Swimming
at the VI Summer Universiade
1967
1973

The swimming competition at the 1970 Summer Universiade took place in Turin, Italy in August 1970.[1]

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
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Frank Heckl
 United States
53.2 Dan Frawley
 United States
53.4 Leonid Ilyichov
 Soviet Union
53.9
400 m freestyle
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Andy Strenk
 United States
4:12.1 Steve Genter
 United States
4:13.6 Vladimir Bure
 Soviet Union
4:17.9
1500 m freestyle
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Andy Strenk
 United States
16:43.1 Steve Genter
 United States
17:01.1 Władysław Wojtakajtis
 Poland
17:34.9
100 m backstroke
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Mitch Ivey
 United States
59.4 Charlie Campbell
 United States
59.5 Mike Richards
 Great Britain
1:01.7
200 m backstroke
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Mitch Ivey
 United States
2:09.3 Charlie Campbell
 United States
2:09.6 Mike Richards
 Great Britain
2:15.0
100 m breaststroke
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Nikolai Pankin
 Soviet Union
1:07.1 Nobutaka Taguchi
 Japan
1:07.5 Mike Dirksen
 United States
1:08.6
200 m breaststroke
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Rick Colella
 United States
2:25.5 Nikolai Pankin
 Soviet Union
2:28.4 Nobutaka Taguchi
 Japan
2:29.4
100 m butterfly
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John Ferris
 United States
57.5 Jerry Heidenreich
 United States
57.7 Yasuo Takada
 Japan
59.2
200 m butterfly
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John Ferris
 United States
2:07.8 Yasuo Takada
 Japan
2:09.2 Ken Weinfeld
 United States
2:10.2
400 m individual medley
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Steve Power
 United States
4:46.1 Rick Colella
 United States
4:48.8 Reinhard Merkel
 West Germany
4:56.5
4×100 m freestyle relay
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 United States (USA)
Don Havens
Jim McConica
Dave O'Mallay
Frank Heckl
3:33.3  Soviet Union (URS) 3:36.1  Great Britain (GBR) 3:45.8
4×200 m freestyle relay
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 United States (USA)
Andy Strenk
Dave O'Mallay
Jim McConica
Frank Heckl
7:53.7  Soviet Union (URS) 8:08.0  Great Britain (GBR) 8:26.0
4×100 m medley relay
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 United States (USA)
Mitch Ivey
Ken Shilling
John Ferris
Frank Heckl
3:59.9  Soviet Union (URS) 4:03.9  Japan (JPN) 4:05.8

Legend: CRChampionship record; CWRCommonwealth record; NR – National record

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
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Mirjana Šegrt
 Yugoslavia
1:00.9 Marsha McCuen
 United States
1:01.1 Laura Fritz
 United States
1:02.1
400 m freestyle
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Evelyn Kossner
 United States
4:43.7 Kathy Thomas
 United States
4:49.9 Sandra Smith
 Canada
4:53.9
100 m backstroke
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Kaye Hall
 United States
1:07.3 Lynn Skrifvars
 United States
1:11.0 Soviet Athlete
 Soviet Union
1:11.4
100 m breaststroke
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Galina Stepanova
 Soviet Union
1:16.7 Alla Grebennikova
 Soviet Union
1:18.1 Linda Kurtz
 United States
1:18.9
200 m breaststroke
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Galina Stepanova
 Soviet Union
2:45.4 Linda Kurtz
 United States
2:49.4 Alla Grebennikova
 Soviet Union
2:49.6
100 m butterfly
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Lynn Colella
 United States
Mirjana Šegrt
 Yugoslavia
1:06.0 Not Awarded Ellie Daniel
 United States
1:06.9
200 m individual medley
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Lynn Colella
 United States
2:31.4 Lidiya Milenina
 Soviet Union
2:32.1 Kathy Thomas
 United States
2:34.5
4×100 m freestyle relay
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 United States (USA)
Marsha McCuen
Benoit
Kaye Hall
Laura Fritz
4:09.5  Yugoslavia (YUG) 4:20.2  Great Britain (GBR) 4:21.6
4×100 m medley relay
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 United States (USA)
Kaye Hall
Linda Kurtz
Lynn Colella
Marsha McCuen
4:35.1  Soviet Union (URS) 4:41.6  Yugoslavia (YUG) 4:43.3

Legend: CRChampionship record; CWRCommonwealth record; NR – National record

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)1811635
2 Soviet Union (URS)37414
3 Yugoslavia (YUG)2114
4 Japan (JPN)0235
5 Great Britain (GBR)0055
6 Canada (CAN)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
 West Germany (FRG)0011
Totals (8 entries)23212266

References