Competitors for 1979 Swim World Cup
| Athlete | Country | Sports | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Abraham |  ENG GBR |
SWI | 8 January 1959 |
| Gary Andersson |  SWE |
SWI | 19 October 1958 |
| Inge Andersson | SWE |
SWI | |
| Pär Arvidsson | SWE |
SWI | 27 February 1960 |
| Kelly Asplund |  USA |
SWI | 6 May 1961 |
| Andy Astbury | ENG GBR |
SWI | 29 November 1960 |
| Steve Barnicoat | USA |
SWI | 9 January 1962 |
| Bengt Baron | SWE |
SWI | 6 March 1962 |
| Bill Barrett | USA |
SWI | 4 March 1960 |
| Alex Baumann |  CAN |
SWI | 21 April 1964 |
| Robert Baylis | CAN |
SWI | 16 June 1962 |
| Peter Berggren | SWE |
SWI | 28 March 1962 |
| Arne Borgstrøm |  NOR |
SWI | 19 January 1959 |
| Monique Bosga |  NED |
SWI | 21 September 1960 |
| Enith Brigitha | NED |
SWI | 15 April 1955 |
| Tracy Caulkins | USA |
SWI | 11 January 1963 |
| Chris Cavanaugh | USA |
SWI | 1 July 1962 |
| Glen Christiansen | SWE |
SWI | 10 February 1957 |
| Casey Converse | USA |
SWI | 12 September 1957 |
| Andrea Cross | USA |
SWI | |
| Lisa Curry-Kenny |  AUS |
SWI | 15 May 1962 |
| Agnieszka Czopek |  POL |
SWI | 9 January 1964 |
| Sheila Dezeeuw | CAN |
SWI | |
| Roberta Felotti |  ITA |
SWI | 22 October 1964 |
| Lisa Forrest | AUS |
SWI | 9 March 1964 |
| Bill Forrester | USA |
SWI | 18 December 1957 |
| Bruce Furniss | USA |
SWI | 27 May 1957 |
| Nancy Garapick | CAN |
SWI | 24 September 1961 |
| Cheryl Gibson | CAN |
SWI | 28 July 1959 |
| Larisa Gorchakova |  URS |
SWI | 9 July 1964 |
| Leszek Górski | POL |
SWI | 19 August 1961 |
| Marcello Guarducci | ITA |
SWI | 11 July 1956 |
| Eugene Gyorfi | CAN |
SWI | |
| Per Holmertz | SWE |
SWI | 3 February 1960 |
| Phil Hubble | ENG GBR |
SWI | 19 July 1960 |
| Gary Hurring |  NZL |
SWI | 10 October 1961 |
| Lene Jenssen | NOR |
SWI | 22 April 1957 |
| Linda Jezek | USA |
SWI | 10 March 1960 |
| Maggie Kelly-Hohmann | ENG GBR |
SWI | 22 September 1956 |
| Carol Klimpel | CAN |
SWI | 30 March 1963 |
| Guri Kogstad | NOR |
SWI | 5 May 1961 |
| Oksana Komissarova | URS |
SWI | 15 November 1964 |
| Naoko Kume |  JPN |
SWI | 29 April 1963 |
| Peter Lang |  GER |
SWI | 24 May 1958 |
| Kim Linehan | USA |
SWI | 11 December 1962 |
| David López-Zubero |  ESP |
SWI | 11 February 1959 |
| Djan Madruga |  BRA |
SWI | 7 December 1958 |
| Per-Alvar Magnusson | SWE |
SWI | 29 June 1958 |
| Agneta Mårtensson | SWE |
SWI | 31 July 1961 |
| Mary T. Meagher | USA |
SWI | 27 October 1964 |
| Val Mee | CAN |
SWI | |
| Max Metzker | AUS |
SWI | 8 March 1960 |
| Naoko Miura | JPN |
SWI | 1 September 1959 |
| Jim Montgomery | USA |
SWI | 24 January 1955 |
| Grant Ostlund | USA |
SWI | |
| Rebecca Perrott |  FIJ NZL |
SWI | 20 June 1961 |
| Charlotte Petersen |  DEN |
SWI | |
| Sergey Pospelov | URS |
SWI | |
| Wendy Quirk | CAN |
SWI | 29 May 1959 |
| Paolo Revelli | ITA |
SWI | 12 April 1959 |
| Ann-Sofi Roos | SWE |
SWI | 27 November 1959 |
| Miki Saito | JPN |
SWI | 7 June 1968 |
| Bill Sawchuk | CAN |
SWI | 8 January 1959 |
| Gary Schatz | USA |
SWI | |
| John Simmons | USA |
SWI | |
| Byron Sims | USA |
SWI | |
| Graham Smith | CAN |
SWI | 9 May 1958 |
| Martin Smith | ENG GBR |
SWI | 10 January 1958 |
| Lindsay Spencer | AUS |
SWI | 12 November 1961 |
| Jill Sterkel | USA |
SWI/WAP | 27 May 1961 |
| Peter Szmidt | CAN |
SWI | 12 August 1961 |
| Cress Templeton | USA |
SWI | |
| Anne Tweedy | USA |
SWI | |
| Andy Veris | USA |
SWI | |
| Tatyana Vyborovna | URS |
SWI | |
| Chieko Watanabe | JPN |
SWI | |
| Tracey Wickham | AUS |
SWI | 24 November 1962 |
| Per Wikström | SWE |
SWI | 29 June 1961 |
| Sippy Woodhead | USA |
SWI | 7 February 1964 |