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 m freestyle

details

|  Bill Pilczuk (USA)
22.29  |  Alexander Popov (RUS)
22.43  |  Michael Klim (AUS)
Ricardo Busquets (PUR)
22.47
100 m freestyle

details

|  Alexander Popov (RUS)
48.93

|  Michael Klim (AUS)
49.20  |  Lars Frölander (SWE)
49.53
200 m freestyle

details

|  Michael Klim (AUS)
1:47.41  |  Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA)
1:48.30  |  Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
1:48.65
400 m freestyle

details

|  Ian Thorpe (AUS)
3:46.29  |  Grant Hackett (AUS)
3:46.44  |  Paul Palmer (GBR)
3:48.02
1500 m freestyle

details

|  Grant Hackett (AUS)
14:51.70  |  Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
15:00.59  |  Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
15:03.94
100 m backstroke

details

|  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)
55.00

|  Mark Versfeld (CAN)
55.17  |  Stev Theloke (GER)
55.20
200 m backstroke

details

|  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)
1:58.84  |  Ralf Braun (GER)
1:59.23  |  Mark Versfeld (CAN)
1:59.39
100 m breaststroke

details

|  Frédérik Deburghgraeve (BEL)
1:01.34  |  Zeng Qiliang (CHN)
1:01.76  |  Kurt Grote (USA)
1:01.93
200 m breaststroke

details

|  Kurt Grote (USA)
2:13.40  |  Jean-Christophe Sarnin (FRA)
2:13.42  |  Norbert Rózsa (HUN)
2:13.59
100 m butterfly

details

|  Michael Klim (AUS)
52.25

|  Lars Frölander (SWE)
52.79  |  Geoff Huegill (AUS)
52.90
200 m butterfly

details

|  Denys Sylantyev (UKR)
1:56.61  |  Franck Esposito (FRA)
1:56.77  |  Tom Malchow (USA)
1:57.26
200 m individual medley

details

|  Marcel Wouda (NED)
2:01.18  |  Xavier Marchand (FRA)
2:01.66  |  Ron Karnaugh (USA)
2:01.89
400 m individual medley

details

|  Tom Dolan (USA)
4:14.95  |  Marcel Wouda (NED)
4:15.53  |  Curtis Myden (CAN)
4:16.45
4 × 100 m freestyle relay

details

|  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

details

|  Australia (AUS)
Michael Klim
Grant Hackett
Ian Thorpe
Daniel Kowalski
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

details

|  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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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50 m freestyle

details

|  Amy Van Dyken (USA)
25.15  |  Sandra Völker (GER)
25.32  |  Shan Ying (CHN)
25.36
100 m freestyle

details

|  Jenny Thompson (USA)
54.95  |  Martina Moravcová (SVK)
55.09  |  Shan Ying (CHN)
55.10
200 m freestyle

details

|  Claudia Poll (CRC)
1:58.90  |  Martina Moravcová (SVK)
1:59.61  |  Julia Greville (AUS)
1:59.92
400 m freestyle

details

|  Chen Yan (CHN)
4:06.72  |  Brooke Bennett (USA)
4:07.07  |  Dagmar Hase (GER)
4:08.82
800 m freestyle

details

|  Brooke Bennett (USA)
8:28.71  |  Diana Munz (USA)
8:29.97  |  Kirsten Vlieghuis (NED)
8:32.34
100 m backstroke

details

|  Lea Loveless-Maurer (USA)
1:01.16  |  Mai Nakamura (JPN)
1:01.28  |  Sandra Völker (GER)
1:01.47
200 m backstroke

details

|  Roxana Maracineanu (FRA)
2:11.26  |  Dagmar Hase (GER)
2:11.45  |  Mai Nakamura (JPN)
2:12.22
100 m breaststroke

details

|  Kristy Kowal (USA)
1:08.42  |  Helen Denman (AUS)
1:08.51  |  Lauren van Oosten (CAN)
1:08.66
200 m breaststroke

details

|  Ágnes Kovács (HUN)
2:25.45

|  Kristy Kowal (USA)
2:26.19  |  Jenna Street (USA)
2:26.50
100 m butterfly

details

|  Jenny Thompson (USA)
58.46

|  Ayari Aoyama (JPN)
58.79  |  Petria Thomas (AUS)
58.97
200 m butterfly

details

|  Susie O'Neill (AUS)
2:07.93  |  Petria Thomas (AUS)
2:09.08  |  Misty Hyman (USA)
2:09.98
200 m individual medley

details

|  Wu Yanyan (CHN)
2:10.88

|  Chen Yan (CHN)
2:13.66  |  Martina Moravcová (SVK)
2:14.26
400 m individual medley

details

|  Chen Yan (CHN)
4:36.66  |  Yana Klochkova (UKR)
4:38.60  |  Yasuko Tajima (JPN)
4:39.45
4 × 100 m freestyle relay

details

|  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

details

|  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

details

|  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

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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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