Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Swimming
at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Swimming ; at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Venue	National Aquatics Centre
Dates	12–17 September 1998
	← 1994 2002 →

The 'swimming events of the 1998 Commonwealth Games' were held at the National Aquatics Centre at the National Sports Complex, Malaysia from 12–17 September 1998.

Medalists

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Mark Foster England	22.58	Brendon Dedekind South Africa	22.70	Michael Klim Australia	22.86
100 m freestyle	Michael Klim Australia	49.43	Chris Fydler Australia	49.51	Gavin Meadows England	50.14
200 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe Australia	1:46.70 CR, OC	Michael Klim Australia	1:48.05	Daniel Kowalski Australia	1:48.26
400 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe Australia	3:44.35 GR	Grant Hackett Australia	3:44.88	Daniel Kowalski Australia	3:48.91
1500 m freestyle details	Grant Hackett Australia	14:50.92	Ryk Neethling South Africa	15:02.88	Kieren Perkins Australia	15:03.00
100 m backstroke	Mark Versfeld Canada	55.52	Josh Watson Australia	55.92	Chris Renaud Canada	55.99
200 m backstroke	Mark Versfeld Canada	1:59.67	Adrian Radley Australia	2:01.41	Greg Hamm Canada	2:01.47
100 m breaststroke	Simon Cowley Australia	1:02.00	Phil Rogers Australia	1:02.46	Darren Mew England	1:02.52
200 m breaststroke	Simon Cowley Australia	2:13.13	Ryan Mitchell Australia	2:13.20	Adam Whitehead England	2:14.44
100 m butterfly	Geoff Huegill Australia	52.81	Adam Pine Australia	53.09	Michael Klim Australia	53.50
200 m butterfly	James Hickman England	1:57.11	William Kirby Australia	1:59.57	Stephen Parry England	1:59.63
200 m individual medley	Matthew Dunn Australia	2:00.26	James Hickman England	2:01.87	Robert van der Zant Australia	2:02.73
400 m individual medley	Trent Steed Australia	4:19.89	James Hickman England	4:20.17	Zane King Australia	4:23.20
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Australia Ashley Callus Chris Fydler Ian Thorpe Michael Klim	3:17.83	Canada Craig Hutchison Garret Pulle Robbie Taylor Stephen Clarke	3:21.27	England Anthony Howard Gavin Meadows Mark Stevens Nicholas Shackell	3:22.13
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Australia Daniel Kowalski Ian Thorpe Matthew Dunn Michael Klim	7:11.86 WR	England Andrew Clayton Gavin Meadows James Salter Mark Stevens	7:23.83	New Zealand Danyon Loader John Davis Scott Cameron Trent Bray	7:24.52
4 × 100 m medley relay	Australia Josh Watson Geoff Huegill Simon Cowley Michael Klim Adrian Radley (heat) Chris Fydler (heat)	3:38.52	England Darren Mew Gavin Meadows James Hickman Martin Harris Neil Willey Nicholas Shackell Richard Maden	3:40.73	Canada Andrew Chan Chris Sawbridge Craig Hutchinson Garret Pulle Jason Flint Mark Versfeld Shamek Pietucha Stephen Clarke	3:42.74

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Sue Rolph England	25.82	Alison Sheppard Scotland	25.92	Toni Jeffs New Zealand	26.07
100 m freestyle	Sue Rolph England	55.17	Susie O'Neill Australia	55.58 OC	Rebecca Creedy Australia	56.07
200 m freestyle	Susie O'Neill Australia	2:00.24	Karen Pickering England	2:01.19	Jessica Deglau Canada	2:01.59
400 m freestyle	Susie O'Neill Australia	4:12.39	Vicky Horner England	4:12.56	Joanne Malar Canada	4:13.91
800 m freestyle details	Rachel Harris Australia	8:42.23	Joanne Malar Canada	8:43.96	Sarah Collings England	8:45.56
100 m backstroke	Giaan Rooney Australia	1:02.43	Kelly Stefanyshyn Canada	1:02.81	Meredith Smith Australia	1:03.19
200 m backstroke	Katy Sexton England	2:13.18	Meredith Smith Australia	2:13.19	Helen Don-Duncan England	2:13.50
100 m breaststroke	Helen Denman Australia	1:08.71	Samantha Riley Australia	1:09.08	Lauren van Oosten Canada	1:09.11
200 m breaststroke	Samantha Riley Australia	2:27.30	Courtenay Chuy Canada	2:29.23	Lauren van Oosten Canada	2:29.58
100 m butterfly	Petria Thomas Australia	59.42	Susie O'Neill Australia	59.61	Kathryn Godfrey Australia	1:00.14
200 m butterfly	Susie O'Neill Australia	2:06.60	Petria Thomas Australia	2:10.42	Jessica Deglau Canada	2:11.67
200 m individual medley	Marianne Limpert Canada	2:15.05	Joanne Malar Canada	2:15.28	Sue Rolph England	2:15.39
400 m individual medley	Joanne Malar Canada	4:43.74	Elizabeth Warden Canada	4:47.69	Jennifer Reilly Australia	4:48.43
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Australia Lori Munz Rebecca Creedy Sarah Ryan Susie O'Neill	3:42.61	England Claire Huddart Karen Legg Karen Pickering Sue Rolph	3:43.20	Canada Jessica Deglau Laura Nicholls Marianne Limpert Nicole Davey	3:45.48
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Australia Anna Windsor Julia Greville Lori Munz Susie O'Neill	8:03.73	England Claire Huddart Karen Legg Karen Pickering Lyndsey Cooper	8:10.09	Canada Andrea Schwartz Jessica Deglau Joanne Malar Laura Nicholls	8:11.84
4 × 100 m medley relay	Australia Giaan Rooney Helen Denman Petria Thomas Susie O'Neill	4:06.36	Canada Kelly Stefanyshyn Lauren van Oosten Marianne Limpert Sara Alroubaie	4:09.52	England Caroline Foot Jaime King Sarah Price Sue Rolph	4:13.96

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	23	15	11	49
2	England (ENG)	5	8	9	22
3	Canada (CAN)	4	6	10	20
4	South Africa (RSA)	0	2	0	2
5	Scotland (SCO)	0	1	0	1
6	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		32	32	32	96

References

Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Contents

Medalists

Men's events

Women's events

Medal table

See also

References