Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

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 (ENG)	22.58	Brendon Dedekind (RSA)	22.70	Michael Klim (AUS)	22.86
100 m freestyle	Michael Klim (AUS)	49.43	Chris Fydler (AUS)	49.51	Gavin Meadows (ENG)	50.14
200 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	1:46.70	Michael Klim (AUS)	1:48.05	Daniel Kowalski (AUS)	1:48.26
400 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	3:44.35	Grant Hackett (AUS)	3:44.88	Daniel Kowalski (AUS)	3:48.91
1500 m freestyle	Grant Hackett (AUS)	14:50.92	Ryk Neethling (RSA)	15:02.88	Kieren Perkins (AUS)	15:03.00
100 m backstroke	Mark Versfeld (CAN)	55.52	Josh Watson (AUS)	55.92	Chris Renaud (CAN)	55.99
200 m backstroke	Mark Versfeld (CAN)	1:59.67	Adrian Radley (AUS)	2:01.41	Greg Hamm (CAN)	2:01.47
100 m breaststroke	Simon Cowley (AUS)	1:02.00	Phil Rogers (AUS)	1:02.46	Darren Mew (ENG)	1:02.52
200 m breaststroke	Simon Cowley (AUS)	2:13.13	Ryan Mitchell (AUS)	2:13.20	Adam Whitehead (ENG)	2:14.44
100 m butterfly	Geoff Huegill (AUS)	52.81	Adam Pine (AUS)	53.09	Michael Klim (AUS)	53.50
200 m butterfly	James Hickman (ENG)	1:57.11	William Kirby (AUS)	1:59.57	Stephen Parry (ENG)	1:59.63
200 m individual medley	Matthew Dunn (AUS)	2:00.26	James Hickman (ENG)	2:01.87	Robert van der Zant (AUS)	2:02.73
400 m individual medley	Trent Steed (AUS)	4:19.89	James Hickman (ENG)	4:20.17	Zane King (AUS)	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	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 (ENG)	25.82	Alison Sheppard (SCO)	25.92	Toni Jeffs (NZL)	26.07
100 m freestyle	Sue Rolph (ENG)	55.17	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	55.58	Rebecca Creedy (AUS)	56.07
200 m freestyle	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:00.24	Karen Pickering (ENG)	2:01.19	Jessica Deglau (CAN)	2:01.59
400 m freestyle	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	4:12.39	Victoria Horner (ENG)	4:12.56	Joanne Malar (CAN)	4:13.91
800 m freestyle	Rachel Harris (AUS)	8:42.23	Joanne Malar (CAN)	8:43.96	Sarah Collings (ENG)	8:45.56
100 m backstroke	Giaan Rooney (AUS)	1:02.43	Kelly Stefanyshyn (CAN)	1:02.81	Meredith Smith (AUS)	1:03.19
200 m backstroke	Katy Sexton (ENG)	2:13.18	Meredith Smith (AUS)	2:13.19	Helen Don-Duncan (ENG)	2:13.50
100 m breaststroke	Helen Denman (AUS)	1:08.71	Samantha Riley (AUS)	1:09.08	Lauren van Oosten (CAN)	1:09.11
200 m breaststroke	Samantha Riley (AUS)	2:27.30	Courtenay Chuy (CAN)	2:29.23	Lauren van Oosten (CAN)	2:29.58
100 m butterfly	Petria Thomas (AUS)	59.42	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	59.61	Kathryn Godfrey (AUS)	1:00.14
200 m butterfly	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:06.60	Petria Thomas (AUS)	2:10.42	Jessica Deglau (CAN)	2:11.67
200 m individual medley	Marianne Limpert (CAN)	2:15.05	Joanne Malar (CAN)	2:15.28	Sue Rolph (ENG)	2:15.39
400 m individual medley	Joanne Malar (CAN)	4:43.74	Elizabeth Warden (CAN)	4:47.69	Jennifer Reilly (AUS)	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 L. 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 Albouraie	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	23	15	11	49
2	England	5	8	9	23
3	Canada	4	6	10	14
4	South Africa	–	2	–	2
5	Scotland	–	1	–	1
6	New Zealand	–	–	2	2

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games records in swimming

References

• Commonwealth Games Federation Results Database
• 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur Malaysia: Aquatics Results