Swimming World Championships 1991

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6. World Swimming Championships, season
Host location	Perth
Host country	Australia
Beginning	January 3, 1991
The End	January 13, 1991
Venues	Perth Superdrome, Perth
Disciplines	Swimming , open water swimming , water polo , water jumping , synchronized swimming
Number of athletes	1,142
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Medal table intermediate status (!) After approx. 34 decisions (from approx. 45)
Pl.	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	United States	16	9	4th	29
2	Hungary	5	2	1	8th
3	Germany	4th	9	7th	20th
4th	People's Republic of China	4th	1	1	6th
5	Australia	3	5	2	10
6th	Italy	1	2	4th	7th
7th	Canada	1	2	1	4th
8th	Soviet Union	1	1	5	7th
9	Spain	1	-	1	2
10	Suriname	1	-	-	1
11	Japan	-	2	3	5
12	France	-	2	1	3
13	Netherlands	-	1	1	2
14th	Great Britain	-	1	-	1
15th	Denmark	-	-	2	2
	Poland	-	-	2	2
total		37	37	35	109

The 6th World Swimming Championships took place in Perth from January 3rd to 13th, 1991 and were organized by the World Swimming Federation, FINA . 1142 athletes from 60 nations took part in the competitions.

Explanation of symbols

• WR - world record

Swimming men

Freestyle

50 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Tom Jager	00: 22.16
2	United States	Matt Biondi	00: 22.26
3	Soviet Union	Gennady Prigoda	00: 22.62

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Matt Biondi	00: 49.18
2	Sweden	Tommy Werner	00: 49.63
3	Italy	Giorgio Lamberti	00: 49.82

200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	Italy	Giorgio Lamberti	01: 47.27
2	Germany	Steffen Zesner	01: 48.28
3	Poland	Artur Wojdat	01: 48.70

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	Germany	Jörg Hoffmann	03: 48.04
2	Germany	Stefan Pfeiffer	03: 48.86
3	Poland	Artur Wojdat	03: 49.67

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	Germany	Jörg Hoffmann	14: 50.36
2	Australia	Kieren Perkins	14: 50.58
3	Germany	Stefan Pfeiffer	14: 59.34

butterfly

100 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	Suriname	Anthony Nesty	00: 53.29
2	Germany	Michael Gross	00: 53.31
3	Soviet Union	Vladislav Kulikov	00: 53.74

200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Melvin Stewart	01: 55.69 WR
2	Germany	Michael Gross	01: 56.78
3	Hungary	Tamás Darnyi	01: 58.25

move

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Jeff Rouse	00: 55.23
2	Canada	Mark Tewksbury	00: 55.29
3	Spain	Martín López-Zubero	00: 55.61

200 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	Spain	Martín López-Zubero	01: 59.52
2	Italy	Stefano Battistelli	01: 59.98
3	Soviet Union	Vladimir Selkov	02: 00.33

chest

100 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	Hungary	Norbert Rózsa	01: 01.45 WR
2	Society. King	Adrian Moorhouse	01: 01.58
3	Italy	Gianni Minervini	01: 01.74

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Mike Barrowman	02: 11.23 WR
2	Hungary	Norbert Rózsa	02: 12.03
3	Society. King	Nicholas Gillingham	02: 13.12

Locations

200 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	Hungary	Tamás Darnyi	01: 59.36 WR
2	United States	Eric Namesnik	02: 01.87
3	Germany	Christian Geßner	02: 02.36

400 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	Hungary	Tamás Darnyi	04: 12.36 WR
2	United States	Eric Namesnik	04: 15.21
3	Italy	Stefano Battistelli	04: 16.50

Season

Relay 4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Tom Jager Bret Lang Douglas Gjersten Matt Biondi	03: 17.15
2	Germany	Peter Sitt Dirk Richter Steffen Zesner Bengt Zikarsky	03: 18.88
3	Soviet Union	Gennady Prigoda Yuri Bashkatov Weniamin Tajanowitsch Vladimir Tkachenko	03: 18.97

Relay 4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	Germany	Peter Sitt Steffen Zesner Stefan Pfeiffer Michael Gross	07: 13.50
2	United States	Troy Dalbey Melvin Stewart Daniel Jorgensen Douglas Gjertsen	07: 14.87
3	Italy	Emanuel Idini Roberto Gleria Stefano Battistelli Giorgio Lamberti	07: 17.18

Relay 4 × 100 m layers

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Jeff Rouse Eric Wunderlich Mark Henderson Matt Biondi	03: 39.66
2	Soviet Union	Vladimir Shemetov Dmitri Volkov Viacheslav Kulikov Weniamin Tajanowitsch	03: 40.41
3	Germany	Frank Hoffmeister Christian Poswiat Michael Gross Dirk Richter	03: 42.13

Open water swimming

25 kilometers

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Chad Hundeby	05: 01: 45.78
2	Italy	Sergio Chariandini	05: 03: 18.81
3	Australia	David O'Brien	05: 08: 53.35

Swimming women

Freestyle

50 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	People's Republic of China	Zhuang Yong	00: 25.47
2	USA France	Leigh Fetter Catherine Plewinski	00: 25.50

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Nicole Haislett	00: 55.17
2	France	Catherine Plewinski	00: 55.31
3	People's Republic of China	Zhuang Yong	00: 55.65

200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	Australia	Hayley Lewis	02: 00.48
2	United States	Janet Evans	02: 00.67
3	Denmark	Mette Jacobsen	02: 00.93

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Janet Evans	04: 08.63
2	Australia	Hayley Lewis	04: 09.40
3	Japan	Suzu Chiba	04: 11.44

800 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Janet Evans	08: 24.05
2	Germany	Grit Mueller	08: 30.20
3	Germany	Jana Henke	08: 30.31

butterfly

100 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	People's Republic of China	Qian Hong	00: 59.68
2	People's Republic of China	Wang Xiaohong	00: 59.81
3	France	Catherine Plewinski	00: 59.88

200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Summer Sanders	02: 09.24
2	Japan	Rie Shuto	02: 11.06
3	Australia	Hayley Lewis	02: 11.09

move

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	Hungary	Krisztina Egerszegi	01: 01.78
2	Hungary	Tünde Szabó	01: 01.98
3	United States	Janie Wagstaff	01: 02.17

200 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	Hungary	Krisztina Egerszegi	02: 09.15
2	Germany	Dagmar Rabbit	02: 12.01
3	United States	Janie Wagstaff	02: 13.14

chest

100 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	Australia	Linley frame	01: 08.81
2	Germany	Jana Dörries	01: 09.35
3	Soviet Union	Jelena Volkova	01: 09.66

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	Soviet Union	Jelena Volkova	02: 29.53
2	Australia	Linley frame	02: 30.02
3	Germany	Jana Dörries	02: 30.14

Locations

200 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	People's Republic of China	Lin Li	02: 13.40
2	United States	Summer Sanders	02: 14.06
3	Germany	Daniela hunger	02: 16.16

400 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	People's Republic of China	Lin Li	04: 41.45
2	Australia	Hayley Lewis	04: 41.46
3	United States	Summer Sanders	04: 43.41

Season

Relay 4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Nicole Haislett Julie Cooper Whitney Hedgepeth Jenny Thompson	03: 43.26
2	Germany	Simone Osygus Kerstin Kielgass Karin Seick Manuela Stellmach	03: 44.37
3	Netherlands	Marianne Muis Inge de Bruijn Mildred Muis Karin Brienesse	03: 45.05

Relay 4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	Germany	Kerstin Kielgass Manuela Stellmach Dagmar Rabbit Stephanie Ortwig	08: 02.56
2	Netherlands	Marianne Muis Manon masseurs Mildred Muis Karin Brienesse	08: 05.97
3	Denmark	Gitta Jenssen Berit Puggaard Annette Poulsen Mette Jacobsen	08: 07.20

Relay 4 × 100 m layers

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Janie Wagstaff Tracey McFarlane Cris Ahmann-Leighton Nicole Haislett	04: 06.51
2	Australia	Nicole Livingston Linley frame Susan O'Neill Karen Van Werdenum	04: 08.04
3	Germany	Svenja Schlicht Jana Dörries Susanne Müller Manuela Stellmach	04: 10.50

Open water swimming

25 kilometers

space	country	athlete	time
1	Australia	Shelley Taylor-Smith	05: 21: 05.53
2	United States	Martha Jahn	05: 25: 16.67
3	United States	Karen Burton	05: 28: 22.74

Synchronized swimming

solo

space	country	Athlete
1	CAN	Sylvie Fréchette
2	United States	Kristen Babb
3	JPN	Mikako Kotani

duet

space	country	Athletes
1	United States	Karen Josephson Sarah Josephson
2	JPN	Mikako Kotani Aki Takajama
3	CAN	Kathy Glen Lisa Alexander

team

space	country	Athletes
1	United States	Kristen Babb Karen Josephson Michelle Svitenko Nathalie Schneyder Becky Dyroen Sarah Josephson Jill Savery Heather Simmons
2	CAN
3	JPN

See also

• Short course world championships
• Swimming world championships
• European short course championships
• European Swimming Championships

swell

• Results men (PDF file; 286 kB)
• Results women (PDF file; 396 kB)

Web links

• Website of FINA (English.)