Swimming at the 1981 Summer Universiade
# Swimming at the 1981 Summer Universiade

The swimming competition at the 1981 Summer Universiade took place in Bucharest, Romania.

## Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 m freestyle details | Kris Kirschner United States | 51.39 | Serhiy Krasyuk Soviet Union | 51.86 | Jorge Fernandes Brazil | 52.06 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Andy Schmidt United States | 1:52.62 GR | Jorge Fernandes Brazil | 1:52.92 | Djan Madruga Brazil | 1:53.00 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Daniel Machek Czechoslovakia | 3:58.08 | Djan Madruga Brazil | 3:58.54 | Sergey Kalashnikov Soviet Union | 4:00.95 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Aleksandr Chayev Soviet Union | 15:22.25 GR | Sergey Kalashnikov Soviet Union | 15:40.62 | Monte Brown United States | 15:48.70 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Sergei Zabolotnov Soviet Union | 58.09 | Vladimir Dolgov Soviet Union | 58.19 | Rômulo Arantes Brazil | 58.24 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Sergei Zabolotnov Soviet Union | 2:03.65 | Djan Madruga Brazil | 2:03.73 | Zbigniew Januszkiewicz Poland | 2:05.37 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Nicholas Nevid United States | 1:04.33 | Peter Lang West Germany | 1:05.06 | Arsens Miskarovs Soviet Union | 1:05.41 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Arsens Miskarovs Soviet Union | 2:19.42 GR | Nicholas Nevid United States | 2:21.47 | Aleksandr Fedorovsky Soviet Union | 2:23.62 |
| 100 m butterfly details | William Paulus United States Robert Placak United States | 55.41 | Not awarded | | Sergei Kiselyov Soviet Union | 56.29 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Sergey Fesenko, Sr. Soviet Union | 2:01.86 | Levente Mady Canada | 2:04.75 | Sergei Kiselyov Soviet Union | 2:04.85 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Sergey Fesenko, Sr. Soviet Union | 2:06.34 GR | Aleksey Markovsky Soviet Union | 2:08.37 | Alan Swanston Canada | 2:09.48 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Sergey Fesenko, Sr. Soviet Union | 4:25.53 | Peter Dobson Canada | 4:31.65 | Daniel Machek Czechoslovakia | 4:32.16 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) Jerry Spencer Andy Schmidt Paul Goodridge Kris Kirschner | 3:27.84 | Soviet Union (URS) Yuri Prisekin Alexey Filonov Aleksey Markovsky Serhiy Krasyuk | 3:28.09 | Brazil (BRA) Jorge Fernandes Marcus Mattioli Ronald Menezes Djan Madruga | 3:32.42 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay details | Soviet Union (URS) | 7:33.96 GR | United States (USA) Andy Schmidt Jimmy Lee B. McCarthy Kris Kirschner | 7:34.11 | Brazil (BRA) | 7:38.32 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | Soviet Union (URS) Sergei Zabolotnov Arsens Miskarovs Sergei Kiselyov Serhiy Krasyuk | 3:48.75 | United States (USA) Dave Wilson Nicholas Nevid Bob Placak Kris Kirschner | 3:49.55 | Brazil (BRA) Rômulo Arantes Luiz Carvalho Marcus Mattioli Jorge Fernandes | 3:55.10 |

Legend: CR – Championship record; CWR – Commonwealth record; NR – National record

## Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 100 m freestyle details | Jill Sterkel United States | 57.17 | Barbara Major United States | 58.28 | Olga Klevakina Soviet Union | 58.65 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Jill Sterkel United States | 2:03.97 GR | Olga Klevakina Soviet Union | 2:04.58 | Irina Laricheva Soviet Union | 2:05.38 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Kim Linehan United States | 4:15.26 | Irina Laricheva Soviet Union | 4:15.50 | Sherri Hanna United States | 4:21.01 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Kim Linehan United States | 8:37.50 GR | Irina Laricheva Soviet Union | 8:45.01 | Sherri Hanna United States | 8:46.57 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Carmen Bunaciu Romania | 1:02.47 GR | Kim Carlisle United States | 1:04.53 | Susan Walsh United States | 1:04.74 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Carmen Bunaciu Romania | 2:13.21 | Kim Carlisle United States | 2:19.02 | Susan Walsh United States | 2:19.11 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Angelika Knipping West Germany | 1:14.20 | Liang Weifen China | 1:14.48 | Lina Kačiušytė Soviet Union | 1:14.54 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Lina Kačiušytė Soviet Union | 2:35.85 GR | Irena Fleissnerová Czechoslovakia | 2:38.64 | Cindy Tuttle United States | 2:41.66 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Jill Sterkel United States | 1:01.91 GR | Carol Borgmann United States | 1:02.43 | Carmen Bunaciu Romania | 1:02.98 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Kim Carlisle United States | 2:15.71 | Susie Woodhouse Australia | 2:15.97 | Mayumi Yokoyama United States | 2:17.52 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Kim Carlisle United States | 2:20.43 GR | Olga Klevakina Soviet Union | 2:20.81 | Barbara Selter West Germany | 2:24.17 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Mayumi Yokoyama United States | 4:55.45 GR | Irinel Panulescu Romania | 5:03.78 | Malgorzata Rozycka Poland | 5:07.49 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) Annie Lett Carol Borgmann Barbara Major Jill Sterkel | 3:55.05 | Soviet Union (URS) Irina Laricheva Olga Eliseeva Irina Orliuk Olga Klevakina | 3:57.64 | Canada (CAN) Kelly Neuber Leslie Brafield Sylvie Kennedy Valerie Whyte | 4:00.59 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | United States (USA) Kim Carlisle Patricia Waters Jill Sterkel Barbara Major | 4:18.84 | Romania (ROM) Carmen Bunaciu Brigitte Prass Mariana Paraschiv Irinel Pănulescu | 4:22.14 | Soviet Union (URS) Irina Orliuk Lina Kačiušytė Olga Klevakina Irina Laricheva | 4:25.96 |

Legend: CR – Championship record; CWR – Commonwealth record; NR – National record

### Men's 100 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Kris Kirschner | United States | 51.39 |
| | Serhiy Krasyuk | Soviet Union | 51.86 |
| | Jorge Fernandes | Brazil | 52.06 |
| 4 | Jerry Spencer | United States | 52.17 |
| 5 | Yuri Prisekin | Soviet Union | 52.38 |
| 6 | Gerd Kohlat | West Germany | 53.63 |
| 7 | Per-Alvar Magnusson | Sweden | 53.71 |
| 8 | Graeme Brewer | Australia | 53.73 |

### Men's 200 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Andy Schmidt | United States | 1:52.62 | GR |
| | Jorge Fernandes | Brazil | 1:52.92 | |
| | Djan Madruga | Brazil | 1:53.00 | |
| 4 | Yuri Logvin | Soviet Union | 1:53.01 | |
| 5 | Yuri Prisekin | Soviet Union | 1:53.93 | |
| 6 | Daniel Machek | Czechoslovakia | 1:54.93 | |
| 7 | Dennis Corcoran | Canada | 1:55.82 | |
| 8 | Hiroshi Sakamoto | Japan | 1:56.39 | |

### Men's 400 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Daniel Machek | Czechoslovakia | 3:58.08 |
| | Djan Madruga | Brazil | 3:58.54 |
| | Sergey Kalashnikov | Soviet Union | 4:00.95 |
| 4 | Graeme Brewer | Australia | 4:04.03 |
| 5 | James Lee | United States | 4:04.95 |
| 6 | Ron McKeon | Australia | 4:05.85 |
| 7 | Eugene Gyorfi | Canada | 4:08.71 |
| 8 | Marcelo Jucá | Brazil | 4:08.88 |

### Men's 1500 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Aleksandr Chayev | Soviet Union | 15:22.25 | GR |
| | Sergey Kalashnikov | Soviet Union | 15:40.62 | |
| | Monte Brown | United States | 15:48.70 | |
| 4 | Marcelo Jucá | Brazil | 15:57.80 | |
| 5 | Eugene Gyorfi | Canada | 16:04.58 | |
| 6 | Robert Bylis | Canada | 16:09.41 | |
| 7 | Hiroaki Kaneko | Japan | 16:11.22 | |
| 8 | Tizoc Guemez | Mexico | 16:31.89 | |

### Men's 100 m backstroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Sergei Zabolotnov | Soviet Union | 58.09 |
| | Vladimir Dolgov | Soviet Union | 58.19 |
| | Rômulo Arantes | Brazil | 58.24 |
| 4 | Dave Wilson | United States | 58.69 |
| 5 | Zbigniew Januszkiewicz | Poland | 59.56 |
| 6 | Clay Britt | United States | 59.63 |
| 7 | Miloslav Rolko | Czechoslovakia | 59.76 |
| 8 | Hidetoshi Takahashi | Japan | 1:00.01 |

### Men's 200 m backstroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Sergei Zabolotnov | Soviet Union | 2:03.65 |
| | Djan Madruga | Brazil | 2:03.73 |
| | Zbigniew Januszkiewicz | Poland | 2:05.37 |
| 4 | Vladimir Dolgov | Soviet Union | 2:05.97 |
| 5 | Hidetoshi Takahashi | Japan | 2:07.07 |
| 6 | James Fowler | United States | 2:09.10 |
| 7 | Josef Kuf | Czechoslovakia | 2:09.40 |
| 8 | Mihai Mandache | Romania | 2:10.12 |

### Men's 100 m breaststroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Nicholas Nevid | United States | 1:04.33 |
| | Peter Lang | West Germany | 1:05.06 |
| | Arsens Miskarovs | Soviet Union | 1:05.41 |
| 4 | Robert Jackson | United States | 1:05.70 |
| 5 | Wang Lin | China | 1:06.09 |
| 6 | Aleksandr Fedorovsky | Soviet Union | 1:06.13 |
| 7 | Marco Veilleux | Canada | 1:06.64 |
| 8 | Tatsuo Abe | Japan | 1:07.72 |

### Men's 200 m breaststroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Arsens Miskarovs | Soviet Union | 2:19.42 | GR |
| | Nicholas Nevid | United States | 2:21.47 | |
| | Aleksandr Fedorovsky | Soviet Union | 2:23.62 | |
| 4 | Wang Lin | China | 2:24.39 | |
| 5 | Asao Aoki | Japan | 2:25.24 | |
| 6 | Marco Veilleux | Canada | 2:25.49 | |

### Men's 100 m butterfly

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | William Paulus | United States | 55.41 |
| | Robert Placak | United States | 55.41 |
| | Sergei Kiselyov | Soviet Union | 56.29 |
| 4 | Kenji Izumi | Japan | 57.07 |
| 5 | Per-Alvar Magnusson | Sweden | 57.70 |
| 6 | Marcus Mattioli | Brazil | 57.71 |
| 7 | Luo Zhaoying | China | 57.79 |
| 7 | Levente Mady | Canada | 57.79 |

### Men's 200 m butterfly

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Sergey Fesenko, Sr. | Soviet Union | 2:01.86 |
| | Levente Mady | Canada | 2:04.75 |
| | Sergei Kiselyov | Soviet Union | 2:04.85 |
| 4 | Yoshinobu Shidara | Japan | 2:05.04 |
| 5 | Shinsuke Kayama | Japan | 2:05.14 |
| 6 | Juan Carlos Fontoura | Brazil | 2:06.16 |
| 7 | Gérard de Kort | Netherlands | 2:07.27 |
| 8 | Flavius Vişan | Romania | 2:09.41 |

### Men's 200 m individual medley

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Sergey Fesenko, Sr. | Soviet Union | 2:06.34 | GR |
| | Aleksey Markovsky | Soviet Union | 2:08.34 | |
| | Alan Swanston | Canada | 2:09.48 | |
| 4 | Dawei Feng | China | 2:10.24 | |
| 5 | Bob Rives | United States | 2:10.99 | |
| 6 | Dave Town | Canada | 2:11.34 | |
| 7 | Kozo Tatsumi | Japan | 2:11.57 | |
| 8 | Stefan Mitu | Romania | 2:12.08 | |

### Men's 400 m individual medley

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Sergey Fesenko, Sr. | Soviet Union | 4:25.53 |
| | Peter Dobson | Canada | 4:31.65 |
| | Daniel Machek | Czechoslovakia | 4:32.16 |
| 4 | Monte Brown | United States | 4:38.08 |
| 5 | Kozo Tatsumi | Japan | 4:39.36 |
| 6 | Tizoc Guemez | Mexico | 4:39.43 |
| 7 | Gérard de Kort | Netherlands | 4:42.19 |
| 8 | Jeffrey Riddle | Canada | 4:42.59 |

### Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay

| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | United States | Jerry Spencer Andy Schmidt Paul Goodridge Kris Kirschner | 3:27.84 |
| | Soviet Union | Yuri Prisekin Alexey Filonov Aleksey Markovsky Serhiy Krasyuk | 3:28.09 |
| | Brazil | Jorge Fernandes Marcus Mattioli Ronald Menezes Djan Madruga | 3:32.42 |
| 4 | Canada | | 3:33.54 |
| 5 | Japan | | 3:35.96 |
| 6 | Romania | | 3:37.75 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | | 3:39.17 |
| 8 | Poland | | 3:45.83 |

### Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay

| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Soviet Union | | 7:33.96 | GR |
| | United States | Andy Schmidt Jimmy Lee B. McCarthy Kris Kirschner | 7:34.11 | |
| | Brazil | | 7:38.32 | |
| 4 | Canada | | 7:39.88 | |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | | 7:49.08 | |
| 6 | Japan | | 7:52.96 | |
| 7 | Romania | | 7:53.78 | |
| 8 | Bulgaria | | 7:59.43 | |

### Men's 4×100 m medley relay

| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Soviet Union | Sergey Zabolotnov Arsens Miskarovs Sergei Kiselyov Serhiy Krasyuk | 3:48.75 |
| | United States | Dave Wilson Nicholas Nevid Robert Placak Kris Kirchner | 3:49.55 |
| | Brazil | Rômulo Arantes Luiz Carvalho Marcus Mattioli Jorge Fernandes | 3:55.10 |
| 4 | Japan | | 3:56.18 |
| 5 | China | | 3:56.48 |
| 6 | Canada | | 3:59.79 |
| 7 | Romania | | 4:03.15 |
| 8 | Poland | | 4:07.29 |

### Women's 100 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Jill Sterkel | United States | 57.17 |
| | Barbara Major | United States | 58.28 |
| | Olga Klevakina | Soviet Union | 58.65 |
| 4 | Kelly Neuber | Canada | 59.38 |
| 5 | Carole Amoric | France | 59.51 |
| 6 | Radosveta Chinkova | Bulgaria | 1:00.05 |
| 7 | Olga Eliseeva | Soviet Union | 1:00.06 |
| 8 | Kateřina Machková | Czechoslovakia | 1:00.72 |

### Women's 200 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Jill Sterkel | United States | 2:03.97 |
| | Olga Klevakina | Soviet Union | 2:04.58 |
| | Irina Laricheva | Soviet Union | 2:05.38 |
| 4 | Tracy Spalding | United States | 2:05.58 |
| 5 | Véronique Stéphan | France | 2:07.67 |
| 6 | Kelly Neuber | Canada | 2:09.04 |
| 7 | Leslie Brafield | Canada | 2:09.32 |
| 8 | Iwona Wejksza | Poland | 2:10.51 |

### Women's 400 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Kim Linehan | United States | 4:15.26 |
| | Irina Laricheva | Soviet Union | 4:15.50 |
| | Sherri Hanna | United States | 4:21.01 |
| 4 | Renata Janik | Poland | 4:31.46 |
| 5 | Leslie Brafield | Canada | 4:34.07 |
| 6 | Carmen Mihăilă | Romania | 4:37.94 |
| 7 | Kelly Neuber | Canada | 4:39.98 |
| 8 | Xu Yan | China | 4:40.79 |

### Women's 800 m freestyle

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Kim Linehan | United States | 8:37.50 | GR |
| | Irina Laricheva | Soviet Union | 8:45.01 | |
| | Sherri Hanna | United States | 8:46.57 | |
| 4 | Renata Janik | Poland | 9:19.83 | |
| 5 | Carmen Mihăilă | Romania | 9:24.22 | |
| 6 | Xu Yan | China | 9:34.01 | |
| 7 | Anna Michalak | Poland | 9:41.18 | |
| 8 | Alejandra Colin | Mexico | 10:00.89 | |

### Women's 100 m backstroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Carmen Bunaciu | Romania | 1:02.47 | GR |
| | Kim Carlisle | United States | 1:04.53 | |
| | Susan Walsh | United States | 1:04.74 | |
| 4 | Irina Orliuk | Soviet Union | 1:06.21 | |
| 5 | Valerie Whyte | Canada | 1:07.32 | |
| 6 | Heike John | West Germany | 1:07.51 | |
| 7 | Daphne Demuth | Netherlands | 1:08.91 | |
| 8 | Lisa Dixon | Canada | 1:09.29 | |

### Women's 200 m backstroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Carmen Bunaciu | Romania | 2:13.21 |
| | Kim Carlisle | United States | 2:19.02 |
| | Susan Walsh | United States | 2:19.11 |
| 4 | Irina Orliuk | Soviet Union | 2:19.92 |
| 5 | Daphne Demuth | Netherlands | 2:22.13 |
| 6 | Lisa Dixon | Canada | 2:24.26 |
| 7 | Mihăilescu | Romania | 2:26.17 |
| 8 | Valerie Whyte | Canada | 2:29.92 |

### Women's 100 m breaststroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Angelika Knipping | West Germany | 1:14.20 |
| | Liang Weifen | China | 1:14.48 |
| | Lina Kačiušytė | Soviet Union | 1:14.54 |
| 4 | Hong Shad | China | 1:14.82 |
| 5 | Brigitte Prass | Romania | 1:14.86 |
| 6 | Patricia Waters | United States | 1:15.47 |
| 7 | Christine Seidl | Romania | 1:15.72 |
| 8 | Irena Fleissnerová | Czechoslovakia | 1:16.13 |

### Women's 200 m breaststroke

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Lina Kačiušytė | Soviet Union | 2:35.85 | GR |
| | Irena Fleissnerová | Czechoslovakia | 2:38.64 | |
| | Cindy Tuttle | United States | 2:41.66 | |
| 4 | Diane Johnson | United States | 2:42.09 | |
| 5 | Brigitte Prass | Romania | 2:44.49 | |
| 6 | Joanne Chevalier | Canada | 2:45.94 | |
| 7 | Claire Lemaire | France | 2:46.78 | |
| 8 | Ma Guadalupe | Mexico | 2:48.58 | |

### Women's 100 m butterfly

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Jill Sterkel | United States | 1:01.91 | GR |
| | Carol Borgmann | United States | 1:02.42 | |
| | Carmen Bunaciu | Romania | 1:02.98 | |
| 4 | Susie Woodhouse | Australia | 1:03.17 | |
| 5 | Valerie Whyte | Canada | 1:05.88 | |
| 6 | Lisa Burnes | Australia | 1:05.94 | |
| 7 | Susan Jenner | United Kingdom | 1:05.98 | |
| 8 | Hansie Geijssen | Netherlands | 1:06.32 | |

### Women's 200 m butterfly

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Kim Karlisle | United States | 2:15.71 |
| | Susie Woodhouse | Australia | 2:15.97 |
| | Mayumi Yokoyama | United States | 2:17.52 |
| 4 | Lisa Burnes | Australia | 2:18.27 |
| 5 | Malgorzata Rozycka | Poland | 2:21.89 |
| 6 | Susan Jenner | United Kingdom | 2:22.56 |
| 7 | Gizella Szlavitsek | Hungary | 2:23.42 |
| 8 | Valerie Whyte | Canada | 2:25.76 |

### Women's 200 m individual medley

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Kim Carlisle | United States | 2:20.43 | GR |
| | Olga Klevakina | Soviet Union | 2:20.81 | |
| | Barbara Selter | West Germany | 2:24.17 | |
| 4 | Diane Johnson | United States | 2:24.63 | |
| 5 | Irinel Pănulescu | Romania | 2:25.51 | |
| 6 | Mariana Paraschiv | Romania | 2:25.84 | |
| 7 | Lisa Dixon | Canada | 2:26.55 | |
| 8 | Katy Archer | United Kingdom | 2:27.48 | |

### Women's 400 m individual medley

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Mayumi Yokoyama | United States | 4:55.45 | GR |
| | Irinel Pănulescu | Romania | 5:03.78 | |
| | Malgorzata Rozycka | Poland | 5:07.49 | |
| 4 | Mariana Paraschiv | Romania | 5:12.58 | |
| | Anne Tweedy | United States | 4:57.68 | DSQ |
| | Lisa Dixon | Canada | 5:05.74 | DSQ |
| | Barbara Selter | West Germany | 5:06.56 | DSQ |
| | Daphne Demuth | Netherlands | DNS | |

### Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay

| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | United States | Annie Lett Carol Borgmann Barbara Major Jill Sterkel | 3:55.05 |
| | Soviet Union | Irina Laricheva Olga Eliseeva Irina Orliuk Olga Klevakina | 3:57.64 |
| | Canada | Kelly Neuber Leslie Brafield Sylvie Kennedy Valerie Whyte | 4:00.59 |
| 4 | France | | 4:01.43 |
| 5 | Romania | | 4:02.97 |
| 6 | Poland | | 4:10.47 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | | 4:13.91 |

### Women's 4×100 m medley relay

| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | United States | Kim Carlisle Patricia Waters Jill Sterkel Barbara Major | 4:18.84 |
| | Romania | Carmen Bunaciu Brigitte Prass Mariana Paraschiv Irinel Pănulescu | 4:22.14 |
| | Soviet Union | Irina Orliuk Lina Kačiušytė Olga Klevakina Irina Laricheva | 4:25.96 |
| 4 | France | | 4:33.06 |
| 5 | Canada | | 4:33.25 |
| 6 | Poland | | 4:37.94 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | | 4:41.52 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 16 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 30 | 28 | 29 | 87 |
