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

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	Phil 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