Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships

1998 FINA World Championships 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		5 km		25 km
Swimming
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.

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 CR	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 CR	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 CR	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 CR	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 CR	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-Maurer (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 CR	Kristy Kowal (USA) 2:26.19	Jenna Street (USA) 2:26.50
100 m butterfly	Jenny Thompson (USA) 58.46 CR	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 CR	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) Cristina 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-Maurer 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

• HistoFINA Men
• HistoFINA Women