Friendship Games
Swimming at the Friendship Games took place at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow, Soviet Union between 19 August and 25 August 1984. 29 events (15 men's and 14 women's) were contested.
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle |  Sergey Smiriagin (URS) | 50.26 | Aleksey Markovskiy (URS) | 50.39 |  Sven Lodziewski (GDR) | 50.58 |
| 200 m freestyle | Sven Lodziewski (GDR) | 1:49.83 | Vladimir Shemetov (URS) | 1:50.33 | Sergey Krasyuk (URS) | 1:51.09 |
| 400 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | 3:49.27 | Sven Lodziewski (GDR) | 3:50.98 | Sviatoslav Semenov (URS) | 3:53.34 |
| 1500 m freestyle | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | 15:03.51 | Uwe Dassler (GDR) | 15:11.14 | Sviatoslav Semenov (URS) | 15:25.56 |
| 100 m backstroke | Dirk Richter (GDR) | 55.67 | Vladimir Shemetov (URS) | 55.88 | Frank Baltrusch (GDR) | 56.39 |
| 200 metre backstroke | Sergei Zabolotnov (URS) | 1:58.41 (WR) |
Vladimir Shemetov (URS) | 1:59.54 | Dirk Richter (GDR) | 2:00.30 |
| 100 metre breaststroke | Dmitry Volkov (URS) | 1:03.72 | Robertas Žulpa (URS) | 1:03.87 | Sigurd Hanke (GDR) | 1:05.16 |
| 200 metre breaststroke | Robertas Žulpa (URS) | 2:15.70 | Dmitry Volkov (URS) | 2:16.97 |  Alban Vermes (HUN) | 2:21.19 |
| 100 metre butterfly | Aleksey Markovskiy (URS) | 54.26 | Alexandr Prigoda (URS) | 55.08 |  Marcel Gery (TCH) | 55.17 |
| 200 metre butterfly | Alexandr Prigoda (URS) | 1:58.83 | Sergey Fesenko, Sr. (URS) | 1:59.52 | Marcel Gery (TCH) | 2:00.34 |
| 200 metre individual medley | Jens-Peter Berndt (GDR) | 2:02.51 | Josef Hladký (TCH) | 2:03.33 | Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS) | 2:03.35 |
| 400 metre individual medley | Jens-Peter Berndt (GDR) | 4:18.29 | Sergey Pichugin (URS) | 4:25.19 | Josef Hladký (TCH) | 4:26.29 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Soviet Union (URS) Sergey Smiriagin Sergey Kurbatov Sergey Krasyuk Aleksey Markovskiy | 3:20.19 | East Germany (GDR) Dirk Richter Rene Wanzlik Sven Lodziewski Reiner Sternal | 3:22.92 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Jarmil Pronek Petr Kladiva Josef Hladký Marcel Gery | 3:27.31 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | East Germany (GDR) Dirk Richter Steffen Liess Reiner Sternal Sven Lodziewski | 7:20.78 | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Shemetov Andrei Liashenko Vladimir Salnikov Sergey Krasyuk | 7:22.31 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Martin Dvorak Petr Kladiva Josef Hladký Marcel Gery | 7:24.78 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Shemetov Dmitry Volkov Aleksey Markovskiy Sergey Smiriagin | 3:42.15 | East Germany (GDR) Dirk Richter Sigurd Hanke Tino Ott Sven Lodziewski | 3:43.23 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Josef Hladký Petr Matousek Petr Kladiva Marcel Gery | 3:43.25 |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle | Kristin Otto (GDR) | 55.75 | Birgit Meineke (GDR) | 55.79 | Svetlana Kopchikova (URS) | 56.53 |
| 200 m freestyle | Kristin Otto (GDR) | 1:59.48 | Birgit Meineke (GDR) | 2:00.15 | Svetlana Kopchikova (URS) | 2:00.47 |
| 400 m freestyle | Astrid Strauss (GDR) | 4:07.66 | Irina Laricheva (URS) | 4:09.70 | Anke Sonnenbrodt (GDR) | 4:16.21 |
| 800 m freestyle | Astrid Strauss (GDR) | 8:24.95 | Grit Richter (GDR) | 8:33.47 | Irina Laricheva (URS) | 8:39.57 |
| 100 m backstroke | Ina Kleber (GDR) | 1:00.99 | Kristin Otto (GDR) | 1:02.02 | Viktoriya Klochko (URS) | 1:03.67 |
| 200 m backstroke | Katrin Zimmermann (GDR) | 2:12.56 | Yelena Dendeberova (URS) | 2:13.31 | Kristin Otto (GDR) | 2:15.16 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Sylvia Gerasch (GDR) | 1:08.29 (WR) |
Ute Geweniger (GDR) | 1:08.59 | Larisa Byelokon (URS) | 1:09.63 |
| 200 metre breaststroke | Larisa Byelokon (URS) | 2:29.13 | Sylvia Gerasch (GDR) | 2:29.62 | Yelena Volkova (URS) | 2:32.36 |
| 100 metre butterfly | Tatyana Kurnikova (URS) | 59.41 | Ines Geißler (GDR) | 1:00.09 | Yelena Osadchuk (URS) | 1:01.33 |
| 200 m butterfly | Ines Geißler (GDR) | 2:09.96 | Yelena Osadchuk (URS) | 2:11.76 | Tatyana Kurnikova (URS) | 2:12.41 |
| 200 m individual medley | Ute Geweniger (GDR) | 2:11.79 | Yelena Dendeberova (URS) | 2:14.56 | Svetlana Kopchikova (URS) | 2:15.40 |
| 400 m individual medley | Yelena Dendeberova (URS) | 4:43.78 | Kathleen Nord (GDR) | 4:49.49 | .svg.png){kind=small} Sonia Blagova (BUL) | 4:52.35 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | East Germany (GDR) Kristin Otto Caren König Heike Friedrich Birgit Meineke | 3:42.41 (WR) |
Soviet Union (URS) Svetlana Kopchikova Svetlana Didienko Tatyana Kurnikova Yelena Dendeberova | 3:44.31 | Hungary (HUN) Edith Ormos Katalin Nagy Agnes Fodor Andrea Orosz | 3:55.42 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | East Germany (GDR) Ina Kleber Sylvia Gerasch Ines Geißler Birgit Meineke | 4:03.69 (WR) |
Soviet Union (URS) Viktoriya Klochko Larisa Byelokon Tatyana Kurnikova Svetlana Kopchikova | 4:08.13 | Bulgaria (BUL) Bistra Gospodinova Tanya Bogomilova Radosveta Pironkova Vanja Argirova | 4:16.74 |
World records broken
5 new world records were set.
Men's
| Event | Name | Nationality | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 metre backstroke | Sergei Zabolotnov | Soviet Union | 1:58.41 |
Women's
| Event | Name | Nationality | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 100 m backstroke | Ina Kleber | East Germany | 1:00.59 |
| Women's 100 m breaststroke | Sylvia Gerasch | East Germany | 1:08.29 |
| Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay | Kristin Otto Caren König Heike Friedrich Birgit Meineke | East Germany | 3:42.41 |
| Women's 4×100 m medley relay | Ina Kleber Sylvia Gerasch Ines Geißler Birgit Meineke | East Germany | 4:03.69 |
Medal table
Host nation (Soviet Union)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany | 16 | 12 | 6 | 34 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 13 | 16 | 13 | 42 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 | |
See also
References
- Chmielewski, Zbigniew; et al. (1987). Na olimpijskim szlaku 1984. Sarajewo, Los Angeles (in Polish). Warsaw: Sport i Turystyka. pp. 173–174; 216–218. ISBN 83-217-2610-0.
- Trzciński, Tomasz; et al. (1985). Gwiazdy sportu '84 (in Polish). Warsaw: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza. pp. 89–91. ISBN 83-03-01177-4.
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