Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships

1998 FINA
World Championships
in Perth, Australia
Diving
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Open water swimming
5 km men women
25 km men women
Team team
Swimming (long course)
Freestyle
50 m   men   women  
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Synchronised swimming
Solo women
Duet women
Team women
Water polo
Team men women

These are the results of the swimming competition at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships.

Contents

Medal table

      Host nation

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States 14 5 5 24
2  Australia 7 6 7 20
3  China 3 2 2 7
4  Germany 1 4 3 8
5  France 1 3 0 4
6  Netherlands 1 2 2 5
7  Russia 1 1 1 3
8  Ukraine 1 1 0 2
9  Hungary 1 0 2 3
10  Belgium 1 0 0 1
10  Costa Rica 1 0 0 1
12  Japan 0 2 3 5
13  Slovakia 0 2 1 3
14  Italy 0 2 0 2
15  Canada 0 1 3 4
16  Sweden 0 1 1 2
17  United Kingdom 0 0 2 2
18  Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1
Total 32 32 33 97

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle
  Bill Pilczuk (USA)
22.29		  Alexander Popov (RUS)
22.43		  Michael Klim (AUS)
 Ricardo Busquets (PUR)
22.46
100 m freestyle
  Alexander Popov (RUS)
48.93 		 Michael Klim (AUS)
49.20		  Lars Frölander (SWE)
49.53
200 m freestyle
  Michael Klim (AUS)
1:47.41		  Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA)
1:48.30		  Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
1:48.65
400 m freestyle
  Ian Thorpe (AUS)
3:46.29		  Grant Hackett (AUS)
3:46.44		  Paul Palmer (GBR)
3:48.02
1500 m freestyle
  Grant Hackett (AUS)
14:51.70		  Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
15:00.59		  Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
15:03.94
100 m backstroke
  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)
55.00 		 Mark Versfeld (CAN)
55.17		  Stev Theloke (GER)
55.20
200 m backstroke
  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)
1:58.84		  Ralf Braun (GER)
1:59.23		  Mark Versfeld (CAN)
1:59.39
100 m breaststroke
  Frédérik Deburghgraeve (BEL)
1:01.34		  Zeng Qiliang (CHN)
1:01.76		  Kurt Grote (USA)
1:01.93
200 m breaststroke
  Kurt Grote (USA)
2:13.40		  Jean-Christophe Sarnin (FRA)
2:13.42		  Norbert Rózsa (HUN)
2:13.59
100 m butterfly
  Michael Klim (AUS)
52.25 		 Lars Frölander (SWE)
52.79		  Geoff Huegill (AUS)
52.90
200 m butterfly
  Denys Sylantyev (UKR)
1:56.61		  Franck Esposito (FRA)
1:56.77		  Tom Malchow (USA)
1:57.26
200 m individual medley
  Marcel Wouda (NED)
2:01.18		  Xavier Marchand (FRA)
2:01.66		  Ron Karnaugh (USA)
2:01.89
400 m individual medley
  Tom Dolan (USA)
4:14.95		  Marcel Wouda (NED)
4:15.53		  Curtis Myden (CAN)
4:16.45
4×100 m freestyle relay
  United States (USA)
Scott Tucker
Neil Walker
Jon Olsen
Gary Hall, Jr.
3:16.69 		 Australia (AUS)
Adam Pine
Richard Upton
Michael Klim
Chris Fydler
3:16.97		  Russia (RUS)
Roman Yegorov
Denis Pimankov
Vladislav Kulikov
Alexander Popov
3:18.45
4×200 m freestyle relay
  Australia (AUS)
Daniel Kowalski
Grant Hackett
Michael Klim
Ian Thorpe
7:12.48 		 Netherlands (NED)
Pieter van den Hoogenband
Mark van der Zijden
Martijn Zuijdweg
Marcel Wouda
7:16.77		  Great Britain (GBR)
Paul Palmer
Gavin Meadows
Andrew Clayton
James Salter
7:17.33
4×100 m medley relay
  Australia (AUS)
Matt Welsh
Phil Rogers
Michael Klim
Chris Fydler
3:37.98		  United States (USA)
Lenny Krayzelburg
Kurt Grote
Neil Walker
Gary Hall, Jr.
3:38.56		  Hungary (HUN)
Attila Czene
Norbert Rózsa
Péter Horváth
Attila Zubor
3:39.53

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle
  Amy Van Dyken (USA)
25.14		  Sandra Völker (GER)
25.32		  Ying Shan (CHN)
25.36
100 m freestyle
  Jenny Thompson (USA)
54.95		  Martina Moravcová (SVK)
55.09		  Ying Shan (CHN)
55.10
200 m freestyle
  Claudia Poll (CRC)
1:58.90		  Martina Moravcová (SVK)
1:59.61		  Julia Greville (AUS)
1:59.92
400 m freestyle
  Chen Yan (CHN)
4:06.72		  Brooke Bennett (USA)
4:07.07		  Dagmar Hase (GER)
4:08.82
800 m freestyle
  Brooke Bennett (USA)
8:28.71		  Diana Munz (USA)
8:29.97		  Kirsten Vlieghuis (NED)
8:32.34
100 m backstroke
  Lea Loveless (USA)
1:01.16		  Mai Nakamura (JPN)
1:01.28		  Sandra Völker (GER)
1:01.47
200 m backstroke
  Roxana Maracineanu (FRA)
2:11.26		  Dagmar Hase (GER)
2:11.45		  Mai Nakamura (JPN)
2:12.22
100 m breaststroke
  Kristy Kowal (USA)
1:08.42		  Helen Denman (AUS)
1:08.51		  Lauren van Oosten (CAN)
1:08.66
200 m breaststroke
  Ágnes Kovács (HUN)
2:25.45 		 Kristy Kowal (USA)
2:26.19		  Jenna Street (USA)
2:26.50
100 m butterfly
  Jenny Thompson (USA)
58.46 		 Ayari Aoyama (JPN)
58.79		  Petria Thomas (AUS)
58.97
200 m butterfly
  Susie O'Neill (AUS)
2:07.93		  Petria Thomas (AUS)
2:09.08		  Misty Hyman (USA)
2:09.98
200 m individual medley
  Wu Yanyan (CHN)
2:10.88 		 Chen Yan (CHN)
2:13.66		  Martina Moravcová (SVK)
2:14.26
400 m individual medley
  Chen Yan (CHN)
4:36.66		  Yana Klochkova (UKR)
4:38.60		  Yasuko Tajima (JPN)
4:39.45
4×100 m freestyle relay
  United States (USA)
Lindsey Farella
Barbara Bedford
Amy van Dyken
Jenny Thompson
3:42.11		  Germany (GER)
Sandra Völker
Franziska van Almsick
Simone Osygus
Katrin Meißner
3:43.11		  Australia (AUS)
Sarah Ryan
Rebecca Creedy
Angela Kennedy
Susie O'Neill
3:43.71
4×200 m freestyle relay
  Germany (GER)
Franziska van Almsick
Dagmar Hase
Silvia Szalai
Kerstin Kielgass
8:01.46		  United States (USA)
Christina Teuscher
Lindsay Benko
Brooke Bennett
Jenny Thompson
8:02.88		  Australia (AUS)
Julia Greville
Anna Windsor
Petria Thomas
Susie O'Neill
8:04.19
4×100 m medley relay
  United States (USA)
Lea Loveless
Kristy Kowal
Amy van Dyken
Jenny Thompson
4:01.93		  Australia (AUS)
Meredith Smith
Helen Denman
Petria Thomas
Susie O'Neill
4:05.12		  Japan (JPN)
Mai Nakamura
Masami Tanaka
Ayari Aoyama
Sumika Minamoto
4:06.27

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

References

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