| 50 m freestyle | Tom Jager|USA}} | Matt Biondi|USA}} | Gennadiy Prigoda|URS}} |
| 100 m freestyle | Matt Biondi|USA}} | Tommy Werner|SWE}} | Giorgio Lamberti|ITA}} |
| 200 m freestyle | Giorgio Lamberti|ITA}} | Steffen Zesner|GER}} | Artur Wojdat|POL}} |
| 400 m freestyle | Jörg Hoffmann|GER}} | Stefan Pfeiffer|GER}} | Artur Wojdat|POL}} |
| 1500 m freestyle | Jörg Hoffmann|GER}} | Kieren Perkins|AUS}} | Stefan Pfeiffer|GER}} |
| 100 m backstroke | Jeff Rouse|USA}} | Mark Tewksbury|CAN}} | Martin López|ESP}} |
| 200 m backstroke | Martin López|ESP}} | Stefano Battistelli|ITA}} | Vladimir Selkov|URS}} |
| 100 m breaststroke | Norbert Rózsa|HUN}} | Adrian Moorhouse|GBR}} | Gianni Minervini|ITA}} |
| 200 m breaststroke | Mike Barrowman|USA}} | Norbert Rózsa|HUN}} | Nick Gillingham|GBR}} |
| 100 m butterfly | Anthony Nesty|SUR}} | Michael Groß|GER}} | Vladislav Kulikov|URS}} |
| 200 m butterfly | Melvin Stewart|USA}} | Michael Groß|GER}} | Tamás Darnyi|HUN}} |
| 200 m individual medley | Tamás Darnyi|HUN}} | Eric Namesnik|USA}} | Christian Geßner|GER}} |
| 400 m individual medley | Tamás Darnyi|HUN}} | Eric Namesnik|USA}} | Stefano Battistelli|ITA}} |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | USA}}
Tom Jager
Brent Lang
Doug Gjertsen
Matt BiondiGER}}
Peter Sitt
Dirk Richter
Steffen Zesner
Bengt ZikarskyURS}}
Gennadiy Prigoda
Yuriy Bashkatov
Veniamin Tayanovich
Vladimir Tkashenko | | |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | GER}}
Peter Sitt
Steffen Zesner
Stefan Pfeiffer
Michael GroßUSA}}
Troy Dalbey
Melvin Stewart
Dan Jorgensen
Doug GjertsenITA}}
Emanuele Idini
Roberto Gleria
Stefano Battistelli
Giorgio Lamberti | | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | USA}}
Jeff Rouse
Eric Wunderlich
Mark Henderson
Matt BiondiURS}}
Vladimir Shemetov
Dmitriy Volkov
Vladislav Kulikov
Veniamin TayanovichGER}}
Frank Hoffmeister
Christian Poswiat
Michael Groß
Dirk Richter | | |
| 50 m freestyle | {{flagathlete|Zhuang Yong|CHN}} | Leigh Ann Fetter|USA}} | — |
| Catherine Plewinski|FRA}} |
| 100 m freestyle | Nicole Haislett|USA}} | Catherine Plewinski|FRA}} | Zhuang Yong|CHN}} |
| 200 m freestyle | Hayley Lewis|AUS}} | Janet Evans|USA}} | Mette Jacobsen|DEN}} |
| 400 m freestyle | Janet Evans|USA}} | Hayley Lewis|AUS}} | Suzu Chiba|JPN}} |
| 800 m freestyle | Janet Evans|USA}} | Grit Müller|GER}} | Jana Henke|GER}} |
| 100 m backstroke | Krisztina Egerszegi|HUN}} | Tünde Szabó|HUN}} | Janie Wagstaff|USA}} |
| 200 m backstroke | Krisztina Egerszegi|HUN}} | Dagmar Hase|GER}} | Janie Wagstaff|USA}} |
| 100 m breaststroke | Linley Frame|AUS}} | Jana Dörries|GER}} | Yelena Volkova|URS}} |
| 200 m breaststroke | Yelena Volkova|URS}} | Linley Frame|AUS}} | Jana Dörries|GER}} |
| 100 m butterfly | Hong Qian|CHN}} | Wang Xiaohong|CHN}} | Catherine Plewinski|FRA}} |
| 200 m butterfly | Summer Sanders|USA}} | Rie Shito|JPN}} | Hayley Lewis|AUS}} |
| 200 m individual medley | Lin Li|CHN}} | Summer Sanders|USA}} | Daniela Hunger|GER}} |
| 400 m individual medley | Lin Li|CHN}} | Hayley Lewis|AUS}} | Summer Sanders|USA}} |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | USA}}
Nicole Haislett
Julie Cooper
Whitney Hedgepeth
Jenny ThompsonGER}}
Simone Osygus
Kerstin Kielgaß
Karen Seick
Manuela StellmachNED}}
Mildred Muis
Inge de Bruijn
Marianne Muis
Karin Brienesse | | |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | GER}}
Kerstin Kielgaß
Manuela Stellmach
Dagmar Hase
Stephanie OrtwigNED}}
Marianne Muis
Manon Masseurs
Mildred Muis
Karin BrienesseDEN}}
Gitta Jensen
Berit Puggaard
Annette Povlsen
Mette Jacobsen | | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | USA}}
Janie Wagstaff
Tracey McFarlane
Crissy Ahmann-Leighton
Nicole HaislettAUS}}
Nicole Livingstone
Linley Frame
Susie O'Neill
Karen van WirdumGER}}
Svenja Schlicht
Jana Dörries
Susanne Müller
Manuela Stellmach | | |