Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships

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

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	14	5	5	24
2	Australia (AUS)*	7	6	7	20
3	China (CHN)	3	2	2	7
4	Germany (GER)	1	4	3	8
5	France (FRA)	1	3	0	4
6	Netherlands (NED)	1	2	2	5
7	Russia (RUS)	1	1	1	3
8	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	0	2
9	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	2	3
10	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	0	1
	Costa Rica (CRC)	1	0	0	1
12	Japan (JPN)	0	2	3	5
13	Slovakia (SVK)	0	2	1	3
14	Italy (ITA)	0	2	0	2
15	Canada (CAN)	0	1	3	4
16	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	1	2
17	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	2	2
18	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 nations)		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) 22.47
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) 25.15	Sandra Völker (GER) 25.32	Shan Ying (CHN) 25.36
100 m freestyle	Jenny Thompson (USA) 54.95	Martina Moravcová (SVK) 55.09	Shan Ying (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