Women's Events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle | Cynthia Woodhead (USA) | 56.22 | Jill Sterkel (USA) | 56.24 | Gail Amundrud (CAN) | 57.79 |
| 200 m freestyle | Cynthia Woodhead (USA) | 1:58.43 WR |
Kim Linehan (USA) | 2:01.92 | Gail Amundrud (CAN) | 2:03.38 |
| 400 m freestyle | Cynthia Woodhead (USA) | 4:10.56 | Tracy Caulkins (USA) | 4:16.13 | Wendy Quirk (CAN) | 4:17.34 |
| 800 m freestyle | Kim Linehan (USA) | 8:39.82 | Jennifer Hooker (USA) | 8:50.71 | Barbara Shockey (CAN) | 8:54.82 |
| 100 m backstroke | Linda Jezek (USA) | 1:03.33 | Cheryl Gibson (CAN) | 1:05.17 | Teresa Rivera (MEX) | 1:06.87 |
| 200 m backstroke | Linda Jezek (USA) | 2:16.07 | Cheryl Gibson (CAN) | 2:17.58 | Libby Kinkead (USA) | 2:20.19 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Tami Paumier (USA) | 1:12.20 | Tracy Caulkins (USA) | 1:12.52 | Anne Gagnon (CAN) | 1:14.38 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Anne Gagnon (CAN) | 2:35.75 | Joanne Bédard (CAN) | 2:40.22 | Patricia Speeds (USA) | 2:40.79 |
| 100 m butterfly | Jill Sterkel (USA) | 1:00.53 | Lisa Buese (USA) | 1:00.59 | Nancy Garapick (CAN) | 1:02.96 |
| 200 m butterfly | Mary T. Meagher (USA) | 2:09.77 WR |
Karinne Miller (USA) | 2:15.05 | Nancy Garapick (CAN) | 2:16.40 |
| 200 m individual medley | Tracy Caulkins (USA) | 2:16.11 | Nancy Garapick (CAN) | 2:19.36 | Anne Tweedy (USA) | 2:20.33 |
| 400 m individual medley | Tracy Caulkins (USA) | 4:46.05 | Anne Tweedy (USA) | 4:47.19 | Nancy Garapick (CAN) | 4:53.37 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | UNITED STATES Stephanie Elkins Tracy Caulkins Jill Sterkel Cynthia Woodhead |
3:45.82 | CANADA Gail Amundrud Carol Klimpel Anne Jardin Wendy Quirk |
3:50.18 | MEXICO Teresa Rivera Isabel Reuss Yvonne Guerrero Helen Plachinski |
4:02.05 |
| 4×100 m medley relay | UNITED STATES Linda Jezek Tracy Caulkins Jill Sterkel Cynthia Woodhead |
4:13.24 | CANADA Cheryl Gibson Anne Gagnon Nancy Garapick Gail Amundrud |
4:20.16 | MEXICO Teresa Rivera Elke Holtz Helen Plachinski Inez Guerrero |
4:30.59 |
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