The 4th FINA World Aquatics Championships took place from July 29-August 8, 1982, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. They featured 848 athletes, competing in four Aquatics disciplines:

• Diving - 4 events (2 male, 2 female);
• Swimming - 29 events (15 male, 14 female);
• Synchronized Swimming - 3 events (all female); and
• Water Polo - 1 event (male).

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	United States	13	11	10	34
2	East Germany	12	9	5	26
3	Soviet Union	5	9	4	18
4	Canada	3	3	1	7
5	West Germany	2	1	3	6
6	Netherlands	1	1	2	4
7	Brazil	1	0	0	1
8	Hungary	0	2	0	2
9	Australia	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
11	Japan	0	0	3	3
	Sweden	0	0	3	3
13	China	0	0	2	2
14	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Total		37	38	36	111

Results

Diving

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard	Greg Louganis (USA)	Sergei Kuzmin (URS)	Aleksandr Portnov (URS)
10 m platform	Greg Louganis (USA)	Vladimir Aleynik (URS)	Bruce Kimball (USA)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard	Megan Neyer (USA)	Christina Seufert (USA)	Peng Yuanchun (CHN)
10 m platform	Wendy Wyland (USA)	Ramona Wenzel (GDR)	Zhou Jihong (CHN)

Swimming

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Jörg Woithe (GDR)	Rowdy Gaines (USA)	Per Johansson (SWE)
200 m freestyle	Michael Groß (FRG)	Rowdy Gaines (USA)	Jörg Woithe (GDR)
400 m freestyle	Vladimir Salnikov (URS)	Svyatoslav Semenov (URS)	Sven Lodziewski (GDR)
1500 m freestyle	Vladimir Salnikov (URS)	Svyatoslav Semenov (URS)	Darjan Petrič (YUG)
100 m backstroke	Dirk Richter (GDR)	Rick Carey (USA)	Vladimir Shemetov (URS)
200 m backstroke	Rick Carey (USA)	Sándor Wladár (HUN)	Frank Baltrusch (GDR)
100 m breaststroke	Steve Lundquist (USA)	Victor Davis (CAN)	John Moffet (USA)
200 m breaststroke	Victor Davis (CAN)	Robertas Žulpa (URS)	John Moffet (USA)
100 m butterfly	Matt Gribble (USA)	Michael Groß (FRG)	Bengt Baron (SWE)
200 m butterfly	Michael Groß (FRG)	Sergey Fesenko (URS)	Craig Beardsley (USA)
200 m individual medley	Aleksandr Sidorenko (URS)	Bill Barrett (USA)	Giovanni Franceschi (ITA)
400 m individual medley	Ricardo Prado (BRA)	Jens-Peter Berndt (GDR)	Sergey Fesenko (URS)
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Chris Cavanaugh Robin Leamy David McCagg Rowdy Gaines	Soviet Union (URS) Sergey Krasyuk Aleksey Filonov Sergey Smiriyagin Aleksey Markovsky	Sweden (SWE) Per Johansson Bengt Baron Pelle Holmertz Pelle Wikström
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Richard Saeger Jeff Float Kyle Miller Rowdy Gaines	Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Shemetov Ivar Stukolkin Vladimir Salnikov Aleksey Filonov	West Germany (FRG) Andreas Schmidt Dirk Korthals Rainer Henkel Michael Groß
4 × 100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Rick Carey Steve Lundquist Matt Gribble Rowdy Gaines	Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Shemetov Yuriy Kis Aleksey Markovsky Sergey Smiriyagin	West Germany (FRG) Stefan Peter Gerald Mörken Michael Groß Andreas Schmidt

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Birgit Meineke (GDR)	Annemarie Verstappen (NED)	Jill Sterkel (USA)
200 m freestyle	Annemarie Verstappen (NED)	Birgit Meineke (GDR)	Annelies Maas (NED)
400 m freestyle	Carmela Schmidt (GDR)	Petra Schneider (GDR)	Tiffany Cohen (USA)
800 m freestyle	Kim Linehan (USA)	Jackie Wilmott (GBR)	Carmela Schmidt (GDR)
100 m backstroke	Kristin Otto (GDR)	Ina Kleber (GDR)	Susan Walsh (USA)
200 m backstroke	Cornelia Sirch (GDR)	Georgina Parkes (AUS)	Carmen Bunaciu (ROU)
100 m breaststroke	Ute Geweniger (GDR)	Anne Ottenbrite (CAN)	—
		Kim Rhodenbaugh (USA)
200 m breaststroke	Svetlana Varganova (URS)	Ute Geweniger (GDR)	Anne Ottenbrite (CAN)
100 m butterfly	Mary T. Meagher (USA)	Ines Geißler (GDR)	Melanie Buddemeyer (USA)
200 m butterfly	Ines Geißler (GDR)	Mary T. Meagher (USA)	Heike Dähne (GDR)
200 m individual medley	Petra Schneider (GDR)	Ute Geweniger (GDR)	Tracy Caulkins (USA)
400 m individual medley	Petra Schneider (GDR)	Kathleen Nord (GDR)	Tracy Caulkins (USA)
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	East Germany (GDR) Birgit Meineke Susanne Link Kristin Otto Caren Metschuck	United States (USA) Susan Habernigg Kathy Treible Beth Washut Jill Sterkel	Netherlands (NED) Annemarie Verstappen Annelies Maas Wilma van Velsen Conny van Bentum
4 × 100 m medley relay	East Germany (GDR) Kristin Otto Ute Geweniger Ines Geißler Birgit Meineke	United States (USA) Susan Walsh Kim Rhodenbaugh Mary T. Meagher Jill Sterkel	Soviet Union (URS) Larisa Gorchakova Svetlana Varganova Natalya Pokas Irina Gerasimova

Synchronised swimming

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Solo routine	Tracie Ruiz (USA)	Kelly Kryczka (CAN)	Miwako Motoyoshi (JPN)
Duet routine	Sharon Hambrook (CAN)  Kelly Kryczka (CAN)	Candy Costie (USA)  Tracie Ruiz (USA)	Ikuko Abe (JPN)  Masako Fujiwara (JPN)
Team routine	Canada (CAN)	United States (USA)	Japan (JPN)

Water polo

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Soviet Union	Hungary	West Germany