Swimming - World Championships - 1986

World Championships - Results Women 1986

Spain - Madrid - 17 August 1986 - 23 August 1986

Women's 100 m freestyle - 17 August 1986

1	Kristin Otto (DDR)	55.05
2	Jenna Johnson (USA)	55.70
3	Conny Van Bentum (NED)	55.79
4	Manuela Stellmach (DDR)	55.86
5	Tamara Costache (ROM)	56.03
6	Mary Terstegge Meagher (USA)	56.33
7	Iris Zscherpe (FDR)	56.95
8	Annemarie Verstappen (NED)	57.01

Women's 400 m medley - 17 August 1986

1	Kathleen Nord (DDR)	4:43.75
2	Michelle Griglione (USA)	4:44.07
3	Noemi Lung (ROM)	4:45.44
4	Cornelia Sirch (DDR)	4:49.42
5	Sonia Blagova (BUL)	4:50.23
6	Suzanne Landells (AUS)	4:51.66
7	Roberta Felotti (ITA)	4:53.21
8	Christine Magnier (FRA)	4:54.61

Women's 4x200 m freestyle - 17 August 1986

1	East Germany (Manuela Stellmach, Astrid Strauss, Nadja Bergknecht, Heike Friedrich)	7:59.33
2	United States (Betsy Mitchell, Mary Terstegge Meagher, Kim Brown, Mary Wayte)	8:02.12
3	Netherlands (Annemarie Verstappen, Jolande Van Der Meer, Marianne Muis, Conny Van Bentum)	8:09.59
4	West Germany (Susanne Schuster, Svenja Schlicht, Iris Zscherpe, Karin Seick)	8:12.78
5	France (Véronique Jardin, Sophie Kamoun, Cécile Prunier, Cathérine Plewinski)	8:15.85
6	Great Britain (Annabelle Cripps, Sarah Hardcastle, K. Mellor, Ruth Gilfailan)	8:18.61
7	Canada (Patricia Noall, Debbie Wurzburger, Jane Kerr, Donna Mcginnis)	8:18.96
8	Bulgaria (Vania Argirova, Natasha Hristova, Antoaneta Strumenlieva, Sonia Blagova)	8:22.11

Women's 200 m freestyle - 18 August 1986

1	Heike Friedrich (DDR)	1:58.26
2	Manuela Stellmach (DDR)	1:58.90
3	Mary Terstegge Meagher (USA)	2:00.14
4	Conny Van Bentum (NED)	2:00.26
5	Mary Wayte (USA)	2:00.44
6	Silvia Poll (CRC)	2:02.17
7	Tanya Vannini (ITA)	2:02.52
8	Annemarie Verstappen (NED)	2:02.65

Women's 200 m breaststroke - 18 August 1986

1	Silke Hörner (DDR)	2:27.40
2	Tania Bogomilova (BUL)	2:27.66
3	Allison Higson (CAN)	2:31.34
4	Sylvia Gerasch (DDR)	2:32.06
5	Cindy Ounpuu (CAN)	2:32.32
6	Susan Rapp (USA)	2:32.48
7	Ingrid Lempereur (BEL)	2:32.50
8	Manuela Dalla Valle (ITA)	2:33.83

Women's 400 m freestyle - 19 August 1986

1	Heike Friedrich (DDR)	4:07.45
2	Astrid Strauss (DDR)	4:09.16
3	Sarah Hardcastle (GBR)	4:09.85
4	Kim Brown (USA)	4:11.31
5	Noemi Lung (ROM)	4:13.69
6	Debbie Babashoff (USA)	4:14.13
7	Stela Pura (ROM)	4:15.34
8	Andrea Orosz (HUN)	4:16.74

Women's 100 m backstroke - 19 August 1986

1	Betsy Mitchell (USA)	1:01.74
2	Kathrin Zimmermann (DDR)	1:02.17
3	Natalya Shibayeva (URS)	1:02.25
4	Cornelia Sirch (DDR)	1:02.29
5	Svenja Schlicht (FDR)	1:03.17
6	Carmen Bunaciu (ROM)	1:03.44
7	Anne Mahoney (USA)	1:03.50
8	Jolanda De Rover (NED)	1:03.66

Women's 4x100 m freestyle - 19 August 1986

1	East Germany (Kristin Otto, Nauela Stellmach, Sabine Schulze, Heike Friedrich)	3:40.57
2	United States (Jenna Johnson, Dara Torres, Mary Terstegge Meagher, Betsy Mitchell)	3:44.04
3	Netherlands (Conny Van Bentum, Laura Leideritz, Karin Brienesse, Annemarie Verstappen)	3:46.89
4	West Germany (Iris Zscherpe, Susanne Schuster, Stephanie Bofinger, Karin Seick)	3:47.15
5	Canada (Andrea Nugent, Jane Kerr, Lori Melien, Pamela Rai)	3:50.53
6	Sweden (Suzanne Nilsson, Agneta Eriksson, Helena Kälvehed, Eva Nyberg)	3:51.64
7	Italy (Silvia Persi, Tanya Vannini, Ilaria Tocchini, Manuela Dalla Valle)	3:52.14
8	Switzerland (Marie-therese Armentero, Sibylle Späti, Sabine Müller, Sabine Aeschlimann)	3:52.78

Women's 100 m breaststroke - 21 August 1986

1	Sylvia Gerasch (DDR)	1:08.11
2	Silke Hörner (DDR)	1:08.41
3	Tania Bogomilova (BUL)	1:08.52
4	Allison Higson (CAN)	1:09.84
5	Manuela Dalla Valle (ITA)	1:10.13
6	Ingrid Lempereur (BEL)	1:10.47
7	Jenny Hau (USA)	1:10.78
8	Cindy Ounpuu (CAN)	1:12.28

Women's 100 m butterfly - 21 August 1986

1	Kornelia Gressler (DDR)	59.51
2	Kristin Otto (DDR)	59.66
3	Mary Terstegge Meagher (USA)	59.98
4	Cathérine Plewinski (FRA)	1:00.72
5	Jenna Johnson (USA)	1:00.76
6	Conny Van Bentum (NED)	1:01.48
7	Ilaria Tocchini (ITA)	1:01.59
8	Bistra Gospodinova (BUL)	1:02.13

Women's 800 m freestyle - 22 August 1986

1	Astrid Strauss (DDR)	8:28.24
2	Katja Hartmann (DDR)	8:28.44
3	Debbie Babashoff (USA)	8:34.04
4	Julie Mcdonald (AUS)	8:36.82
5	Sarah Hardcastle (GBR)	8:36.97
6	Tami Bruce (USA)	8:45.50
7	Jolande Van Der Meer (NED)	8:47.26
8	Stela Pura (ROM)	8:50.68

Women's 200 m medley - 22 August 1986

1	Kristin Otto (DDR)	2:15.56
2	Yelena Dendeberova (URS)	2:15.84
3	Kathleen Nord (DDR)	2:16.05
4	Noemi Lung (ROM)	2:16.73
5	Michelle Griglione (USA)	2:17.26
6	Birgit Schulz-Lohberg (FDR)	2:18.04
7	Tania Bogomilova (BUL)	2:18.86
8	Mildred Muis (NED)	2:19.64

Women's 4x100 m medley - 22 August 1986

1	East Germany (Kathrin Zimmermann, Sylvia Gerasch, Kornelia Gressler, Kristin Otto)	4:04.82
2	United States (Betsy Mitchell, Jenny Hau, Mary Terstegge Meagher, Jenna Johnson)	4:07.75
3	Netherlands (Jolanda De Rover, Petra Van Staveren, Conny Van Bentum, Annemarie Verstappen)	4:10.70
4	Italy (Lorenza Vigarani, Manuela Dalla Valle, Ilaria Tocchini, Silvia Persi)	4:12.27
5	Soviet Union (Natalya Shibayeva, Yelena Volkova, Tatyana Kurnikova, Yelena Dendeberova)	4:12.52
6	Bulgaria (Bistra Gospodinova, Tania Bogomilova, Sonia Blagova, Vania Argirova)	4:13.54
7	West Germany (Svenja Schlicht, Britta Dahm, Susanne Schuster, Karin Seick)	4:13.64
8	France (Véronique Jardin, Pascaline Louvrier, Cathérine Plewinski, Sophie Kamoun)	4:15.75

Women's 50 m freestyle - 23 August 1986

1	Tamara Costache (ROM)	25.28
2	Kristin Otto (DDR)	25.50
3	Marie Armentero (SWI)	25.93
4	Jenna Johnson (USA)	26.07
5	Annemarie Verstappen (NED)	26.08
6	Conny Van Bentum (NED)	26.14
7	Lisa Dorman (USA)	26.15
8	Sophie Kamoun (FRA)	26.60

Women's 200 m backstroke - 23 August 1986

1	Cornelia Sirch (DDR)	2:11.37
2	Betsy Mitchell (USA)	2:11.39
3	Kathrin Zimmermann (DDR)	2:11.45
4	Holly Green (USA)	2:13.59
5	Natalya Shibayeva (URS)	2:14.69
6	Jolanda De Rover (NED)	2:14.94
7	Aneta Patrascoiu (ROM)	2:16.60
8	Svenja Schlicht (FDR)	2:18.03

Women's 200 m butterfly - 23 August 1986

1	Mary Terstegge Meagher (USA)	2:08.41
2	Kornelia Gressler (DDR)	2:10.66
3	Birte Weigang (DDR)	2:10.68
4	Kara Mcgrath (USA)	2:10.91
5	Donna Mcginnis (CAN)	2:12.61
6	Elli Roussaki (GRE)	2:14.89
7	Susanne Schuster (FDR)	2:15.34
8	Kiyomi Takahashi (JPN)	2:15.86

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