These are the results of the swimming competition at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships.
Doping 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. 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. 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. 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.
Medal table
Medal summary Men 50 metre freestyle 22.29 22.43 Ricardo BusquetsMichael Klim 22.4722.47OC 100 metre freestyle 48.93CR 49.20 49.53 200 metre freestyle 1:47.41 1:48.30 1:48.65 400 metre freestyle 3:46.29 3:46.44 3:48.02 1500 metre freestyle 14:51.70 15:00.59 15:03.94 100 metre backstroke 55.00CR 55.17 55.20 200 metre backstroke 1:58.84 1:59.23 1:59.39 100 metre breaststroke 1:01.34 1:01.76 1:01.93 200 metre breaststroke 2:13.40 2:13.42 2:13.59 100 metre butterfly 52.25CR 52.79 52.90 200 metre butterfly 1:56.61 1:56.77 1:57.26 200 metre individual medley 2:01.18 2:01.66 2:01.89 400 metre individual medley 4:14.95 4:15.43 4:16.45 4 × 100 metre freestyle relayScott Tucker (49.80)Neil Walker (48.75)Jon Olsen (49.48)Gary Hall, Jr. (48.66)Bryan JonesBryan Schumacher 3:16.69CRMichael Klim (49.27)Adam Pine (49.47)Richard Upton (49.64)Chris Fydler (48.59)Nathan RickardAnthony Rogis 3:16.97OCAleksandr Popov (48.74) CRRoman Yegorov (49.67)Vladislav Kulikov (51.28)Denis Pimankov (48.76)Maxim Korshunov 3:18.45 4 × 200 metre freestyle relayMichael Klim (1:47.67)Grant Hackett (1:48.41)Ian Thorpe (1:47.67)Daniel Kowalski (1:48.73)Anthony Rogis 7:12.48CR, OCPieter 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 WennekesJohan Kenkhuis 7:16.77NRPaul Palmer (1:49.72)Gavin Meadows (1:48.61)Andrew Clayton (1:50.38)James Salter (1:48.62)Mark Stevens 7:17.33NR 4 × 100 metre medley relayMatt Welsh (55.56)Phil Rogers (1:01.38)Michael Klim (51.80)Chris Fydler (49.24)Geoff Huegill 3:37.98OCLenny Krayzelburg (55.30)Kurt Grote (1:00.96)Neil Walker (53.41)Gary Hall, Jr. (48.89)Jeremy LinnJohn HargisScott Tucker 3:38.56Attila Czene (55.56)Norbert Rózsa (1:00.64)Péter Horváth (53.14)Attila Zubor (49.20) 3:39.53
Women 50 metre freestyle 25.15 25.32 25.36 100 metre freestyle 54.95 55.09 55.10 200 metre freestyle 1:58.90 1:59.61 1:59.92 400 metre freestyle 4:06.72 4:07.07 4:08.82 800 metre freestyle 8:28.71 8:29.97 8:32.34 100 metre backstroke 1:01.16 1:01.28 1:01.47 200 metre backstroke 2:11.26 2:11.45 } 2:12.22 100 metre breaststroke 1:08.42 1:08.51 } 1:08.66 200 metre breaststroke 2:25.45CR 2:26.49 } 2:26.50 100 metre butterfly 58.46CR 58.79NR } 58.97OC 200 metre butterfly 2:07.93 } 2:09.08 2:09.98 200 metre individual medley 2:10.88CR 2:13.66 2:14.26 400 metre individual medley 4:36.66 4:38.60NR 4:39.45 4 × 100 metre freestyle relayLindsey Farella (56.61)Amy Van Dyken (54.94)Barbara Bedford (56.22)Jenny Thompson (54.14)Catherine FoxMelanie Valerio 3:42.11Sandra Völker (55.68)Franziska van Almsick (55.95)Simone Osygus (56.58)Katrin Meissner (54.90)Antje BuschschulteSilvia Szalai 3:43.11Sarah Ryan (56.24)Rebecca Creedy (55.80)Susie O'Neill (55.40)Angela Kennedy (56.27)Kate Godfrey 3:43.71 4 × 200 metre freestyle relayFranziska van Almsick (2:01.28)Dagmar Hase (2:00.16)Silvia Szalai (2:00.42)Kerstin Kielgass (1:59.60)Antje BuschschulteJanina Götz 8:01.46Cristina Teuscher (2:00.92)Lindsay Benko (2:00.94)Brooke Bennett (2:01.17)Jenny Thompson (1:59.85)Trina JacksonAshley Whitney 8:02.88Julia Greville (2:00.92)Anna Windsor (2:03.23)Susie O'Neill (1:58.80)Petria Thomas (2:01.24)Emma Johnson 8:04.19 4 × 100 metre medley relayLea Maurer (1:01.91)Kristy Kowal (1:07.20)Jenny Thompson (57.89)Amy Van Dyken (54.93)Beth BotsfordJenna StreetMisty HymanBarbara Bedford 4:01.93AMMeredith Smith (1:02.73)Helen Denman (1:08.32)Petria Thomas (58.68)Susie O'Neill (55.39)Samantha RileyAngela KennedySarah Ryan 4:05.12Mai Nakamura (1:01.83)Masami Tanaka (1:10.24)Ayari Aoyama (59.09)Sumika Minamoto (55.11) 4:06.27NR Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
References
HistoFINA Men HistoFINA Women