These are the results (medal winners) of the swimming competition at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships.^[1]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	East Germany (GDR)	14	12	4	30
2	United States (USA)	7	7	10	24
3	West Germany (FRG)	4	2	1	7
4	Hungary (HUN)	3	0	0	3
5	Soviet Union (URS)	2	3	5	10
6	Canada (CAN)	1	2	2	5
7	Romania (ROU)	1	0	1	2
8	Italy (ITA)	0	2	0	2
9	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	1	2
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
11	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	0	1
13	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	4	4
14	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	2	2
15	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		32	32	32	96

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Tom Jager (USA) 22.49	Dano Halsall (SUI) 22.80	Matt Biondi (USA) 22.85
100 m freestyle details	Matt Biondi (USA) 48.94 CR	Stéphan Caron (FRA) 49.73	Tom Jager (USA) 49.79
200 m freestyle details	Michael Gross (FRG) 1:47.92 CR	Sven Lodziewski (GDR) 1:49.12	Matt Biondi (USA) 1:49.43
400 m freestyle details	Rainer Henkel (FRG) 3:50.05 CR	Uwe Daßler (GDR) 3:51.26	Dan Jorgensen (USA) 3:51.33
1500 m freestyle details	Rainer Henkel (FRG) 15:05.31	Stefano Battistelli (ITA) 15:14.80	Dan Jorgensen (USA) 15:16.23
100 m backstroke details	Igor Polyansky (URS) 55.58 CR	Dirk Richter (GDR) 56.49	Sergei Zabolotnov (URS) 56.57
200 m backstroke details	Igor Polyansky (URS) 1:58.78 CR	Frank Baltrusch (GDR) 2:01.11	Frank Hoffmeister (FRG) 2:02.42
100 m breaststroke details	Victor Davis (CAN) 1:02.71 CR	Gianni Minervini (ITA) 1:03.00	Dmitry Volkov (URS) 1:03.30
200 m breaststroke details	József Szabó (HUN) 2:14.27 CR	Victor Davis (CAN) 2:14.93	Steve Bentley (USA) 2:16.51
100 m butterfly details	Pablo Morales (USA) 53.54 CR	Matt Biondi (USA) 53.67	Andy Jameson (GBR) 53.81
200 m butterfly details	Michael Gross (FRG) 1:56.53 CR	Anthony Mosse (NZL) 1:58.36	Benny Nielsen (DEN) 1:59.09
200 m individual medley details	Tamás Darnyi (HUN) 2:01.57 CR	Alex Baumann (CAN) 2:02.34	Vadim Yaroshchuk (URS) 2:02.61
400 m individual medley details	Tamás Darnyi (HUN) 4:18.98 CR	Vadim Yaroshchuk (URS) 4:22.03	Alex Baumann (CAN) 4:22.58
4×100 m freestyle relay details	United States (USA) Tom Jager Mike Heath Paul Wallace Matt Biondi 3:19.89	Soviet Union (URS) Gennadiy Prigoda Nikolay Yevseyev Sergey Smiriyagin Aleksey Markovsky 3:21.14	East Germany (GDR) Dirk Richter Jörg Woithe Sven Lodziewski Steffen Zesner 3:21.47
4×200 m freestyle relay details	East Germany (GDR) Lars Hinneburg Thomas Flemming Dirk Richter Sven Lodziewski 7:15.91 CR	West Germany (FRG) Rainer Henkel Michael Gross Alexander Schowtka Thomas Fahrner 7:15.96	United States (USA) Eric Boyer Mike Heath Dan Jorgensen Matt Biondi 7:18.29
4×100 m medley relay details	United States (USA) Dan Veatch David Lundberg Pablo Morales Matt Biondi 3:41.25	West Germany (FRG) Frank Hoffmeister Bert Göbel Michael Gross André Schadt 3:42.26	Soviet Union (URS) Igor Polyansky Dmitry Volkov Aleksey Markovsky Nikolay Yevseyev 3:42.63

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Tamara Costache (ROU) 25.28 WR	Kristin Otto (GDR) 25.50	Marie-Thérèse Armentero (SUI) 25.93
100 m freestyle details	Kristin Otto (GDR) 55.05 CR	Jenna Johnson (USA) 55.70	Conny van Bentum (NED) 55.79
200 m freestyle details	Heike Friedrich (GDR) 1:58.26 CR	Manuela Stellmach (GDR) 1:58.90	Mary T. Meagher (USA) 2:00.14
400 m freestyle details	Heike Friedrich (GDR) 4:07.45	Astrid Strauss (GDR) 4:09.16	Sarah Hardcastle (GBR) 4:09.85
800 m freestyle details	Astrid Strauss (GDR) 8:28.24	Katja Hartmann (GDR) 8:28.44	Debbie Babashoff (USA) 8:34.04
100 m backstroke details	Betsy Mitchell (USA) 1:01.74	Kathrin Zimmermann (GDR) 1:02.17	Natalya Shibayeva (URS) 1:02.25
200 m backstroke details	Cornelia Sirch (GDR) 2:11.37	Betsy Mitchell (USA) 2:11.39	Kathrin Zimmermann (GDR) 2:11.45
100 m breaststroke details	Sylvia Gerasch (GDR) 1:08.11 WR	Silke Hörner (GDR) 1:08.41	Tanya Bogomilova (BUL) 1:08.52
200 m breaststroke details	Silke Hörner (GDR) 2:27.40 WR	Tanya Bogomilova (BUL) 2:27.66	Allison Higson (CAN) 2:31.34
100 m butterfly details	Kornelia Greßler (GDR) 59.51	Kristin Otto (GDR) 59.66	Mary T. Meagher (USA) 59.98
200 m butterfly details	Mary T. Meagher (USA) 2:08.41 CR	Kornelia Greßler (GDR) 2:10.66	Birte Weigang (GDR) 2:10.68
200 m individual medley details	Kristin Otto (GDR) 2:15.56	Yelena Dendeberova (URS) 2:15.84	Kathleen Nord (GDR) 2:16.05
400 m individual medley details	Kathleen Nord (GDR) 4:43.75	Michelle Griglione (USA) 4:44.07	Noemi Lung (ROU) 4:45.44
4×100 m freestyle relay details	East Germany (GDR) Kristin Otto Manuela Stellmach Sabine Schulze Heike Friedrich 3:40.57 WR	United States (USA) Jenna Johnson Dara Torres Mary T. Meagher Betsy Mitchell 3:44.04	Netherlands (NED) Conny van Bentum Laura Leideritz Karin Brienesse Annemarie Verstappen 3:46.89
4×200 m freestyle relay details	East Germany (GDR) Manuela Stellmach Astrid Strauß Nadja Bergknecht Heike Friedrich 7:59.33 WR	United States (USA) Betsy Mitchell Mary T. Meagher Kim Brown Mary Wayte 8:02.12	Netherlands (NED) Annemarie Verstappen Jolande van der Meer Marianne Muis Conny van Bentum 8:09.59
4×100 m medley relay details	East Germany (GDR) Kathrin Zimmermann Sylvia Gerasch Kornelia Greßler Kristin Otto 4:04.82 CR	United States (USA) Betsy Mitchell Jenny Hau Mary T. Meagher Jenna Johnson 4:07.75	Netherlands (NED) Jolanda de Rover Petra van Staveren Conny van Bentum Annemarie Verstappen 4:10.70

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record