The Swimming portion of the 7th FINA World Aquatics Championships was held from September 5 to 11, 1994. The competition was swum in the outdoor pool at the Foro Italico. The competition consisted of 32 long course events: 16 for men and women each, 26 individual events and 6 relays in total. Events by stroke were: freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (women), and 1500 (men); backstroke: 100 and 200; breaststroke: 100 and 200; butterfly: 100 and 200; individual medley (I.M.): 200 and 400; relays: 4 × 100 free, 4 × 200 free, and 4 × 100 medley.
Results Men 50 m freestyle Alexander Popov Russia 22.17 Gary Hall, Jr. USA 22.44 Raimundas Mažuolis Lithuania 22.52 100 m freestyle Alexander Popov Russia 49.12 Gary Hall, Jr. USA 49.41 Gustavo Borges Brazil 49.52 200 m freestyle Antti Kasvio Finland 1:47.32 Anders Holmertz Sweden 1:48.24 Danyon Loader New Zealand 1:48.49 400 m freestyle Kieren Perkins Australia 3:43.80 WR Antti Kasvio Finland 3:48.55 Danyon Loader New Zealand 3:48.62 1500 m freestyle Kieren Perkins Australia 14:50.52 Daniel Kowalski Australia 14:53.42 Steffen Zesner Germany 15:09.20 100 m backstroke Martin López-Zubero Spain 55.17 CR Jeff Rouse USA 55.51 Tamás Deutsch Hungary 55.69 200 m backstroke Vladimir Selkov Russia 1:57.42 CR Martin López-Zubero Spain 1:58.75 Royce Sharp USA 1:58.86 100 m breaststroke Norbert Rózsa Hungary 1:01.24 CR Károly Güttler Hungary 1:01.44 Frédérik Deburghgraeve Belgium 1:01.79 200 m breaststroke Norbert Rózsa Hungary 2:12.81 Eric Wunderlich USA 2:12.87 Károly Güttler Hungary 2:14.12 100 m butterfly Rafał Szukała Poland 53.51 Lars Frölander Sweden 53.65 Denis Pankratov Russia 53.68 200 m butterfly Denis Pankratov Russia 1:56.54 Danyon Loader New Zealand 1:57.99 Chris-Carol Bremer Germany 1:58.11 200 m I.M. Jani Sievinen Finland 1:58.16 WR Greg Burgess USA 2:00.86 Attila Czene Hungary 2:01.84 400 m I.M. Tom Dolan USA 4:12.30 WR Jani Sievinen Finland 4:13.29 Eric Namesnik USA 4:15.69 4 × 100 m freestyle relay USA Jon Olsen Josh Davis Ugur Taner Gary Hall, Jr. 3:16.90 CR Russia Roman Shegolev Vladimir Predkin Vladimir Pyshnenko Alexander Popov 3:18.12 Brazil Fernando Scherer Teófilo Ferreira André Teixeira Gustavo Borges 3:19.35 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Sweden Christer Wallin Tommy Werner Lars Frölander Anders Holmertz 7:17.74 Russia Yury Mukhin Roman Shegolev Vladimir Pyshnenko Denis Pankratov 7:18.13 Germany Andreas Szigat Christian Keller Oliver Lampe Steffen Zesner 7:19.10 4 × 100 m medley relay USA Jeff Rouse Eric Wunderlich Mark Henderson Gary Hall, Jr. 3:37.74 CR Russia Vladimir Selkov Vasili Ivanov Denis Pankratov Alexander Popov 3:38.28 Hungary Tamás Deutsch Norbert Rózsa Péter Horváth Attila Czene 3:39.47 Legend: WR – World Record; CR – Championship Record
Women 50 freestyle Le Jingyi China 24.51 WR Natalya Meshcheryakova Russia 25.10 Amy Van Dyken USA 25.18 100 freestyle Le Jingyi China 54.01 WR Lü Bin China 54.15 Franziska van Almsick Germany 54.77 200 freestyle Franziska van Almsick Germany 1:56.78 WR Lü Bin China 1:56.89 Claudia Poll Costa Rica 1:57.61 400 freestyle Yang Aihua China 4:09.64 Cristina Teuscher USA 4:10.21 Claudia Poll Costa Rica 4:10.61 800 m freestyle Janet Evans USA 8:29.85 Hayley Lewis Australia 8:29.94 Brooke Bennett USA 8:31.30 100 backstroke He Cihong China 1:00.57 CR Nina Zhivanevskaya Russia 1:00.83 BJ Bedford USA 1:01.32 200 backstroke He Cihong China 2:07.40 CR, NR Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary 2:09.10 Lorenza Vigarani Italy 2:10.92 100 breaststroke Samantha Riley Australia 1:07.69 WR Dai Guohong China 1:09.26 Yuan Yuan China 1:10.19 200 breaststroke Samantha Riley Australia 2:26.87 CR Yuan Yuan China 2:27.38 Brigitte Becue Belgium 2:28.85 100 butterfly Liu Limin China 58.98 CR Yun Qu China 59.69 Susie O'Neill Australia 1:00.11 200 butterfly Liu Limin China 2:07.25 CR Yun Qu China 2:07.42 Susie O'Neill Australia 2:09.54 200 I.M. Lü Bin China 2:12.34 Allison Wagner USA 2:14.40 Elli Overton Australia 2:15.26 400 I.M. Dai Guohong China 4:39.14 Allison Wagner USA 4:39.98 Kristine Quance USA 4:42.21 4 × 100 freestyle relay China Le Ying Shan Ying Lü Bin Le Jingyi 3:37.91 WR USA Angel Martino Nicole Haislett Amy Van Dyken Jenny Thompson 3:41.50 Germany Franziska van Almsick Katrin Meissner Kerstin Kielgass Daniela Hunger 3:42.94 4 × 200 freestyle relay China Le Ying Yang Aihua Lü Bin Zhou Ouanbin 7:57.96 CR Germany Franziska van Almsick Julia Jung Kerstin Kielgass Dagmar Hase 8:01.37 USA Cristina Teuscher Nicole Haislett Janet Evans Jenny Thompson 8:03.16 4 × 100 medley relay China He Cihong Dai Guohong Liu Limin Le Jingyi 4:01.67 WR USA Lea Loveless Kristine Quance Amy Van Dyken Jenny Thompson 4:06.53 Russia Nina Zhivanevskaya Olga Prokhorova Svetlana Pozdeeva Natalya Meshcheryakova 4:06.70 Legend: WR – World Record; CR – Championship Record
Medal table
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