The swimming competition at the 1987 Summer Universiade took place in Zagreb, Yugoslavia from July 9 to July 14, 1987.[1] [2]
| 50 m freestyle | 22.90 | 23.11 | 23.35 | ||||
| 100 m freestyle | 51.42 | 51.70 | 51.83 | ||||
| 200 m freestyle | 1:51.62 | 1:51.95 | 1:52.14 | ||||
| 400 m freestyle | 3:56.13 | 3:56.57 | 3:56.62 | ||||
| 1500 m freestyle | 15:23.22 | 15:26.60 | 15:26.62 | ||||
| 100 m backstroke | 56.57 | 57.22 | 57.44 | ||||
| 200 m backstroke | 2:02.98 | 2:03.95 | 2:04.14 | ||||
| 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.20 | 1:04.96 | 1:05.00 | ||||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:18.24 | 2:21.40 | 2:21.76 | ||||
| 100 m butterfly | 54.65 | 54.73 | 54.87 | ||||
| 200 m butterfly | 2:00.20 | 2:01.52 | 2:02.27 | ||||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:05.08 | 2:05.40 | 2:06.04 | ||||
| 400 m individual medley | 4:22.90 | 4:25.77 | 4:26.23 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:23.56 | 3:24.02 | 3:26.08 | ||||
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:29.30 | 7:29.86 | 7:31.95 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:45.72 | 3:46.27 | 3:48.73 | ||||
| 50 m freestyle | 26.24 | 26.56 | 26.57 | ||||
| 100 m freestyle | 57.30 | 57.47 | 57.56 | ||||
| 200 m freestyle | 2:00.89 | 2:01.84 | 2:03.68 | ||||
| 400 m freestyle | 4:10.84 | 4:12.18 | 4:18.86 | ||||
| 800 m freestyle | 8:34.82 | 8:41.18 | 8:46.10 | ||||
| 100 m backstroke | 1:02.92 | 1:03.77 | 1:03.92 | ||||
| 200 m backstroke | 2:13.06 | 2:17.08 | 2:17.20 | ||||
| 100 m breaststroke | 1:10.54 | 1:11.37 | 1:11.86 | ||||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:31.09 | 2:31.75 | 2:32.87 | ||||
| 100 m butterfly | 1:02.01 | 1:02.13 | 1:02.25 | ||||
| 200 m butterfly | 2:12.59 | 2:14.26 | 2:14.74 | ||||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:15.64 | 2:18.21 | 2:18.31 | ||||
| 400 m individual medley | 4:42.95 | 4:50.75 | 4:52.98 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:47.94 | 3:48.56 | 3:52.97 | ||||
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 8:09.50 | 8:17.51 | 8:21.50 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:14.38 | 4:14.57 | 4:15.10 | ||||