Swimming at the 1959 Summer Universiade
The swimming competition at the 1959 Summer Universiade took place in Turin, Italy.[1]
Men’s events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle |  Igor Lushkovskiy (URS) | 57.0 |  Andrzej Salamon (POL) | 57.7 |  Paolo Pucci (ITA) | 58.0 |
| 400 m freestyle | Igor Lushkovskiy (URS) | 4:43.8 |  Ling (GDR) | 4:46.5 | Mario Liotti (ITA) | 4:57.9 |
| 1500 m freestyle |  Kadar (HUN) | 19:55.7 |  Strasser (FRG) | 20:07.0 |  José Cossio (ESP) | 20:10.3 |
| 100 m backstroke | Gilberto Elsa (ITA) | 1:05.7 | Georgiy Kuvaldin (URS) | 1:06.5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mihovil Dorčić (YUG) | 1:06.6 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Hans-Joachim Tröger (FRG) | 2:42.9 | Roberto Lazzari (ITA) | 2:42.9 | Andrzej Klopotowski (POL) | 2:45.1 |
| 200 m butterfly | Fritz Dennerlein (ITA) | 2:21.9 | Grigoriy Kiselyov (URS) | 2:25.1 |  Pavel Pazdírek (TCH) | 2:25.2 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Italy (ITA) | 8:53.1 | Hungary (HUN) | 9:07.7 | West Germany (FRG) | 9:08.8 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Italy (ITA) | 4:20.4 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4:27.6 | West Germany (FRG) | 4:28.5 |
Women’s events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle | N. Sacco (ITA) | 1:09.7 | Ludmila Kottková (TCH) | 1:10.3 |  Koosje van Voorn (NED) | 1:12.7 |
| 400 m freestyle | Ludmila Kottková (TCH) | 5:33.3 |  Christine Gosden (GBR) | 5:42.9 | N. Sacco (ITA) | 5:43.3 |
| 100 m backstroke | Rita Androsoni (ITA) | 1:20.7 | Tindall (GBR) | 1:28.0 | Bosch (FRG) | 1:28.8 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Christine Gosden (GBR) | 2:59.2 | Alessandra Salvi (ITA) | 3:08.2 | Schiemenz (FRG) | 3:21.1 |
| 100 m butterfly | Valentina Pozdnyak (URS) | 1:13.9 | Christine Gosden (GBR) | 1:14.6 | Cornelia Hruska (ITA) | 1:28.1 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Great Britain (GBR) | 4:54.9 | West Germany (FRG) | 5:02.9 | Italy (ITA) | 5:06.4 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Italy (ITA) | 5:25.5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 5:32.8 | West Germany (FRG) | 5:47.4 |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 nations) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
References
- ISHOF list with all medalists in Universiade history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
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