Swimming at the 1997 Summer Universiade

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The Swimming Tournament during the 1997 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIX Summer Universiade, was a long course event (50 m), and took place on the island of Sicily, Italy from August 24 till August 30, 1997.

One of the long-awaited stars of the Universiade was the South African double Olympic champion Penny Heyns, who had in fact first emerged into the sports limelight two years earlier at the Fukuoka Universiade. But in Sicily, the breaststroke specialist started by placing fourth in the 200 m finals. Heyns, who took the first Olympic gold for post-apartheid South Africa, started out smartly enough in Messina. In the first 50 metres she was impressive, but she weakened throughout the event, finishing in 4th place in 2:32.13 - a slower time than the one she had recorded earlier that same morning. Winner Masami Tanaka (Japan) took it in 2:30.24. Heyns was distinctly stronger in the 100 metres, but only managed a second in 1:10.15, behind the Ukraine's Svetlana Bondarenko.

Yann deFabrique of France, a student in his last year of law school at the University of North Carolina in the U.S., reached an absolute record, taking a silver in the 4x200 m Freestyle, and bringing his total number of Universiade medals in three Universiades to eight.

Technical conditions in Messina dashed athletes' hopes of beating the stopwatch; this was owing to the water temperature, which was under 25 degrees Celsius due to storms that broke out over Sicily at the end of August. The two Universiade records were set by Martina Moravcová (Slovakia) in the 200 m Freestyle, and the U.S. Men's Relay Team in the 4x100 m Freestyle. Moravcová, a student at Southern Methodist University in the U.S., became the queen of the competition, taking four individual titles and breaking a Universiade record.

The U.S. team accumulated 26 medals against Japan's 16; but never had so many countries been contenders for the swimming medals in a Universiade. The winners came from eleven different countries, with sixteen countries taking medals. Cuba's Neisser Bent, who took the gold in the 100 m and the silver in the 200 m Backstroke, also marked the end of an era in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, when he took the bronze in the 200 m, distinguishing himself as the first black swimmer.

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[edit] Men's Events

[edit] 50 m Freestyle

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Nathan Rickard Image:Flag of Australia.svg AUS 22.50
Image:Med 2.png Lorenzo Vismara Image:Flag of Italy.svg ITA 23.04
Image:Med 3.png Brendon Dedekind Image:Flag of South Africa.svg RSA 23.07


[edit] 100 m Freestyle

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Marcos Hernández Image:Flag of Cuba.svg CUB 50.50
Image:Med 2.png Lorenzo Vismara Image:Flag of Italy.svg ITA 50.70
Image:Med 3.png Christian Tröger Image:Flag of Germany.svg GER 50.78


[edit] 200 m Freestyle

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Béla Szabados Image:Flag of Hungary.svg HUN 1:50.70
Image:Med 2.png Scott Goldblatt Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 1:51.96
Image:Med 3.png Michael Kiedel Image:Flag of Germany.svg GER 1:52.13


[edit] 400 m Freestyle

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Luiz Lima Image:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA 3:53.91
Image:Med 2.png Béla Szabados Image:Flag of Hungary.svg HUN 3:54.30
Image:Med 3.png Hisato Yasui Image:Flag of Japan.svg JPN 3:55.05


[edit] 800 m Freestyle

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Igor Snitko Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR 8:05.13
Image:Med 2.png Luiz Lima Image:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA 8:06.26
Image:Med 3.png Marco Formentini Image:Flag of Italy.svg ITA 8:06.37


[edit] 1500 m Freestyle

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Luiz Lima Image:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA 15:20.83
Image:Med 2.png Marco Formentini Image:Flag of Italy.svg ITA 15:21.00
Image:Med 3.png Nathaniel Lewis Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 15:21.15


[edit] 100 m Backstroke

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Neisser Bent Image:Flag of Cuba.svg CUB 55.82
Image:Med 2.png Robert Brewer Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 56.22
Image:Med 3.png Mariusz Siembida Image:Flag of Poland.svg POL 56.50


[edit] 200 m Backstroke

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Kunpeng Ouyang Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN 2:00.29
Image:Med 2.png Neisser Bent Image:Flag of Cuba.svg CUB 2:00.37
Image:Med 3.png Sang-Joon Ji Image:Flag of South Korea.svg KOR 2:02.52


[edit] 100 m Breaststroke

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Stanislav Lopukhov Image:Flag of Russia.svg RUS 1:02.74
Image:Med 2.png Alexandre Tkachev Image:Flag of Russia.svg RUS 1:02.77
Image:Med 3.png Chikara Nakashita Image:Flag of Japan.svg JPN 1:03.05


[edit] 200 m Breaststroke

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Chikara Nakashita Image:Flag of Japan.svg JPN 2:16.35
Image:Med 2.png Scott Werner Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 2:27.41
Image:Med 3.png William Shefchik Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 2:17.50


[edit] 100 m Butterfly

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Denys Sylant'yev Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR 53.73
Image:Med 2.png Shamek Pietucha Image:Flag of Canada.svg CAN 54.33
Image:Med 3.png Stephen Martyak Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 54.50


[edit] 200 m Butterfly

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Denys Sylant'yev Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR 1:59.67
Image:Med 2.png Jeffrey Julian Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 2:00.49
Image:Med 3.png Shamek Pietucha Image:Flag of Canada.svg CAN 2:00.66


[edit] 200 m Individual Medley

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Tatsuya Kinugasa Image:Flag of Japan.svg JPN 2:04.32
Image:Med 2.png Kristopher Babylon Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 2:04.88
Image:Med 3.png Toshiaki Kurasawa Image:Flag of Japan.svg JPN 2:05.19


[edit] 400 m Individual Medley

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Tatsuya Kinugasa Image:Flag of Japan.svg JPN 4:24.18
Image:Med 2.png Michael Halika Image:Flag of Israel.svg ISR 4:24.96
Image:Med 3.png Stefano Battistelli Image:Flag of Italy.svg ITA 4:25.66


[edit] 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

RANK NATION COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png United States Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 3:21.17
Image:Med 2.png Australia Image:Flag of Australia.svg AUS 3:23.75
Image:Med 3.png France Image:Flag of France.svg FRA 3:23.88


[edit] 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

RANK NATION COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png United States Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 7:26.78
Image:Med 2.png France Image:Flag of France.svg FRA 7:28.59
Image:Med 3.png Germany Image:Flag of Germany.svg GER 7:31.37


[edit] 4x100 m Medley Relay

RANK NATION COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png United States Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 3:41.95
Image:Med 2.png Italy Image:Flag of Italy.svg ITA 3:44.26
Image:Med 3.png Russia Image:Flag of Russia.svg RUS 3:44.98



[edit] Women's Events

[edit] 50 m Freestyle

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Katherine Taylor Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 26.12
Image:Med 2.png Luminita Dobrescu Image:Flag of Romania.svg ROM 26.32
Image:Med 3.png Liesl Pimentel Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 26.37


[edit] 100 m Freestyle

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Martina Moravcová Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg SVK 55.47
Image:Med 2.png Luminita Dobrescu Image:Flag of Romania.svg ROM 56.16
Image:Med 3.png Liesl Kolbisen Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 56.91


[edit] 200 m Freestyle

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Martina Moravcová Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg SVK 1:56.96
Image:Med 2.png Kim Black Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 2:01.48
Image:Med 3.png Luminita Dobrescu Image:Flag of Romania.svg ROM 2:02.76


[edit] 400 m Freestyle

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Eri Yamanoi Image:Flag of Japan.svg JPN 4:16.30
Image:Med 2.png Sachiko Miyaji Image:Flag of Japan.svg JPN 4:16.40
Image:Med 3.png Julie Varozza Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 4:16.49


[edit] 800 m Freestyle

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Suzanne Black Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 8:45.82
Image:Med 2.png Joy Stover Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 8:47.73
Image:Med 3.png Eri Yamanoi Image:Flag of Japan.svg JPN 8:48.65


[edit] 1500 m Freestyle

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Suzanne Black Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 16:40.30
Image:Med 2.png Joy Stover Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 16:45.47
Image:Med 3.png Olga Šplíchalová Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE 16:52.83


[edit] 100 m Backstroke

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Noriko Inada Image:Flag of Japan.svg JPN 1:02.24
Image:Med 2.png Fabíola Molina Image:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA 1:03.76
Image:Med 3.png Paige Francis Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 1:03.89


[edit] 200 m Backstroke

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Miki Nakao Image:Flag of Japan.svg JPN 2:15.02
Image:Med 2.png Noriko Inada Image:Flag of Japan.svg JPN 2:15.88
Image:Med 3.png Erin Brooks Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 2:16.76


[edit] 100 m Breaststroke

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Svetlana Bondarenko Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR 1:10.02
Image:Med 2.png Penny Heyns Image:Flag of South Africa.svg RSA 1:10.15
Image:Med 3.png Dagmara Ajnenkiel Image:Flag of Poland.svg POL 1:10.70


[edit] 200 m Breaststroke

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Masami Tanaka Image:Flag of Japan.svg JPN 2:30.24
Image:Med 2.png Svetlana Bondarenko Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR 2:30.99
Image:Med 3.png Lenka Maňhalová Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE 2:31.38


[edit] 100 m Butterfly

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Martina Moravcová Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg SVK 1:00.40
Image:Med 2.png Junko Onishi Image:Flag of Japan.svg JPN 1:01.00
Image:Med 3.png Mary Bowen Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 1:01.33


[edit] 200 m Butterfly

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Anna Uryniuk Image:Flag of Poland.svg POL 2:12.39
Image:Med 2.png Mika Haruna Image:Flag of Japan.svg JPN 2:13.58
Image:Med 3.png Jean Todisco Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 2:14.08


[edit] 200 m Individual Medley

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Martina Moravcová Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg SVK 2:15.55
Image:Med 2.png Elli Overton Image:Flag of Australia.svg AUS 2:17.50
Image:Med 3.png Lenka Maňhalová Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE 2:17.59


[edit] 400 m Individual Medley

RANK NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Fumie Kurotori Image:Flag of Japan.svg JPN 4:46.20
Image:Med 2.png Hana Černá Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE 4:48.20
Image:Med 3.png Elli Overton Image:Flag of Australia.svg AUS 4:52.40


[edit] 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

RANK NATION COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png United States Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 3:47.80
Image:Med 2.png Italy Image:Flag of Italy.svg ITA 3:51.37
Image:Med 3.png Australia Image:Flag of Australia.svg AUS 3:52.43


[edit] 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

RANK NATION COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png United States Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 8:12.16
Image:Med 2.png Australia Image:Flag of Australia.svg AUS 8:26.97
Image:Med 3.png Italy Image:Flag of Italy.svg ITA 8:27.11


[edit] 4x100 m Medley Relay

RANK NATION COUNTRY TIME
Image:Med 1.png Japan Image:Flag of Japan.svg JPN 4:11.42
Image:Med 2.png United States Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA 4:11.97
Image:Med 3.png South Africa Image:Flag of South Africa.svg RSA 4:15.54



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