1979 Swim World Cup

Host City Tokyo
Country JPN
Held 1 – 3 September 1979
Competitors 79
Countries 17

long course

Final standings (men):

  1. USA 139
  2. Europe 113.5
  3. SWE 100.5
  4. CAN 95
  5. Australasia 78
  6. America 56
  7. URS 49
  8. JPN 30

Final standings (women):

  1. USA 119
  2. CAN 97
  3. Europe 96
  4. Australasia 69
  5. SWE 68
  6. JPN 64
  7. URS 58
  8. America 23

Final standings (total):

  1. USA 258
  2. Europe 209.5
  3. CAN 192
  4. SWE 168.5
  5. Australasia 147
  6. URS 107
  7. JPN 94
  8. America 79

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Freestyle Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 12 6
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay Men — Medal 12 6
100 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Backstroke Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Breaststroke Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Butterfly Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Individual Medley Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Individual Medley Men — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Men — Medal 12 6
100 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 3
800 m Freestyle Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay Women — Medal 12 6
100 m Backstroke Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Backstroke Women — Medal 3 3
100 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Breaststroke Women — Medal 3 3
100 m Butterfly Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Butterfly Women — Medal 3 3
200 m Individual Medley Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Individual Medley Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Medley Relay Women — Medal 12 6

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 17 6 3 26
2 Canada CAN 3 6 4 13
3 Sweden SWE 2 4 4 10
4 Brazil BRA 2 0 1 3
= Great Britain GBR 2 0 1 3
6 Australia AUS 1 2 2 5
= Mixed team MIX 1 2 2 5
8 New Zealand NZL 1 1 0 2
9 Germany GER 1 0 0 1
10 Italy ITA 0 2 0 2
11 Soviet Union URS 0 1 5 6
12 Japan JPN 0 1 4 5
13 Poland POL 0 1 1 2
= Spain ESP 0 1 1 2
15 Netherlands NED 0 1 0 1
= Norway NOR 0 1 0 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m Freestyle, Men Byron Sims USA Marcello Guarducci
Per Holmertz 		ITA
SWE
200 m Freestyle, Men Bill Forrester USA Peter Szmidt CAN Djan Madruga BRA
400 m Freestyle, Men Djan Madruga BRA Peter Szmidt CAN Casey Converse USA
1,500 m Freestyle, Men Andy Astbury GBR Casey Converse USA Max Metzker AUS
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men United States USA Europe MIX Sweden SWE
4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men United States USA Europe MIX Canada CAN
100 m Backstroke, Men Gary Hurring NZL Cress Templeton USA Sergey Pospelov URS
200 m Backstroke, Men Djan Madruga BRA Steve Barnicoat USA Sergey Pospelov URS
100 m Breaststroke, Men Graham Smith
Peter Lang 		CAN
GER 		Bill Barrett USA
200 m Breaststroke, Men Lindsay Spencer AUS Peter Berggren SWE John Simmons USA
100 m Butterfly, Men Pär Arvidsson SWE Grant Ostlund USA David López-Zubero ESP
200 m Butterfly, Men Pär Arvidsson SWE Steve Barnicoat USA Philip Hubble GBR
200 m Individual Medley, Men Bruce Furniss USA David López-Zubero ESP Gary Andersson SWE
400 m Individual Medley, Men Alex Baumann CAN Leszek Górski POL Gary Andersson SWE
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Men United States USA Sweden SWE Europe MIX
100 m Freestyle, Women Sippy Woodhead USA Lene Jenssen NOR Carol Klimpel CAN
200 m Freestyle, Women Sippy Woodhead USA Rebecca Perrott NZL Wendy Quirk CAN
400 m Freestyle, Women Sippy Woodhead USA Tracey Wickham AUS Wendy Quirk CAN
800 m Freestyle, Women Kim Linehan USA Roberta Felotti ITA Oksana Komissarova URS
4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women United States USA Canada CAN Europe MIX
100 m Backstroke, Women Linda Jezek USA Monique Bosga NED Larisa Gorchakova URS
200 m Backstroke, Women Linda Jezek USA Lisa Forrest AUS Larisa Gorchakova URS
100 m Breaststroke, Women Margaret Kelly GBR Tatyana Vyborovna URS Chieko Watanabe JPN
200 m Breaststroke, Women Sheila Dezeeuw CAN Anne Tweedy USA Chieko Watanabe JPN
100 m Butterfly, Women Mary T. Meagher USA Nancy Garapick CAN Naoko Kume JPN
200 m Butterfly, Women Mary T. Meagher USA Naoko Kume JPN Agneta Mårtensson SWE
200 m Individual Medley, Women Tracy Caulkins USA Nancy Garapick CAN Lisa Curry AUS
400 m Individual Medley, Women Tracy Caulkins USA Ann-Sofi Roos SWE Agnieszka Czopek POL
4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women Europe MIX Canada CAN Japan JPN