Swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships

These are the results (medal winners) of the swimming competition at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships.

Medal table

      Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	13	7	3	23
2	Hungary	5	2	1	8
3	Germany	4	9	7	20
4	China	4	1	1	6
5	Australia	2	5	1	8
6	Soviet Union	1	1	5	7
7	Italy	1	1	4	6
8	Spain	1	0	1	2
9	Suriname	1	0	0	1
10	France	0	2	1	3
11	Great Britain	0	1	1	2
11	Japan	0	1	1	2
11	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
14	Canada	0	1	0	1
14	Sweden	0	1	0	1
16	Denmark	0	0	2	2
16	Poland	0	0	2	2
Total		32	33	31	96

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m freestyle	Tom Jager (USA) 22.16 CR	Matt Biondi (USA) 22.26	Gennadiy Prigoda (URS) 22.62
100 m freestyle	Matt Biondi (USA) 49.18	Tommy Werner (SWE) 49.63	Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) 49.82
200 m freestyle	Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) 1:47.27 CR	Steffen Zesner (GER) 1:48.28	Artur Wojdat (POL) 1:48.70
400 m freestyle	Jörg Hoffmann (GER) 3:48.04 CR	Stefan Pfeiffer (GER) 3:48.86	Artur Wojdat (POL) 3:49.67
1500 m freestyle	Jörg Hoffmann (GER) 14:50.36 WR	Kieren Perkins (AUS) 14:50.58	Stefan Pfeiffer (GER) 14:59.34
100 m backstroke	Jeff Rouse (USA) 55.23 CR	Mark Tewksbury (CAN) 55.29	Martin López (ESP) 55.61
200 m backstroke	Martin López (ESP) 1:59.52	Stefano Battistelli (ITA) 1:59.98	Vladimir Selkov (URS) 2:00.33
100 m breaststroke	Norbert Rózsa (HUN) 1:01.45 WR	Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) 1:01.58	Gianni Minervini (ITA) 1:01.74
200 m breaststroke	Mike Barrowman (USA) 2:11.23 WR	Norbert Rózsa (HUN) 2:12.03	Nick Gillingham (GBR) 2:13.12
100 m butterfly	Anthony Nesty (SUR) 53.29 CR	Michael Groß (GER) 53.31	Vladislav Kulikov (URS) 53.74
200 m butterfly	Melvin Stewart (USA) 1:55.69 WR	Michael Groß (GER) 1:56.78	Tamás Darnyi (HUN) 1:58.25
200 m individual medley	Tamás Darnyi (HUN) 1:59.36 WR	Eric Namesnik (USA) 2:01.87	Christian Geßner (GER) 2:02.36
400 m individual medley	Tamás Darnyi (HUN) 4:12.36 WR	Eric Namesnik (USA) 4:15.21	Stefano Battistelli (ITA) 4:16.50
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Tom Jager Brent Lang Doug Gjertsen Matt Biondi 3:17.15 CR	Germany (GER) Peter Sitt Dirk Richter Steffen Zesner Bengt Zikarsky 3:18.88	Soviet Union (URS) Gennadiy Prigoda Yuriy Bashkatov Veniamin Tayanovich Vladimir Tkashenko 3:18.97
4×200 m freestyle relay	Germany (GER) Peter Sitt Steffen Zesner Stefan Pfeiffer Michael Groß 7:13.50 CR	United States (USA) Troy Dalbey Melvin Stewart Dan Jorgensen Doug Gjertsen 7:14.87	Italy (ITA) Emanuele Idini Roberto Gleria Stefano Battistelli Giorgio Lamberti 7:17.18
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Jeff Rouse Eric Wunderlich Mark Henderson Matt Biondi 3:39.66 CR	Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Shemetov Dmitriy Volkov Vladislav Kulikov Veniamin Tayanovich 3:40.41	Germany (GER) Frank Hoffmeister Christian Poswiat Michael Groß Dirk Richter 3:42.13

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m freestyle	Zhuang Yong (CHN) 25.47	Leigh Ann Fetter (USA) 25.50	—
		Catherine Plewinski (FRA) 25.50
100 m freestyle	Nicole Haislett (USA) 55.17	Catherine Plewinski (FRA) 55.31	Zhuang Yong (CHN) 55.65
200 m freestyle	Hayley Lewis (AUS) 2:00.48	Janet Evans (USA) 2:00.67	Mette Jacobsen (DEN) 2:00.93
400 m freestyle	Janet Evans (USA) 4:08.63	Hayley Lewis (AUS) 4:09.40	Suzu Chiba (JPN) 4:11.44
800 m freestyle	Janet Evans (USA) 8:24.05 CR	Grit Müller (GER) 8:30.20	Jana Henke (GER) 8:30.31
100 m backstroke	Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) 1:01.78	Tünde Szabó (HUN) 1:01.98	Janie Wagstaff (USA) 1:02.17
200 m backstroke	Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) 2:09.15 CR	Dagmar Hase (GER) 2:12.01	Janie Wagstaff (USA) 2:13.14
100 m breaststroke	Linley Frame (AUS) 1:08.81	Jana Dörries (GER) 1:09.35	Yelena Volkova (URS) 1:09.66
200 m breaststroke	Yelena Volkova (URS) 2:29.53	Linley Frame (AUS) 2:30.02	Jana Dörries (GER) 2:30.14
100 m butterfly	Qian Hong (CHN) 59.68	Wang Xiaohong (CHN) 59.81	Catherine Plewinski (FRA) 59.88
200 m butterfly	Summer Sanders (USA) 2:09.24	Rie Shito (JPN) 2:11.06	Hayley Lewis (AUS) 2:11.09
200 m individual medley	Lin Li (CHN) 2:13.40	Summer Sanders (USA) 2:14.06	Daniela Hunger (GER) 2:16.16
400 m individual medley	Lin Li (CHN) 4:41.45	Hayley Lewis (AUS) 4:41.46	Summer Sanders (USA) 4:43.41
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Nicole Haislett Julie Cooper Whitney Hedgepeth Jenny Thompson 3:43.26	Germany (GER) Simone Osygus Kerstin Kielgaß Karin Seick Manuela Stellmach 3:44.37	Netherlands (NED) Mildred Muis Inge de Bruijn Marianne Muis Karin Brienesse 3:45.05
4×200 m freestyle relay	Germany (GER) Kerstin Kielgaß Manuela Stellmach Dagmar Hase Stephanie Ortwig 8:02.56	Netherlands (NED) Marianne Muis Manon Masseurs Mildred Muis Karin Brienesse 8:05.97	Denmark (DEN) Gitta Jensen Berit Puggaard Annette Poulsen Mette Jacobsen 8:07.20
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Janie Wagstaff Tracey McFarlane Crissy Ahmann-Leighton Nicole Haislett 4:06.51	Australia (AUS) Nicole Livingstone Linley Frame Susie O'Neill Karen van Wirdum 4:08.04	Germany (GER) Svenja Schlicht Jana Dörries Susanne Müller Manuela Stellmach 4:10.50

Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record

References

• 1991 World Aquatics Championships-results
• HistoFINA Men
• HistoFINA Women