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1986 World Aquatics Championships

Aquatic sports competition

Field	Value
name	5th FINA World Championships
hostcity	Madrid, Spain
dates	August 13–23, 1986
opened	Juan Carlos I
previous	1982 Guayaquil
next	1991 Perth

The 1986 World Aquatics Championships took place in M86 Swimming Center in Madrid, Spain between August 13 and August 23, 1986, with 1119 participating athletes. In swimming, the 50 m freestyle events and women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay were held for the first time.

Medal table

Place	Nation	Total
1		14
2		9
3		4
4		4
5	Hungary	3
6		2
7		2
8	Romania	1
9		1
	1	0
11		0
12		0
13	Bulgaria	0
	0	1
	0	1
16		0
17		0
	0	0
19		0
Total	41	41

Medal summary

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships

;Men

10 m highboard	Greg Louganis	Li Kongzheng	Bruce Kimball

;Women

10 m highboard	Chen Lin	Lü Wei	Wendy Wyland

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships

;Men

4 × 100 m medley relay	USA
Dan Veatch
David Lundberg
Pablo Morales
Matt Biondi	FRG
Frank Hoffmeister
Bert Göbel
Michael Gross
André Schadt	URS
Igor Polyansky
Dmitry Volkov
Aleksey Markovsky
Nikolay Yevseyev

;Women

4 × 100 m medley relay	GDR
Kathrin Zimmermann
Sylvia Gerasch
Kornelia Greßler
Kristin Otto	USA
Betsy Mitchell
Jenny Hau
Mary T. Meagher
Jenna Johnson	NED
Jolanda de Rover
Petra van Staveren
Conny van Bentum
Annemarie Verstappen

Synchronised swimming

Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships

Team routine	CAN	USA	JPN

Water polo

;Men Main article: Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team

;Women Main article: Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team

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