The swimming competition at the 1985 Summer Universiade took place in Kobe, Japan from August 25 to August 30, 1985.[1] [2]
| 100 m freestyle | 49.14 | 49.97 | 50.63 | ||||
| 200 m freestyle | 1:49.52 | 1:49.78 | 1:50.98 | ||||
| 400 m freestyle | 3:52.45 | 3:53.24 | 3:54.17 | ||||
| 1500 m freestyle | 15:20.13 | 15:20.45 | 15:31.93 | ||||
| 100 m backstroke | 56.26 | 56.99 | 57.04 | ||||
| 200 m backstroke | 1:59.76 | 2:02.69 | 2:03.14 | ||||
| 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.88 | 1:03.38 | 1:03.94 | ||||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:18.83 | 2:18.92 | 2:19.81 | ||||
| 100 m butterfly | 53.97 | 54.03 | 54.16 | ||||
| 200 m butterfly | 1:57.88 | 1:58.94 | 2:00.03 | ||||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:03.50 | 2:04.65 | 2:04.92 | ||||
| 400 m individual medley | 4:19.83 | 4:20.76 | 4:23.91 | ||||
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | 3:20.12 | 3:22.70 | 3:23.76 | ||||
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | 7:20.34 | 7:22.43 | 7:30.81 | ||||
| 4×100 m medley relay | 3:42.99 | 3:46.33 | 3:47.71 | ||||
| 100 m freestyle | 55.87 | 56.29 | 57.71 | ||||
| 200 m freestyle | 2:00.34 | 2:01.64 | 2:02.25 | ||||
| 400 m freestyle | 4:16.23 | 4:16.88 | 4:18.34 | ||||
| 800 m freestyle | 8:45.87 | 8:47.76 | 8:49.41 | ||||
| 100 m backstroke | 1:03.67 | 1:03.75 | 1:03.83 | ||||
| 200 m backstroke | 2:13.34 | 2:13.81 | 2:17.63 | ||||
| 100 m breaststroke | 1:09.27 | 1:12.24 | 1:12.33 | ||||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:30.30 | 2:32.53 | 2:36.72 | ||||
| 100 m butterfly | 59.81 | 1:01.33 | 1:01.51 | ||||
| 200 m butterfly | 2:07.32 | 2:13.87 | 2:15.06 | ||||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:18.11 | 2:18.21 | 2:19.36 | ||||
| 400 m individual medley | 4:49.84 | 4:51.20 | 4:52.04 | ||||
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | 3:49.10 | 3:51.17 | 3:51.42 | ||||
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | 8:15.14 | 8:21.78 | 8:22.74 | ||||
| 4×100 m medley relay | 4:11.24 | 4:14.59 | 4:16.78 | ||||