The 8th FINA World Championships or the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held from 8 to 17 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia. The championships features competition in all five of FINA's disciplines: Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Synchronised swimming and Open Water Swimming. The main venue for competition was Challenge Stadium, which hosted all disciplines except the Open Water events.
| 8th FINA World Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Date(s) | 8–17 January 1998 |
Local athlete Michael Klim was named as the leading male swimmer of the meet, winning the 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 4×200 m freestyle, 4×100 m medley relay, as well as silver in the 100 m freestyle, 4×100 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.
Doping
editDuring a routine customs check on Chinese swimmer Yuan Yuan's luggage, enough human growth hormone was discovered to supply the entire women's swimming team for the duration of the championships.[1] Only Yuan was sanctioned for the incident, with speculation that this was connected to the nomination of Juan Antonio Samaranch by China for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.[2] Tests in Perth also found the presence of the banned diuretic masking agent triamterine in the urine of four swimmers, Wang Luna, Yi Zhang, Huijue Cai and Wei Wang.[3] The swimmers were suspended from competition for two years, with three coaches associated with the swimmers, Zhi Cheng, Hiuqin Xu and Zhi Cheng each suspended for three months.[3]
Medal table
edit* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 17 | 6 | 9 | 32 |
| 2 |  Russia | 11 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 |  Australia* | 7 | 8 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 |  China | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 |  Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 |  Italy | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 |  Germany | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 |  Netherlands | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 |  France | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 |  Hungary | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 |  Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 |  Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Costa Rica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  Japan | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 15 |  Slovakia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 |  Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 |  Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 |  Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 entries) | 53 | 53 | 54 | 160 | |
Results
editDiving
edit- Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m springboard | Zhuocheng Yu (CHN)
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 Troy Dumais (USA)
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Holger Schlepps (GER)
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| 3 m springboard | Dmitri Sautin (RUS)
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Yilin Zhou (CHN)
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Vassili Lisovski (RUS)
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| 10 m platform | Dmitri Sautin (RUS)
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Tian Liang (CHN)
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Jan Hempel (GER)
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| 3 m springboard synchro | Hao Xu (CHN) Zhuocheng Yu (CHN)
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Alexander Mesch (GER) Holger Schlepps (GER)
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Dean Pullar (AUS) Shannon Roy (AUS)
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| 10 m platform synchro | Tian Liang (CHN) Sun Shuwei (CHN)
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Jan Hempel (GER) Michael Kühne (GER)
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Igor Lukashin (RUS) Aleksandr Varlamov (RUS)
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- Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m springboard | Irina Lashko (RUS)
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Vera Ilyina (RUS)
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Zhang Jing (CHN)
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| 3 m springboard | Yuliya Pakhalina (RUS)
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Jingjing Guo (CHN)
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Chantelle Michell (AUS)
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| 10 m platform | Olena Zhupina (UKR)
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Yuyan Cai (CHN)
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Li Chen (CHN)
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| 3 m springboard synchro | Irina Lashko (RUS) Yuliya Pakhalina (RUS)
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Lang Rao (CHN) Rongjuan Li (CHN)
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Tracy Bonner (USA) Kathy Pesek (USA)
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| 10 m platform synchro | Olena Zhupina (UKR) Svitlana Serbina (UKR)
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Yuyan Cai (CHN) Li Chen (CHN)
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Kristin Link (USA) Lindsay Long (USA)
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Open water swimming
edit- Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km | Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)
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Ky Hurst (AUS)
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Luca Baldini (ITA)
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| 25 km | Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)
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David Meca (ESP)
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Gabriel Chaillou (ARG)
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- Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km | Erica Rose (USA)
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Edith van Dijk (NED)
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Peggy Büchse (GER)
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| 25 km | Tobie Smith (USA)
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Peggy Büchse (GER)
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Edith van Dijk (NED)
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- Mixed
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km | United States (USA) John Flanagan Austin Ramirez Erica Rose |
Russia (RUS) Aleksey Akatyev Yevgeny Bezruchenko Olga Gouseva |
Italy (ITA) Luca Baldini Fabio Venturini Valeria Casprini |
| 25 km | Italy (ITA) Claudio Gargaro Fabrizio Pescatori Valeria Casprini |
Australia (AUS) Grant Robinson Mark Saliba Tracey Knowles |
United States (USA) Tobie Smith Nathan Stooke Chuck Wiley |
Swimming
editSynchronised swimming
editWater polo
edit- Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Spain
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Hungary
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Yugoslavia
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- Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Italy
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Netherlands
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Australia
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References
edit- ^ "Chinese Olympians subjected to routine doping". The Sydney morning Herald. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ Maxwell J. Mehlman (21 May 2009). The Price of Perfection: Individualism and Society in the Era of Biomedical Enhancement. JHU Press. pp. 134–. ISBN 978-0-8018-9263-9. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ a b Cecil Colwin (2002). Breakthrough Swimming. Human Kinetics. pp. 213–. ISBN 978-0-7360-3777-8. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
External links
edit- Swim Rankings results