Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships

1998 FINA
World Championships

Diving
Individual
1 m| men| women
3 m| men| women
10 m| men| women
Open water swimming
Single
5 km| men| women
5 km| team rating
25 km| men| women
25 km| team rating
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
Tournament| men| women

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

## Doping

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During a routine customs check on Chinese swimmer Yuan Yuan's luggage, enough human growth hormone was discovered to supply the entire women's swimming team for the duration of the championships.[1] Only Yuan was sanctioned for the incident, with speculation that this was connected to the nomination of Juan Antonio Samaranch by China for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.[2] Tests in Perth also found the presence of the banned diuretic masking agent triamterine in the urine of four swimmers, Wang Luna, Yi Zhang, Huijue Cai and Wei Wang.[3] The swimmers were suspended from competition for two years, with three coaches associated with the swimmers, Zhi Cheng, Hiuqin Xu and Zhi Cheng each suspended for three months.[3]

## Medal table

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* Host nation (Australia)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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 entries)| 32| 32| 33| 97

## Medal summary

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50 metre freestyle
details |  Bill Pilczuk (USA)
| 22.29  |  Aleksandr Popov (RUS)
| 22.43  | Ricardo Busquets
Puerto Rico

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Michael Klim
Australia |
22.47

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22.47

100 metre freestyle
details |  Aleksandr Popov (RUS)
| 48.93
CR |  Michael Klim (AUS)
| 49.20  |  Lars Frölander (SWE)
| 49.53
200 metre freestyle
details |  Michael Klim (AUS)
| 1:47.41  |  Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA)
| 1:48.30  |  Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
| 1:48.65
400 metre freestyle
details |  Ian Thorpe (AUS)
| 3:46.29  |  Grant Hackett (AUS)
| 3:46.44  |  Paul Palmer (GBR)
| 3:48.02
1500 metre freestyle
details |  Grant Hackett (AUS)
| 14:51.70  |  Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
| 15:00.59  |  Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
| 15:03.94
100 metre backstroke
details |  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)
| 55.00
CR |  Mark Versfeld (CAN)
| 55.17  |  Stev Theloke (GER)
| 55.20
200 metre backstroke
details |  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)
| 1:58.84  |  Ralf Braun (ITA)
| 1:59.23  |  Mark Versfeld (CAN)
| 1:59.39
100 metre breaststroke
details |  Frédérik Deburghgraeve (BEL)
| 1:01.34  |  Zeng Qiliang (CHN)
| 1:01.76  |  Kurt Grote (USA)
| 1:01.93
200 metre breaststroke
details |  Kurt Grote (USA)
| 2:13.40  |  Jean-Christophe Sarnin (FRA)
| 2:13.42  |  Norbert Rózsa (HUN)
| 2:13.59
100 metre butterfly
details |  Michael Klim (AUS)
| 52.25
CR |  Lars Frölander (SWE)
| 52.79  |  Geoff Huegill (AUS)
| 52.90
200 metre butterfly
details |  Denys Sylantyev (UKR)
| 1:56.61  |  Franck Esposito (FRA)
| 1:56.77  |  Tom Malchow (USA)
| 1:57.26
200 metre individual medley
details |  Marcel Wouda (NED)
| 2:01.18  |  Xavier Marchand (FRA)
| 2:01.66  |  Ron Karnaugh (USA)
| 2:01.89
400 metre individual medley
details |  Tom Dolan (USA)
| 4:14.95  |  Marcel Wouda (NED)
| 4:15.43  |  Curtis Myden (CAN)
| 4:16.45
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
details |  United States
Scott Tucker (49.80)
Neil Walker (48.75)
Jon Olsen (49.48)
Gary Hall, Jr. (48.66)
Bryan Jones[a]
Bryan Schumacher[a] | 3:16.69
CR |  Australia
Michael Klim (49.27)
Adam Pine (49.47)
Richard Upton (49.64)
Chris Fydler (48.59)
Nathan Rickard[a]
Anthony Rogis[a] | 3:16.97
OC |  Russia
Aleksandr Popov (48.74) CR
Roman Yegorov (49.67)
Vladislav Kulikov (51.28)
Denis Pimankov (48.76)
Maxim Korshunov[a] | 3:18.45
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
details |  Australia
Michael Klim (1:47.67)
Grant Hackett (1:48.41)
Ian Thorpe (1:47.67)
Daniel Kowalski (1:48.73)
Anthony Rogis[a] | 7:12.48
CR, OC |  Netherlands
Pieter van den Hoogenband (1:48.36)
Mark van der Zijden (1:50.60)
Martijn Zuijdweg (1:49.75)
Marcel Wouda (1:48.06)
Bas-Ido Wennekes[a]
Johan Kenkhuis[a] | 7:16.77
NR |  United Kingdom
Paul Palmer (1:49.72)
Gavin Meadows (1:48.61)
Andrew Clayton (1:50.38)
James Salter (1:48.62)
Mark Stevens[a] | 7:17.33

4 × 100 metre medley relay
details |  Australia
Matt Welsh (55.56)
Phil Rogers (1:01.38)
Michael Klim (51.80)
Chris Fydler (49.24)
Geoff Huegill[a] | 3:37.98
OC |  United States
Lenny Krayzelburg (55.30)
Kurt Grote (1:00.96)
Neil Walker (53.41)
Gary Hall, Jr. (48.89)
Geoff Huegill[a] | 3:38.56  |  Hungary
Attila Czene (55.56)
Norbert Rózsa (1:00.64)
Péter Horváth (53.14)
Attila Zubor (49.20) | 3:39.53

AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50 metre freestyle
details |  Amy Van Dyken (USA)
| 25.15  |  Sandra Völker (GER)
| 25.32  |  Shan Ying (CHN)
| 25.36
100 metre freestyle
details |  Jenny Thompson (USA)
| 54.95  |  Martina Moravcová (SVK)
| 55.09  |  Shan Ying (CHN)
| 55.10
200 metre freestyle
details |  Claudia Poll (CRC)
| 1:58.90  |  Martina Moravcová (SVK)
| 1:59.61  |  Julia Greville (AUS)
| 1:59.92
400 metre freestyle
details |  Chen Yan (CHN)
| 4:06.72  |  Brooke Bennett (USA)
| 4:07.07  |  Dagmar Hase (GER)
| 4:08.82
800 metre freestyle
details |  Brooke Bennett (USA)
| 8:28.71  |  Diana Munz (USA)
| 8:29.97  |  Kirsten Vlieghuis (NED)
| 8:32.34
100 metre backstroke
details |  Lea Maurer (USA)
| 1:01.16  |  Mai Nakamura (JPN)
| 1:01.28  |  Sandra Völker (GER)
| 1:01.47
200 metre backstroke
details |  Roxana Maracineanu (FRA)
| 2:11.26  |  Dagmar Hase (GER)
| 2:11.45  |  Mai Nakamura (JPN)}
| 2:12.22
100 metre breaststroke
details |  Kristy Kowal (USA)
| 1:08.42  |  Helen Denman (AUS)
| 1:08.51  |  Lauren van Oosten (CAN)}
| 1:08.66
200 metre breaststroke
details |  Ágnes Kovács (HUN)
| 2:25.45
CR |  Kristy Kowal (USA)
| 2:26.49  |  Jenna Street (USA)}
| 2:26.50
100 metre butterfly
details |  Jenny Thompson (USA)
| 58.46
CR |  Ayari Aoyama (JPN)
| 58.79
NR |  Petria Thomas (AUS)}
| 58.97

200 metre butterfly
details |  Susie O'Neill (AUS)
| 2:07.93  |  Petria Thomas (AUS)}
| 2:09.08  |  Misty Hyman (USA)
| 2:09.98
200 metre individual medley
details |  Wu Yanyan (CHN)
| 2:10.88
CR |  Chen Yan (CHN)
| 2:13.66  |  Martina Moravcová (SVK)
| 2:14.26
400 metre individual medley
details |  Wu Yanyan (CHN)
| 4:36.66  |  Yana Klochkova (UKR)
| 4:38.60
NR |  Yasuko Tajima (JPN)
| 4:39.45
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
details |  United States
Lindsey Farella (56.61)
Amy Van Dyken (54.94)
Barbara Bedford (56.22)
Jenny Thompson (54.14)
Catherine Fox[a]
Melanie Valerio[a] | 3:42.11  |  Germany
Sandra Völker (55.68)
Franziska van Almsick (55.95)
Simone Osygus (56.58)
Katrin Meissner (54.90)
Antje Buschschulte[a]
Silvia Szalai[a] | 3:43.11  |  Australia
Sarah Ryan (56.24)
Rebecca Creedy (55.80)
Susie O'Neill (55.40)
Angela Kennedy (56.27)
Kate Godfrey[a] | 3:43.71
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
details |  Germany
Franziska van Almsick (2:01.28)
Dagmar Hase (2:00.16)
Silvia Szalai (2:00.42)
Kerstin Kielgass (1:59.60)
Antje Buschschulte[a]
Janina Götz[a] | 8:01.46  |  United States
Cristina Teuscher (2:00.92)
Lindsay Benko (2:00.94)
Brooke Bennett (2:01.17)
Jenny Thompson (1:59.85)
Trina Jackson[a]
Ashley Whitney[a] | 8:02.88  |  Australia
Julia Greville (2:00.92)
Anna Windsor (2:03.23)
Susie O'Neill (1:58.80)
Petria Thomas (2:01.24)
Emma Johnson[a] | 8:04.19
4 × 100 metre medley relay
details |  United States
Lea Maurer (1:01.91)
Kristy Kowal (1:07.20)
Jenny Thompson (57.89)
Amy Van Dyken (54.93)
Beth Botsford[a]
Jenna Street[a]
Misty Hyman[a]
Barbara Bedford[a] | 4:01.93
AM |  Australia
Meredith Smith (1:02.73)
Helen Denman (1:08.32)
Petria Thomas (58.68)
Susie O'Neill (55.39)
Samantha Riley[a]
Angela Kennedy[a]
Sarah Ryan[a] | 4:05.12  |  Japan
Mai Nakamura (1:01.83)
Masami Tanaka (1:10.24)
Ayari Aoyama (59.09)
Sumika Minamoto (55.11) | 4:06.27

AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record

a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

## References

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1. ^ "Chinese Olympians subjected to routine doping". The Sydney morning Herald. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
2. ^ Maxwell J. Mehlman (21 May 2009). The Price of Perfection: Individualism and Society in the Era of Biomedical Enhancement. JHU Press. pp. 134–. ISBN 978-0-8018-9263-9. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
3. ^ a b Cecil Colwin (2002). Breakthrough Swimming. Human Kinetics. pp. 213–. ISBN 978-0-7360-3777-8. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

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