1998 World Aquatics Championships

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The 1998 World Aquatics Championships or the 8th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Perth, Western Australia, Australia between January 8 and January 17, 1998.

The championships were contested by a total of 1,371 athletes with 16 events each for men and women, held in an outdoor pool. The championships were overshadowed when some Chinese swimmers were sent home after being discovered at Perth Airport with illegal performance enhancing substances, leading to a scuffle with media.

Michael Klim was named as the leading male swimmer of the meet, winning the 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 4x200 m freestyle, 4x100 m medley relay, as well as silver in the 100 m freestyle, 4x100 m freestyle relay and bronze in the 50 m freestyle.

Ian Thorpe became the youngest ever male to become World Champion when he won the 400 m freestyle event aged 15 years and three months.

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[edit] Results

[edit] Open water swimming

Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time
Men's 5 km Alexei Akatiev
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
55:18 Ky Hurst
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
55:24 Luca Baldini
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
55:37
Women's 5 km Erica Rose
Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA
59:23 Edith van Dijk
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
1:00.58 Peggy Büchse
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
1:01.05
Men's 25 km Alexei Akatiev
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
5:05.42 David Meca
Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
5:07.22 Gabriel Chaillou
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
5:07.52
Women's 25 km Tobie Smith
Image:Flag of the United States.svg USA
5:31.20 Peggy Büchse
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
5:32.19 Edith van Dijk
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
5:38.06

[edit] Swimming

Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time
Backstroke
Men's 100 m Lenny Krayzelburg
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
55.00 Mark Versfeld
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada
55.17 Stev Theloke
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
55.20
Women's 100 m Lea Loveless-Maurer
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
1:01.16 Mai Nakamura
Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
1:01.28 Sandra Völker
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
1:01.47
Men's 200 m Lenny Krayzelburg
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
1:58.84 Ralf Braun
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
1:59.23 Mark Versfeld
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada
1:59.39
Women's 200 m Roxana Maracineanu
Image:Flag of France.svg France
2:11.26 Dagmar Hase
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
2:11.45 Mai Nakamura
Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
2:12.22
Breaststroke
Men's 100 m Fred Deburghgraeve
Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
1:01.34 Qiliang Zeng
Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
1:01.76 Kurt Grote
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
1:01.93
Women's 100 m Kristy Kowal
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
1:08.42 Helen Denman
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
1:08.51 Lauren Van Oosten
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada
1:08.66
Men's 200 m Kurt Grote
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
2:13.40 Jean-Christophe Sarnin
Image:Flag of France.svg France
2:13.42 Norbert Rozsa
Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
2:13.59
Women's 200 m Agnes Kovacs
Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
2:25.45 Kristy Kowal
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
2:26.19 Jenna Street
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
2:26.50
Butterfly
Men's 100 m Michael Klim
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
52.25 Lars Frolander
Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
52.79 Geoff Huegill
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
52.90
Women's 100 m Jenny Thompson
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
58.46 Ayari Aoyama
Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
58.79 Petria Thomas
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
58.97
Men's 200 m Denys Sylant'yev
Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
1:56.61 Franck Esposito
Image:Flag of France.svg France
1:56.77 Tom Malchow
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
1:57.26
Women's 200 m Susan O'Neill
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
2:07.93 Petria Thomas
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
2:09.08 Misty Hyman
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
2:09.98
Freestyle
Men's 50 m Bill Pilczuk
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
22.29 Alexander Popov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
22.43 Michael Klim
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
Ricardo Busquests
Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico
22.47
Women's 50 m Amy Van Dyken
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
25.12 Sandra Völker
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
25.32 Ying Shan
Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
25.36
Men's 100 m Alexander Popov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
48.93 Michael Klim
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
49.20 Lars Frolander
Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
49.53
Women's 100 m Jenny Thompson
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
54.95 Martina Moravcova
Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
55.09 Ying Shan
Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
55.10
Men's 200 m Michael Klim
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
1:47.41 Massimiliano Rosolino
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
1:48.30 Pieter van den Hoogenband
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
1:48.65
Women's 200 m Claudia Poll
Image:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
1:58.90 Martina Moravcova
Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
1:59.61 Julia Greville
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
1:59.92
Men's 400 m Ian Thorpe
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
3:46.29 Grant Hackett
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
3:46.44 Paul Palmer
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
3:48.02
Women's 400 m Yan Chen
Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
4:06.72 Brooke Bennett
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
4:07.07 Dagmar Hase
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
4:08.82
Men's 1500 m Grant Hackett
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
14:51.70 Emiliano Brembilla
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
15:00.59 Daniel Kowalski
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
15:03.94
Women's 800 m Brooke Bennett
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
8:28.71 Diana Munz
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
8:29.97 Kirsten Vlieghuis
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
8:32.34
Freestyle Relay
Men's 4x100 m Scott Tucker
Neil Walker
Jon Olsen
Gary Hall Jr
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
3:16.69 Adam Pine
Richard Upton
Michael Klim
Chris Fydler
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
3:16.97 R Egorov
Denis Pimankov
V Kulikov
Alexander Popov
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
3:18.45
Women's 4x100 m Lindsey Farella
Barbara Bedford
Amy van Dyken
Jenny Thompson
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
3:42.11 Sandra Völker
Franziska van Almsick
S Osygus
K Meissner
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
3:43.11 Sarah Ryan
R Creedy
A Kennedy
Susan O'Neill
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
3:43.71
Men's 4x200 m Daniel Kowalski
Grant Hackett
Michael Klim
Ian Thorpe
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
7:12.48 Pieter van den Hoogenband
M van der Zjden
M Zujdweg
Marcel Wouda
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
7:16.77 Paul Palmer
G Meadows
A Clayton
J Salter
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
7:17.33
Women's 4x200 m Franziska van Almsick
Dagmar Hase
Silvia Szalai
Kerstin Kielgass
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
8:01.46 C Teuscher
L Benko
Brooke Bennett
Jenny Thompson
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
8:02.88 J Greville
A Windsor
Petria Thomas
Susan O'Neill
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
8:04.19
Individual Medley
Men's 200 m Marcel Wouda
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
2:01.18 Xavier Marchand
Image:Flag of France.svg France
2:01.66 Ron Karnaugh
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
2:01.89
Women's 200 m Yanyan Wu
Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
2:10.88 Yan Chen
Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
2:13.66 Martina Moravcova
Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
2:14.26
Men's 400 m Tom Dolan
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
4:14.95 Marcel Wouda
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
4:15.53 Curtis Myden
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada
4:16.45
Women's 400 m Yan Chen
Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
4:36.66 Yana Klochkova
Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
4:38.60 Yasuko Tajima
Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
4:39.45
Medley Relay
Men's 4x100 m Matt Welsh
P Rogers
Michael Klim
Chris Fydler
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
3:37.98 Lenny Krayzelburg
Kurt Grote
Neil Walker
Gary Hall Jr
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
3:38.56 A Czene
Norbert Rozsa
P Horvath
A Zubor
Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
3:39.53
Women's 4x100 m Lea Loveless-Maurer
Kristy Kowal
Amy van Dyken
Jenny Thompson
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
4:01.93 M Smith
Helen Denman
Petria Thomas
Susan O'Neill
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
4:05.12
Mai Nakamura
M Tanaka
Ayari Aoyama
S Minamoto
Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
4:06.27

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Preceded by
1994 World Aquatics Championships
(Rome, Italy)
FINA World Aquatics Championships Succeeded by
2001 World Aquatics Championships
(Fukuoka, Japan)
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