Swimming at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships

These are the results of the swimming competition at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships.

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	11	11	9	31
2	East Germany (GDR)	11	7	5	23
3	Hungary (HUN)	3	0	0	3
4	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	5	8
5	West Germany (FRG)	1	2	1	4
6	Australia (AUS)	1	2	0	3
7	Netherlands (NED)	0	2	3	5
7	Soviet Union (URS)	0	2	3	5
9	Canada (CAN)	0	1	2	3
10	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
11	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		29	29	29	87

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Andy Coan United States	51.25 CR	Vladimir Bure Soviet Union	51.32	Jim Montgomery United States	51.44
200 m freestyle	Tim Shaw United States	1:51.04 CR	Bruce Furniss United States	1:51.72	Brian Brinkley Great Britain	1:53.56
400 m freestyle	Tim Shaw United States	3:54.88 CR	Bruce Furniss United States	3:57.71	Frank Pfütze East Germany	4:01.10
1500 m freestyle	Tim Shaw United States	15:28.92 CR	Brian Goodell United States	15:39.00	David Parker Great Britain	15:58.21
100 m backstroke	Roland Matthes East Germany	58.15	John Murphy United States	58.34	Mel Nash United States	58.38
200 m backstroke	Zoltán Verrasztó Hungary	2:05.05	Mark Tonelli Australia	2:05.78	Paul Hove United States	2:06.49
100 m breaststroke	David Wilkie Great Britain	1:04.26	Nobutaka Taguchi Japan	1:05.04	David Leigh Great Britain	1:05.32
200 m breaststroke	David Wilkie Great Britain	2:18.23 CR	Rick Colella United States	2:21.60	Nikolay Pankin Soviet Union	2:21.75
100 m butterfly	Gregory Jagenburg United States	55.63 CR	Roger Pyttel East Germany	56.04	Bill Forrester United States	56.07
200 m butterfly	Bill Forrester United States	2:01.95 CR	Roger Pyttel East Germany	2:02.22	Brian Brinkley Great Britain	2:02.47
200 m individual medley	András Hargitay Hungary	2:07.72 CR	Steve Furniss United States	2:07.75	Andrey Smirnov Soviet Union	2:08.52
400 m individual medley	András Hargitay Hungary	4:32.57	Andrey Smirnov Soviet Union	4:35.64	Hans-Joachim Geisler West Germany	4:36.40
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	United States Bruce Furniss James Montgomery Andy Coan John Murphy	3:24.85 WR	West Germany Klaus Steinbach Dirk Braunleder Kersten Meier Peter Nocke	3:29.55	Italy Roberto Pangaro Paolo Barelli Claudio Zei Marcello Guarducci	3:31.85
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	West Germany Klaus Steinbach Werner Lampe Hans Joachim Geissler Peter Nocke	7:39.44	Great Britain Alan McClatchey Gary Jameson Gordon Downie Brian Brinkley	7:42.55	Soviet Union Alexandre Samsonov Anatoly Rybakov Viktor Aboimov Andrei Krilov	7:43.58
4 × 100 m medley relay	United States John Murphy Rick Colella Gregory Jagenburg Andy Coan	3:49.00 CR	West Germany Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Michael Kraus Peter Nocke	3:51.85	Great Britain James Carter David Wilkie Brian Brinkley Gordon Downie	3:52.80

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Kornelia Ender East Germany	56.50 CR	Shirley Babashoff United States	57.81	Enith Brigitha Netherlands	58.20
200 m freestyle	Shirley Babashoff United States	2:02.50 CR	Kornelia Ender East Germany	2:02.69	Enith Brigitha Netherlands	2:03.92
400 m freestyle	Shirley Babashoff United States	4:16.87 CR	Jenny Turrall Australia	4:17.88	Kathy Heddy United States	4:18.03
800 m freestyle	Jenny Turrall Australia	8:44.75 CR	Heather Greenwood United States	8:48.88	Shirley Babashoff United States	8:53.22
100 m backstroke	Ulrike Richter East Germany	1:03.30 CR	Birgit Treiber East Germany	1:04.34	Nancy Garapick Canada	1:04.73
200 m backstroke	Birgit Treiber East Germany	2:15.46 WR	Nancy Garapick Canada	2:16.09	Ulrike Richter East Germany	2:18.76
100 m breaststroke	Hannelore Anke East Germany	1:12.72 CR	Wijda Mazereeuw Netherlands	1:14.29	Marcia Morey United States	1:15.00
200 m breaststroke	Hannelore Anke East Germany	2:37.25 CR	Wijda Mazereeuw Netherlands	2:37.50	Karla Linke East Germany	2:38.28
100 m butterfly	Kornelia Ender East Germany	1:01.24 WR	Rosemarie Kother East Germany	1:01.80	Camille Wright United States	1:02.79
200 m butterfly	Rosemarie Kother East Germany	2:13.82	Valerie Lee United States	2:14.89	Gabriele Wusche East Germany	2:15.96
200 m individual medley	Kathy Heddy United States	2:19.80 CR	Ulrike Tauber East Germany	2:20.40	Angela Franke East Germany	2:20.81
400 m individual medley	Ulrike Tauber East Germany	4:52.76 CR	Karla Linke East Germany	4:57.83	Kathy Heddy United States	5:00.46
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	East Germany Kornelia Ender Barbara Krause Claudia Hempel Ute Brückner	3:49.37 WR	United States Kathy Heddy Karen Reeser Kelly Powell Shirley Babashoff	3:50.74	Canada Gail Amundrud Jill Quirk Becky Smith Anne Jardin	3:53.37
4 × 100 m medley relay	East Germany Ulrike Richter Hannelore Anke Rosemarie Kother Kornelia Ender	4:14.74 CR	United States Linda Jezek Marcia Morey Camille Wright Shirley Babashoff	4:20.47	Netherlands Paula Eijk Wanda Mazereeuw Jose Damen Enith Brigitha	4:21.45

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

References

HistoFINA Men
HistoFINA Women^{[permanent dead link‍]}