1982 World Aquatics Championships

Host City Guayaquil
Country ECU
Held 29 July – 8 August 1982
Events 37
Competitors 825
Countries 52

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Solo, Women Women — Medal 134 22
Duet, Women Women — Medal 42 21
Team, Women Women — Medal 101 12
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
3 m Springboard, Men Men — Medal 35 22
10 m Platform, Men Men — Medal 32 19
3 m Springboard, Women Women — Medal 27 16
10 m Platform, Women Women — Medal 23 15
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Freestyle, Men Men — Medal 48 31
200 m Freestyle, Men Men — Medal 52 31
400 m Freestyle, Men Men — Medal 36 25
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Men — Medal 27 21
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men Men — Medal 72 16
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men Men — Medal 61 13
100 m Backstroke, Men Men — Medal 34 25
200 m Backstroke, Men Men — Medal 27 21
100 m Breaststroke, Men Men — Medal 34 23
200 m Breaststroke, Men Men — Medal 30 22
100 m Butterfly, Men Men — Medal 41 28
200 m Butterfly, Men Men — Medal 32 25
200 m Individual Medley, Men Men — Medal 30 23
400 m Individual Medley, Men Men — Medal 27 20
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men Men — Medal 69 15
100 m Freestyle, Women Women — Medal 34 23
200 m Freestyle, Women Women — Medal 35 24
400 m Freestyle, Women Women — Medal 22 16
800 m Freestyle, Women Women — Medal 17 12
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women Women — Medal 50 11
100 m Backstroke, Women Women — Medal 27 19
200 m Backstroke, Women Women — Medal 25 17
100 m Breaststroke, Women Women — Medal 27 20
200 m Breaststroke, Women Women — Medal 23 17
100 m Butterfly, Women Women — Medal 27 19
200 m Butterfly, Women Women — Medal 21 14
200 m Individual Medley, Women Women — Medal 24 16
400 m Individual Medley, Women Women — Medal 19 12
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women Women — Medal 55 12
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Water Polo, Men Men 29 July – 2 August 1982 Medal 204 16

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 13 11 10 34
2 East Germany GDR 12 9 5 26
3 Soviet Union URS 5 9 4 18
4 Canada CAN 3 3 1 7
5 Germany GER 2 1 3 6
6 Netherlands NED 1 1 2 4
7 Brazil BRA 1 0 0 1
8 Hungary HUN 0 2 0 2
9 Australia AUS 0 1 0 1
= Great Britain GBR 0 1 0 1
11 Japan JPN 0 0 3 3
= Sweden SWE 0 0 3 3
13 China CHN 0 0 2 2
14 Italy ITA 0 0 1 1
= Romania ROU 0 0 1 1
= Yugoslavia YUG 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Solo, Women Tracie Ruiz USA Kelly Kryczka CAN Miwako Motoyoshi JPN
Duet, Women Sharon Hambrook / Kelly Kryczka CAN Candy Costie / Tracie Ruiz USA Ikuko Abe / Masako Fujiwara JPN
Team, Women Canada CAN United States USA Japan JPN
3 m Springboard, Men Greg Louganis USA Sergey Kuzmin URS Aleksandr Portnov URS
10 m Platform, Men Greg Louganis USA Vladimir Aleynik URS Bruce Kimball USA
3 m Springboard, Women Megan Neyer USA Christina Seufert USA Peng Yuanchun CHN
10 m Platform, Women Wendy Wyland USA Ramona Wenzel GDR Zhou Jihong CHN
100 m Freestyle, Men Jörg Woithe GDR Rowdy Gaines USA Per Johansson SWE
200 m Freestyle, Men Michael Groß GER Rowdy Gaines USA Jörg Woithe GDR
400 m Freestyle, Men Vladimir Salnikov URS Svyatoslav Semyonov URS Sven Lodziewski GDR
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Vladimir Salnikov URS Svyatoslav Semyonov URS Darjan Petrič YUG
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men United States USA Soviet Union URS Sweden SWE
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men United States USA Soviet Union URS Germany GER
100 m Backstroke, Men Dirk Richter GDR Rick Carey USA Vladimir Shemetov URS
200 m Backstroke, Men Rick Carey USA Sándor Wladár HUN Frank Baltrusch GDR
100 m Breaststroke, Men Steve Lundquist USA Victor Davis CAN John Moffet USA
200 m Breaststroke, Men Victor Davis CAN Robertas Žulpa URS John Moffet USA
100 m Butterfly, Men Matt Gribble USA Michael Groß GER Bengt Baron SWE
200 m Butterfly, Men Michael Groß GER Sergey Fesenko URS Craig Beardsley USA
200 m Individual Medley, Men Aleksandr Sidorenko URS Bill Barrett USA Giovanni Franceschi ITA
400 m Individual Medley, Men Ricardo Prado BRA Jens-Peter Berndt GDR Sergey Fesenko URS
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men United States USA Soviet Union URS Germany GER
100 m Freestyle, Women Birgit Meineke GDR Annemarie Verstappen NED Jill Sterkel USA
200 m Freestyle, Women Annemarie Verstappen NED Birgit Meineke GDR Annelies Maas NED
400 m Freestyle, Women Carmela Schmidt GDR Petra Schneider GDR Tiffany Cohen USA
800 m Freestyle, Women Kim Linehan USA Jackie Willmott GBR Carmela Schmidt GDR
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women East Germany GDR United States USA Netherlands NED
100 m Backstroke, Women Kristin Otto GDR Ina Kleber GDR Sue Walsh USA
200 m Backstroke, Women Cornelia Sirch GDR Georgina Parkes AUS Carmen Bunaciu ROU
100 m Breaststroke, Women Ute Geweniger GDR Anne Ottenbrite
Kim Rhodenbaugh 		CAN
USA
200 m Breaststroke, Women Svetlana Varganova URS Ute Geweniger GDR Anne Ottenbrite CAN
100 m Butterfly, Women Mary T. Meagher USA Ines Geißler GDR Melanie Buddemeyer USA
200 m Butterfly, Women Ines Geißler GDR Mary T. Meagher USA Heike Dähne GDR
200 m Individual Medley, Women Petra Schneider GDR Ute Geweniger GDR Tracy Caulkins USA
400 m Individual Medley, Women Petra Schneider GDR Kathleen Nord GDR Tracy Caulkins USA
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women East Germany GDR United States USA Soviet Union URS
Water Polo, Men Soviet Union URS Hungary HUN Germany GER