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medals thanks to the men’s Medley Team and Margaret Kelly in the 100m Breaststroke. The British Team also
produced 10 British/English records and 2 Commonwealth records.
These Championships saw the success of the East German women’s team of 1975 pale behind the Americans,
with them taking 13 gold medals and breaking 5, and equalling 1 World Record. In contrast, the East German
women could only muster 1 gold.
1982 - Guayaquil, Equador
British medal tally - 1 SILVER
An incredible swim by 17 year-old Jackie Willmott in the 800m Freestyle gained her, and the British Team a silver
medal. The Championships also saw 3 new British records as well as 4 new English records.
David Wilkie’s 6-year 200m Breaststroke World Record also fell during the Championships to Canada’s Victor
Davies. Wilkie had held the record since 1973 when he broke it in the first ever World Championships, and then
breaking it again at the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976. Wilkie’s World record time has stood as a Scottish
record until the final qualifying event for the 2003 World Championships when Ian Edmond broke it to qualify for
Japan.
1986 - Madrid, Spain
British medal tally - 2 BRONZE
This year saw Great Britain win 2 bronze medals. Andrew Jameson took bronze in the 100m Butterfly and Sarah
Hardcastle in the 400m Freestyle. Disaster hit Adrian Moorhouse in the 100m Breaststroke when he touched first,
the result flashed up on the scoreboard with an announcement that it was official, only moments later another
announcement was made declaring the result was being checked. The scoreboard then showed that the gold
medal had been awarded to Victor Davis, the Canadian who was sadly killed in 1991. It was later revealed that
Adrian had been disqualified for a dolphin kick at the turn.
1991- Perth, Western Australia
British medal tally - 2 SILVER
1 BRONZE
Preceding the official schedule, there was a day of sprints held as demonstration events with a view to include
them in future championships. Lorraine Coombes swam in the 50m Breaststroke and broke the British record
in the heats and went on to take silver in the final. Martin Harris also broke the British Record in the 50m
Backstroke.
Great Britain went on to do better this Championships, with Adrian Moorhouse adding silver for his performance
in the 100m Breaststroke and a bronze for Nick Gillingham in the 200m Breaststroke.
The Hungarian, Norbert Rozsa broke the World record to take gold in the 100m Breaststroke, with Adrian
finishing just 7 one hundredths behind him, also bettering the World Record.
This year’s event also saw the inclusion of the 1m Diving event and Open Water men’s and women’s 25km
events for the first time.
1994 - Rome, Italy
With less then two weeks between the finish of the Commonwealth Games and the start of the World
Championships, there was little time for the British Team to reflect on their success of 5 gold medals.
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