Swimming at the 1981 Summer Universiade

The swimming competition at the 1981 Summer Universiade took place in Bucharest, Romania.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Swimming
at the XI Summer Universiade
1979
1983

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
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Kris Kirschner
  United States
51.39 Serhiy Krasyuk
  Soviet Union
51.86 Jorge Fernandes
  Brazil
52.06
200 m freestyle
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Andy Schmidt
  United States
1:52.62 GR Jorge Fernandes
  Brazil
1:52.92 Djan Madruga
  Brazil
1:53.00
400 m freestyle
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Daniel Machek
  Czechoslovakia
3:58.08 Djan Madruga
  Brazil
3:58.54 Sergey Kalashnikov
  Soviet Union
4:00.95
1500 m freestyle
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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
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Sergei Zabolotnov
  Soviet Union
58.09 Vladimir Dolgov
  Soviet Union
58.19 Rômulo Arantes
  Brazil
58.24
200 m backstroke
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Sergei Zabolotnov
  Soviet Union
2:03.65 Djan Madruga
  Brazil
2:03.73 Zbigniew Januszkiewicz
  Poland
2:05.37
100 m breaststroke
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Nicholas Nevid
  United States
1:04.33 Peter Lang
  West Germany
1:05.06 Arsens Miskarovs
  Soviet Union
1:05.41
200 m breaststroke
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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
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William Paulus
  United States
Robert Placak
  United States
55.41 Not awarded Sergei Kiselyov
  Soviet Union
56.29
200 m butterfly
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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
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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
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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
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  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
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  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
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  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: CRChampionship record; CWRCommonwealth record; NR – National record

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
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Jill Sterkel
  United States
57.17 Barbara Major
  United States
58.28 Olga Klevakina
  Soviet Union
58.65
200 m freestyle
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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
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Kim Linehan
  United States
4:15.26 Irina Laricheva
  Soviet Union
4:15.50 Sherri Hanna
  United States
4:21.01
800 m freestyle
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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
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Carmen Bunaciu
  Romania
1:02.47 GR Kim Carlisle
  United States
1:04.53 Susan Walsh
  United States
1:04.74
200 m backstroke
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Carmen Bunaciu
  Romania
2:13.21 Kim Carlisle
  United States
2:19.02 Susan Walsh
  United States
2:19.11
100 m breaststroke
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Angelika Knipping
  West Germany
1:14.20 Liang Weifen
  China
1:14.48 Lina Kačiušytė
  Soviet Union
1:14.54
200 m breaststroke
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Lina Kačiušytė
  Soviet Union
2:35.85 GR Irena Fleissnerová
  Czechoslovakia
2:38.64 Cindy Tuttle
  United States
2:41.66
100 m butterfly
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Jill Sterkel
  United States
1:01.91 GR Carol Borgmann
  United States
1:02.43 Carmen Bunaciu
  Romania
1:02.98
200 m butterfly
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Kim Carlisle
  United States
2:15.71 Susie Woodhouse
  Australia
2:15.97 Mayumi Yokoyama
  United States
2:17.52
200 m individual medley
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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
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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
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  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
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  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: CRChampionship record; CWRCommonwealth record; NR – National record

Men's 100 m freestyle
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  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 Notes
  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 Notes
  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 Notes
  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 Notes
  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 Notes
  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 Notes
  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 Notes
  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 Notes
    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 Notes
    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 Notes
  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 Notes
  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 Notes
  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 Notes
  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 Notes
  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 Notes
  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 Notes
    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 Notes
    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

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)167730
2  Soviet Union (URS)1010929
3  Romania (ROU)2215
4  Czechoslovakia (TCH)1113
  West Germany (FRG)1113
6  Brazil (BRA)0369
7  Canada (CAN)0224
8  Australia (AUS)0101
  China (CHN)0101
10  Poland (POL)0022
Totals (10 entries)30282987

References

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  1. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Universiade history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "1981 Summer Universiade results". Hutchinson News. July 25, 1981. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "1981 Summer Universiade results 2". Hutchinson News. July 29, 1981. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  4. ^ "1981 Summer Universiade results 3". Hutchinson News. July 30, 1981. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  5. ^ "Alle turntitels voor Roemenië" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 24 July 1981. p. 8.
  6. ^ "Fessenko snel op wisselslag" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 28 July 1981. p. 8.
  7. ^ "Final results". United Press International. 22 July 1981.
  8. ^ "Final results 2". United Press International. 25 July 1981.
  9. ^ "Final results 3". United Press International. 26 July 1981.