1998 World Swimming Championships

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8th swimming world championships
Host location	Perth
Host country	Australia
Beginning	January 8, 1998
The End	January 17, 1998
Venues	Perth Superdrome, Perth
Disciplines	Swimming , open water swimming , synchronized swimming
Number of athletes	1,371
← 1994 Rome	2001 Fukuoka →
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Medal table intermediate result (!) After approx. 38 decisions (from approx. 52)
Pl.	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	United States	16	5	6th	27
2	Australia	7th	7th	7th	21st
3	Russia	6th	1	1	8th
4th	People's Republic of China	3	2	2	7th
5	Germany	1	5	4th	10
6th	France	1	4th	1	6th
7th	Netherlands	1	3	3	7th
8th	Ukraine	1	1	-	2
9	Hungary	1	-	2	3
10	Belgium	1	-	-	1
	Costa Rica	1	-	-	1
12	Japan	-	4th	4th	8th
13	Slovakia	-	2	1	3
	Italy	-	2	1	3
15th	Canada	-	1	3	4th
16	Sweden	-	1	1	2
17th	Spain	-	1	-	1
18th	Great Britain	-	-	2	2
19th	Puerto Rico	-	-	1	1
	Argentina	0	0	1	1
total		39	39	40	118

The 8th World Swimming Championships took place from January 8th to 17th, 1998 in the open-air pool in Perth and were organized by the World Swimming Federation, FINA .

Right at the beginning of the world championships, a doping scandal overshadowed the competitions. Some members of the Chinese national team were found illegal performance-enhancing substances upon arrival at Perth Airport and sent home immediately.

The most successful male swimmer was the Australian Michael Klim , who won the 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, the 4 × 200 m freestyle and the 4 × 100 m individual relay relay and thus a total of four gold medals and two silver medals over the 100 m Freestyle and the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the 50 m freestyle.

The most successful swimmer was the American Jenny Thompson . She was world champion four times and won a total of five medals.

Ian Thorpe became the youngest world champion when he won the 400m freestyle at the age of 15 years and three months.

121 FINA nations with 1371 took part in these world championships.

Swimming men

Freestyle

50 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Bill Pilczuk	00: 22.29
2	Russia	Alexander Popov	00: 22.43
3	Puerto Rico	Ricardo Busquets	00: 22.47
	Australia	Michael Klim

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	Russia	Alexander Popov	00: 48.93
2	Australia	Michael Klim	00: 49.20
3	Sweden	Lars Frölander	00: 49.53

200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	Australia	Michael Klim	01: 47.41
2	Italy	Massimiliano Rosolino	01: 48.30
3	Netherlands	Pieter van den Hoogenband	01: 48.65

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	Australia	Ian Thorpe	03: 46.29
2	Australia	Grant Hackett	03: 46.44
3	Society. King	Paul Palmer	03: 48.02

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	Australia	Grant Hackett	14: 51.70
2	Italy	Emiliano Brembilla	15: 00.59
3	Australia	Daniel Kowalski	15: 03.94

butterfly

100 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	Australia	Michael Klim	00: 52.25
2	Sweden	Lars Frölander	00: 52.79
3	Australia	Geoff Huegill	00: 52.90

200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	Ukraine	Denys Sylantiev	01: 56.61
2	France	Franck Esposito	01: 56.77
3	United States	Tom Malchow	01: 57.26

move

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Lenny Krayzelburg	00: 55.00
2	Canada	Mark Versfeld	00: 55.17
3	Germany	Stev Theloke	00: 55.20

200 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Lenny Krayzelburg	01: 58.84
2	Germany	Ralf Braun	01: 59.23
3	Canada	Mark Versfeld	01: 59.39

chest

100 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	Belgium	Fred Deburghgraeve	01: 01.34
2	People's Republic of China	Qiliang Zheng	01: 01.76
3	United States	Kurt Grote	01: 01.93

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Kurt Grote	02: 13.40
2	France	Jean-Christophe Sarnin	02: 13.42
3	Hungary	Norbert Rózsa	02: 13.59

Locations

200 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	Netherlands	Marcel Wouda	02: 01.18
2	France	Xavier Marchand	02: 01.66
3	United States	Ron Karnaugh	02: 01.89

400 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Tom Dolan	04: 14.95
2	Netherlands	Marcel Wouda	04: 15.53
3	Canada	Curtis Myden	04: 16.45

Season

Relay 4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Scott Tucker Neil Walker Jon Olsen Gary Hall Junior	03: 16.69
2	Australia	Michael Klim Adam Pine Richard Upton Chris Fydler	03: 16.97
3	Russia	Alexander Popov Roman Egorov Vladislav Kulikov Denis Pimankow	03: 18.45

Relay 4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	Australia	Michael Klim Grant Hackett Ian Thorpe Daniel Kowalski	07: 12.48
2	Netherlands	Pieter van den Hoogenband Mark Van der Zijden Martijn Zuijdweg Marcel Wouda	07: 16.77
3	Society. King	Paul Palmer Gavin Meadows Andrew Clayton James Salter	07: 17.33

Relay 4 × 100 m layers

space	country	Athletes	time
1	Australia	Matt Welsh Philip Rogers Michael Klim Chris Fydler	03: 37.98
2	United States	Lenny Krayzelburg Kurt Grote Neil Walker Gary Hall Junior	03: 38.56
3	Hungary	Attila Czene Norbert Rózsa Péter Horváth Attila Zubor	03: 39.53

Open water swimming

5 kilometers

space	country	athlete	time
1	Russia	Alexei Akatiev	00: 55: 18.00
2	Australia	Ky Hurst	00: 55: 24.00
3	Italy	Luca Baldini	00: 55: 37.00

25 kilometers

space	country	athlete	time
1	Russia	Alexei Akatiev	05: 42: 00.00
2	Spain	David Meca	05: 07: 22.00
3	Argentina	Gabriel Chaillou	05: 07: 52.00

Swimming women

Freestyle

50 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Amy Van Dyken	00: 25.15
2	Germany	Sandra Völker	00: 25.32
3	People's Republic of China	Ying Shan	00: 25.36

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Jenny Thompson	00: 54.95
2	Slovakia	Martina Moravcová	00: 55.09
3	People's Republic of China	Ying Shan	00: 55.10

200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	Costa Rica	Claudia Poll	01: 58.90
2	Slovakia	Martina Moravcová	01: 59.61
3	Australia	Julia Greville	01: 59.92

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	People's Republic of China	Yan Chen	04: 06.72
2	United States	Brooke Bennett	04: 07.07
3	Germany	Dagmar Rabbit	04: 08.82

800 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Brooke Bennett	08: 28.71
2	United States	Diana Munz	08: 29.97
3	Netherlands	Kirsten Vlieghuis	08: 32.34

butterfly

100 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Jenny Thompson	00: 58.46
2	Japan	Ayari Aoyama	00: 58.79
3	Australia	Petria Thomas	00: 58.97

200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	Australia	Susan O'Neill	02: 07.93
2	Australia	Petria Thomas	02: 09.08
3	United States	Misty Hyman	02: 09.98

move

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Lea Maurer	01: 01.16
2	Japan	Mai Nakamura	01: 01.28
3	Germany	Sandra Völker	01: 01.47

200 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	France	Roxanna Maracineanu	02: 11.26
2	Germany	Dagmar Rabbit	02: 11.45
3	Japan	Mai Nakamura	02: 12.22

chest

100 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Kristy Kowal	01: 08.42
2	Australia	Helen Denman	01: 08.51
3	Canada	Lauren Van Oosten	01: 08.66

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	Hungary	Ágnes Kovács	02: 25.45
2	United States	Kristy Kowal	02: 26.19
3	United States	Jenna Street	02: 26.50

Locations

200 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	People's Republic of China	Yanyan Wu	02: 10.88
2	People's Republic of China	Yan Chen	02: 13.66
3	Slovakia	Martina Moravcová	02: 14.26

400 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	People's Republic of China	Yan Chen	04: 36.66
2	Ukraine	Jana Klotschkowa	04: 38.60
3	Japan	Yasuko Tajima	04: 39.45

Season

Relay 4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Lindsay Farella Amy Van Dyken Beth J. Bedford Jenny Thompson	03: 42.11
2	Germany	Sandra Völker Franziska van Almsick Simone Osygus Katrin Meissner	03: 43.11
3	Australia	Sarah Ryan Rebecca Creedy Susie O'Neill Angela Kennedy	03: 43.71

Relay 4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	Germany	Franziska van Almsick Dagmar Rabbit Silvia Szalai Kerstin Kielgass	08: 01.46
2	United States	Cristina Teuscher Lindsay Benko Brooke Bennett Jenny Thompson	08: 02.88
3	Australia	Julia Greville Anna Windsor Susie O'Neill Petria Thomas	08: 04.19

Relay 4 × 100 m layers

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Lea Maurer Kristy Kowal Jenny Thompson Amy Van Dyken	04: 01.93
2	Australia	Meredith Smith Helen Denman Petria Thomas Susan O'Neill	04: 05.12
3	Japan	Mai Nakamura Masami Tanaka Ayari Aoyama Sumika Minamoto	04: 06.27

Open water swimming

5 kilometers

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Erica Rose	00:59:23.00
2	Netherlands	Edith van Dijk	01:00: 58.00
3	Germany	Peggy rifle	01: 01: 05.00

25 kilometers

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Tobie Smith	05: 31: 20.00
2	Germany	Peggy rifle	05: 32: 19.00
3	Netherlands	Edith van Dijk	05: 38: 06.00

Synchronized swimming

solo

space	country	Athlete
1	RUS	Olga Sedakova
2	FRA	Virginie Dedieu
3	JPN	Miya Tachibana

duet

space	country	Athletes
1	RUS	Olga Sedakova Olga Brusnikina
2	JPN	Miya Tachibana Miho Takeda
3	FRA	Virginie Dedieu Myriam Lignot

team

space	country	Athletes
1	RUS	Olga Sedakowa Olga Brusnikina Maria Kisseljowa Jelena Asarowa Anna Jouriaewa Olga Novokschtschenowa Olga Medvedeva Alexandra Wassina Anna Maslowa Jelena Baranzewa
2	JPN
3	United States

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.)