Finswimming at the 1981 World Games explained

Event:	Finswimming
Competition:	1981 World Games
Venue:	Santa Clara International Swim Center
Location:	Santa Clara
Next:	1985

The finswimming events of World Games I were held on July 25–27, 1981, at Santa Clara International Swim Center in Santa Clara, California, in the United States. These were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were hosted by the city of Santa Clara. Athletes from Italy won 16 of the 36 total medals. France followed with 11 medals. Jürgen Kolenda of West Germany collected four gold medals.

Medalists

Sources:^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}

Men
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Women

Details

Men

50m apnoea

1. Jurgen Kolenda, W. Germany, 16.667.

2. Sandro Sola, Italy, 17.728.

3. Dario Broglia, Italy, 17.790.

4. Mickel Zorte, France, 18.375.

5. Clemens Franck, W. Germany, 18.512.

6. Peter Swenson, Sweden, 18.563.

7. Thierry Lasbleye, France, 18.577.

8. Lars Anderson, Sweden, 20.484.

100m freestyle

1. Jurgen Kolenda, W. Germany, 41.201.

2. Sandro Sola, Italy, 41.881.

3. Giuseppe Galantucci, Italy, 43.264.

4. Dario Broglia, Italy, 43.345.

5. Peter Svenson, Sweden, 43.541.

6. Thierry Lasbleye, France, 43.862.

7. Clemens Franck, W. Germany, 44.952.

8. Michel Zoete, France, 45.903.

200m freestyle

1. Jurgen Kolenda, W. Germany, 1:33.294.

2. Walter Olander, Sweden, 1:35.511.

3. Sandro Sola, Italy, 1:36.397.

4. Dario Broglia, Italy, 1:36.397.

5. Giuseppe Galantucci, Italy, 1:37.149.

6. Thierry Lasbleye, France, 1:38.315.

7. Peter Svenson, Sweden, 1:38.696.

8. Thierry Henry, France, 1:40.661.

9. Clemens Franck, W. Germany, 1:41.627.

10. Lars Anderson, Sweden, 1:47.239.

11. Mickel Zorte, France, 1:47.575.

400m freestyle

1. Giuseppe Galantucci, Italy, 3:28.01.^{[14] [15]}

2. Walter Olander, Sweden, 3:28.62.

3. Paolo Vandini, Italy, 3:28.65.

4. Jurgen Kolenda, W. Germany, 3:31.78.

5. Peter Swenson, Sweden, 3:42.33.

6. Thierry Henry, France, 3:42.48.

7. Memens Franck, W. Germany, 3:42.72.

1500m freestyle

1. Paolo Vandini, Italy, 13:48.495.

2. Giuseppe Galantucci, Italy, 14:12.079.

3. Walter Olander, Sweden, 14:12.100.

4. Jurgen Kolenda, W. Germany, 14:43.935.

5. Thierry Henry, France, 15:14.295.

100m immersion

1. Jurgen Kolenda, W. Germany, 39.941.

2. Dario Broglia, Italy, 40.695.

3. Thierry Lasbleye, France, 41.255.

4. Clemens Franck, W. Germany, 42.142.

5. Sandro Sola, Italy, 42.586.

6. Peter Svenson, Sweden, 45.028.

7. Mickel Zorte, France, 45.225.

8. Clemens Henry, France, 45.991.

9. Walter Olander, Sweden, 46.976.

10. Sven Olander, Sweden, 49.459.

Women

50m apnoea

1. Cristiana Covoni, Italy, 19.937.

2. Monica Crovetti, Italy, 20.935.

3. Anne Menguy, France, 21.021.

4. Marina Beck, W. Germany, 22.036.

5. Anette Thorsell, Sweden, 22.642.

6. Marion Collot, France, 22.865.

7. Maria Gustafson, Sweden, 26.323.

100m freestyle

1. Anne Menguy, France, 49.205.

2. Christiana Govoni, Italy, 49.263.

3. Anne-Marie Rouchon, France, 49.605.

4. Monica Crovetti, Italy, 49.653.

5. Marion Collot, France, 50.746.

6. Marina Beck, W. Germany, 50.814.

7. Anette Thorsell, Sweden, 51.893.

8. Anke Goldner, W. Germany, 53.177.

9. Maria Gustafson, Sweden, 55.753.

200m freestyle

1. Anna-Marie Rouchon, France, 1:45.527.

2. Anne Menguy, France, 1:50.414.

3. Marion Collot, France, 1:50.450.

4. Monica Crovetti, Italy, 1:50.882.

5. Marina Beck, W. Germany, 1:51.956.

6. Anette Thorsell, Sweden, 1:57.632.

400m freestyle

1. Anne Rouchon, France, 3:42.81.^[15]

2. Monica Crovetti, Italy, 3:53.43.

3. Marina Beck, W. Germany, 4:01.70.

4. Pia Strand, Sweden, 4:07.27.

800m freestyle

1. Ana-Marie Rouchon, France, 7:45.878.

2. Marion Collot, France, 8:12.129.

3. Monica Crovetti, Italy, 8:26.652.

4. Pia Strand, Sweden, 8:28.317.

100m immersion

1. Cristina Govini, Italy, 46.569.

2. Anne Menguy, France, 48.541.

3. Marina Beck, W. Germany, 51.156.

4. Carina Blomberg, Sweden, 54.407.

5. Maria Gustafson, Sweden, 58.292.

Notes and References

1. News: Ana Maria Carrasco of Venezuela shattered her own world.... JOE . SARGIS. United Press International. July 25, 1981.
2. News: World Games I Results At Santa Clara Calif., July 24 (sic). United Press International. July 25, 1981.
3. News: World Games I at Santa Clara, Calif. July 26. United Press International. July 26, 1981.
4. News: Jim Cash of Manhattan, Kan., set two world records.... JOE . SARGIS. United Press International. July 26, 1981.
5. News: Jurgen Kolenda, a 20-year-old physics major from the University.... JOE . SARGIS. United Press International. July 27, 1981.
6. News: World Games I Results. United Press International. July 27, 1981.
7. News: Of course, these are only the first World Games.... JOE. SARGIS. United Press International. July 28, 1981.
8. Web site: Santa Clara, USA 1981 Calendar & Results. 2015-10-25. International World Games Association.
9. Web site: Results of the World Games. 2015-10-25. International World Games Association.
10. News: World Games. 14E. San Jose Mercury-News. July 26, 1981. San Jose, California.
11. News: World Games. 7D. San Jose Mercury-News. July 28, 1981. San Jose, California.
12. News: 'World' opener attracts 3,000 . Dave. Payne. 6D. San Jose Mercury-News. July 25, 1981. San Jose, California.
13. News: German fin swimmer wins fourth gold medal . 3D. San Jose Mercury-News. July 28, 1981. San Jose, California.
14. The gold medalist in the men's 400m surface event, Italy's Giuseppe Galantucci, swam with bi-fins and recorded 3:28.01, while the other medalists used the generally faster monofins.
15. Unlike all of the other finswimming events, which were timed to the thousandth of a second, the time results of both the men's and women's 400m races were reported in the press to the hundredths of a second.