1991 World Aquatics Championships

The 1991 World Aquatics Championships took place at the Claremont Superdrome in Perth, Western Australia from 3 to 13 January 1991 with 1142 participating athletes.

6th FINA World Championships
Host cityPerth, Western Australia
Date(s)3–13 January 1991
1991 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Open water swimming
25 kmmenwomen
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Synchronised swimming
Solowomen
Duetwomen
Teamwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen

Medal table
Place Nation Total
1  United States 17 11 6 34
2  China 8 3 2 13
3  Hungary 5 2 2 9
4  Germany 4 9 9 22
5  Australia 3 5 2 10
6  Netherlands 2 1 1 4
7  Soviet Union 1 3 6 10
8  Canada 1 3 1 5
9  Italy 1 2 4 7
10  Spain 1 1 1 3
11  Suriname 1 0 0 1
 Yugoslavia 1 0 0 1
13  Japan 0 2 3 5
14  France 0 2 1 3
15  Great Britain 0 1 1 2
16  Sweden 0 1 0 1
17  Denmark 0 0 2 2
 Poland 0 0 2 2
19  Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1
Total 45 46 44 135

Medal summary

Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships
Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
1 m springboard  Edwin Jongejans (NED)  Mark Lenzi (USA)  Wang Yijie (CHN)
3 m springboard  Kent Ferguson (USA)  Tan Liangde (CHN)  Albin Killat (GER)
10 m platform  Sun Shuwei (CHN)  Xiong Ni (CHN)  Georgiy Chogovadze (URS)
Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
1 m springboard  Gao Min (CHN)  Wendy Lucero (USA)  Heidemarie Bártová (TCH)
3 m springboard  Gao Min (CHN)  Irina Lashko (URS)  Brita Baldus (GER)
10 m platform  Fu Mingxia (CHN)  Yelena Miroshina (URS)  Wendy Lian Williams (USA)

Open water swimming
Main article: Open water swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships
Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
25 km  Chad Hundeby (USA)  Sergio Chariandini (ITA)  David O'Brien (AUS)
Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
25 km  Shelley Taylor-Smith (AUS)  Martha Jahn (USA)  Karen Burton (USA)

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships
Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle  Tom Jager (USA)  Matt Biondi (USA)  Gennadiy Prigoda (URS)
100 m freestyle  Matt Biondi (USA)  Tommy Werner (SWE)  Giorgio Lamberti (ITA)
200 m freestyle  Giorgio Lamberti (ITA)  Steffen Zesner (GER)  Artur Wojdat (POL)
400 m freestyle  Jörg Hoffmann (GER)  Stefan Pfeiffer (GER)  Artur Wojdat (POL)
1500 m freestyle  Jörg Hoffmann (GER)  Kieren Perkins (AUS)  Stefan Pfeiffer (GER)
100 m backstroke  Jeff Rouse (USA)  Mark Tewksbury (CAN)  Martin López (ESP)
200 m backstroke  Martin López (ESP)  Stefano Battistelli (ITA)  Vladimir Selkov (URS)
100 m breaststroke  Norbert Rózsa (HUN)  Adrian Moorhouse (GBR)  Gianni Minervini (ITA)
200 m breaststroke  Mike Barrowman (USA)  Norbert Rózsa (HUN)  Nick Gillingham (GBR)
100 m butterfly  Anthony Nesty (SUR)  Michael Groß (GER)  Vladislav Kulikov (URS)
200 m butterfly  Melvin Stewart (USA)  Michael Groß (GER)  Tamás Darnyi (HUN)
200 m individual medley  Tamás Darnyi (HUN)  Eric Namesnik (USA)  Christian Geßner (GER)
400 m individual medley  Tamás Darnyi (HUN)  Eric Namesnik (USA)  Stefano Battistelli (ITA)
4 × 100 m freestyle relay  United States (USA)
Tom Jager
Brent Lang
Doug Gjertsen
Matt Biondi		  Germany (GER)
Peter Sitt
Dirk Richter
Steffen Zesner
Bengt Zikarsky		  Soviet Union (URS)
Gennadiy Prigoda
Yuriy Bashkatov
Veniamin Tayanovich
Volodymyr Tkachenko
4 × 200 m freestyle relay  Germany (GER)
Peter Sitt
Steffen Zesner
Stefan Pfeiffer
Michael Groß		  United States (USA)
Troy Dalbey
Melvin Stewart
Dan Jorgensen
Doug Gjertsen		  Italy (ITA)
Emanuele Idini
Roberto Gleria
Stefano Battistelli
Giorgio Lamberti
4 × 100 m medley relay  United States (USA)
Jeff Rouse
Eric Wunderlich
Mark Henderson
Matt Biondi		  Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Shemetov
Dmitriy Volkov
Vladislav Kulikov
Veniamin Tayanovich		  Germany (GER)
Frank Hoffmeister
Christian Poswiat
Michael Groß
Dirk Richter
Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle  Zhuang Yong (CHN)  Leigh Ann Fetter (USA) —
 Catherine Plewinski (FRA)
100 m freestyle  Nicole Haislett (USA)  Catherine Plewinski (FRA)  Zhuang Yong (CHN)
200 m freestyle  Hayley Lewis (AUS)  Janet Evans (USA)  Mette Jacobsen (DEN)
400 m freestyle  Janet Evans (USA)  Hayley Lewis (AUS)  Suzu Chiba (JPN)
800 m freestyle  Janet Evans (USA)  Grit Müller (GER)  Jana Henke (GER)
100 m backstroke  Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)  Tünde Szabó (HUN)  Janie Wagstaff (USA)
200 m backstroke  Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)  Dagmar Hase (GER)  Janie Wagstaff (USA)
100 m breaststroke  Linley Frame (AUS)  Jana Dörries (GER)  Yelena Volkova (URS)
200 m breaststroke  Yelena Volkova (URS)  Linley Frame (AUS)  Jana Dörries (GER)
100 m butterfly  Hong Qian (CHN)  Wang Xiaohong (CHN)  Catherine Plewinski (FRA)
200 m butterfly  Summer Sanders (USA)  Rie Shito (JPN)  Hayley Lewis (AUS)
200 m individual medley  Lin Li (CHN)  Summer Sanders (USA)  Daniela Hunger (GER)
400 m individual medley  Lin Li (CHN)  Hayley Lewis (AUS)  Summer Sanders (USA)
4 × 100 m freestyle relay  United States (USA)
Nicole Haislett
Julie Cooper
Whitney Hedgepeth
Jenny Thompson		  Germany (GER)
Simone Osygus
Kerstin Kielgaß
Karen Seick
Manuela Stellmach		  Netherlands (NED)
Mildred Muis
Inge de Bruijn
Marianne Muis
Karin Brienesse
4 × 200 m freestyle relay  Germany (GER)
Kerstin Kielgaß
Manuela Stellmach
Dagmar Hase
Stephanie Ortwig		  Netherlands (NED)
Marianne Muis
Manon Masseurs
Mildred Muis
Karin Brienesse		  Denmark (DEN)
Gitta Jensen
Berit Puggaard
Annette Povlsen
Mette Jacobsen
4 × 100 m medley relay  United States (USA)
Janie Wagstaff
Tracey McFarlane
Crissy Ahmann-Leighton
Nicole Haislett		  Australia (AUS)
Nicole Livingstone
Linley Frame
Susie O'Neill
Karen van Wirdum		  Germany (GER)
Svenja Schlicht
Jana Dörries
Susanne Müller
Manuela Stellmach

Synchronised swimming
Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Solo routine  Sylvie Fréchette (CAN)  Kristen Babb-Sprague (USA)  Mikako Kotani (JPN)
Duet routine  Karen Josephson (USA)
 Sarah Josephson (USA)		  Mikako Kotani (JPN)
 Aki Takayama (JPN)		  Lisa Alexander (CAN)
 Kathy Glen (CAN)
Team routine  United States (USA)  Canada (CAN)  Japan (JPN)

Water polo
Men
Main article: Water polo at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team  Yugoslavia  Spain  Hungary
Women
Main article: Water polo at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team  Netherlands  Canada  United States

Participating nations
  •  Algeria (2)
  •  Argentina (4)
  •  Australia (88)
  •  Austria (3)
  •  Bahamas (1)
  •  Belgium (9)
  •  Brazil (31)
  •  Bulgaria (2)
  •  Canada (77)
  •  China (47)
  •  Chinese Taipei (7)
  •  Costa Rica (1)
  •  Cuba (15)
  •  Czechoslovakia (4)
  •  Denmark (10)
  •  Egypt (17)
  •  Finland (3)
  •  France (55)
  •  Germany (80)
  •  Great Britain (29)
  •  Greece (19)
  •  Guam (6)
  •  Hong Kong (2)
  •  Hungary (44)
  •  India (2)
  •  Indonesia (15)
  •  Ireland (4)
  •  Israel (5)
  •  Italy (45)
  •  Japan (24)
  •  Kuwait (1)
  •  Lebanon (1)
  •  Luxembourg (4)
  •  Macau (3)
  •  Malaysia (1)
  •  Mexico (19)
  •  Netherlands (41)
  •  New Zealand (46)
  •  North Korea (4)
  •  Northern Mariana Islands (2)
  •  Norway (12)
  •  Poland (6)
  •  Portugal (7)
  •  Puerto Rico (5)
  •  Romania (19)
  •  San Marino (7)
  •  Singapore (5)
  •  South Korea (5)
  •  Soviet Union (51)
  •  Spain (35)
  •  Suriname (1)
  •  Sweden (22)
  •  Switzerland (16)
  •  Turkey (2)
  •  United States (90)
  •  Uruguay (2)
  •  Venezuela (1)
  •  Yugoslavia (29)
  •  Zimbabwe (2)
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