The second edition of the European Short Course Swimming Championships was held in Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England, from 11 to 13 December 1998. A total number of 355 swimmers from 34 nations competed in these championships.
Medal table
Medal summary Men's events 50 m freestyleMark Foster 21.31WRMark Veens 21.79Pieter van den Hoogenband 21.87100 m freestyleLars Frölander 47.54Pieter van den Hoogenband 47.68Mark Veens 47.97200 m freestylePieter van den Hoogenband 1:44.00Massimiliano Rosolino 1:44.92Jacob Carstensen 1:45.55400 m freestyleEmiliano Brembilla 3:40.45ERMassimiliano Rosolino 3:42.87Jacob Carstensen 3:44.561500 m freestyleGraeme Smith 14:42.29Igor Snitko 14:51.70Emiliano Brembilla 14:53.4550 m backstrokeThomas Rupprath 24.13WRStev Theloke 24.66Daniel Carlsson 24.67100 m backstrokeStev Theloke 52.71Darius Grigalionis 53.41Eithan Urbach 53.64200 m backstrokeÖrn Arnarson 1:55.16Adam Ruckwood 1:55.34Jorge Sánchez 1:55.7850 m breaststrokeMark Warnecke 26.70WRPatrik Isaksson 27.21Patrick Schmollinger 27.60100 m breaststrokePatrik Isaksson 59.22Mark Warnecke 59.77Jens Kruppa 59.89200 m breaststrokeAdam Whitehead 2:08.54Stéphan Perrot 2:09.41Maxim Podoprigora 2:10.0950 m butterflyMiloš Milošević 23.30WRMark Foster 23.34Lars Frölander 23.48100 m butterflyJames Hickman 51.04WRLars Frölander 51.11Denys Sylantyev 51.87200 m butterflyJames Hickman 1:52.96Denys Sylantyev 1:54.13Thomas Rupprath 1:54.99100 m individual medleyJani Sievinen 53.64Jens Kruppa 54.00James Hickman 54.45200 m individual medleyJames Hickman 1:56.36Marcel Wouda 1:56.51Jani Sievinen 1:57.14400 m individual medleyMarcel Wouda 4:07.70Frederik Hviid 4:12.13Christian Keller 4:12.564 × 50 m freestyle relayMark VeensJohan KenkhuisStefan AartsenPieter van den Hoogenband 1:26.99WBTMark FosterJames HickmanSimon HandleySion Brinn 1:27.74Stephan KunzelmannLars ConradAlexander LüderitzCarsten Dehmlow 1:28.014 × 50 m medley relayThomas RupprathMark WarneckeAlexander LüderitzStephan KunzelmannDaniel CarlssonPatrik IsakssonJonas ÅkessonLars Frölander 1:35.51WBTNone James HickmanDarren MewMark FosterSion Brinn 1:36.11
Women's events 50 m freestyleInge de Bruijn 24.41ERKatrin Meissner 24.79Sue Rolph 24.80100 m freestyleSue Rolph 53.84Martina Moravcová 53.93Louise Jöhncke 53.97200 m freestyleMartina Moravcová 1:55.12ERFranziska van Almsick 1:57.05Louise Jöhncke 1:57.39400 m freestyleCarla Geurts 4:08.05Vicky Horner 4:09.02Karen Legg 4:09.66800 m freestyleFlavia Rigamonti 8:27.85Carla Geurts 8:29.20Sarah Collings 8:33.7050 m backstrokeSandra Völker 27.27WRTherese Alshammar 28.46Alena Nývltová 28.47100 m backstrokeSandra Völker 59.84Antje Buschschulte 59.97Alena Nývltová 1.00.40200 m backstrokeAntje Buschschulte 2.07.31Helen Don-Duncan 2.09.83Yuliya Fomenko 2.10.3850 m breaststrokeSylvia Gerasch 31.43Vera Lischka 31.61Jaime King 31.69100 m breaststrokeBrigitte BecueAlicja Pęczak 1:07.71None Svitlana Bondarenko 1:07.86200 m breaststrokeAlicja Pęczak 2:25.18Lourdes Becerra 2:26.13Anne Poleska 2:26.2150 m butterflyInge de Bruijn 26.09ERAnna-Karin Kammerling 26.30Johanna Sjöberg 26.76100 m butterflyMartina Moravcová 57.72ERJohanna Sjöberg 58.17Inge de Bruijn 58.47200 m butterflySophia Skou 2:07.68Mette Jacobsen 2:07.92Johanna Sjöberg 2:08.21100 m individual medleyMartina Moravcová 1:00.43WRNataša Kejžar 1:02.26Sue Rolph 1:02.39200 m individual medleyAlicja Pęczak 2:12.05Nicole Hetzer 2:13.05Sue Rolph 2:13.19400 m individual medleyHana Černá 4:36.03Nicole Hetzer 4:36.37Lourdes Becerra 4:39.564 × 50 m freestyle relayKatrin MeissnerSimone OsygusMarianne HinnersSandra Völker 1:39.56WBTAngela PostmaNienke ValenWilma van HofwegenInge de Bruijn 1:40.05Alison SheppardClaire HuddartKaren PickeringSue Rolph 1:40.114 × 50 m medley relaySandra VölkerSylvia GeraschFranziska van AlmsickKatrin Meissner 1:50.13WBTTherese AlshammarMaria ÖstlingJohanna SjöbergAnna-Karin Kammerling 1:50.84Brenda StarinkMadelon BaansInge de BruijnAngela Postma 1:51.01
Abbreviations WR: World record ER: European record WBT: World best time (Not an official world record, because world governing body FINA doesn't recognize 4 × 50 m relay times)
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