1998 World Aquatics Championships
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) | January 8–17, 1998 |
| 1998 FINA World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Open water swimming | ||
| Single | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 5 km | team rating | |
| 25 km | men | women |
| 25 km | team rating | |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | women | |
| Duet | women | |
| Team | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
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
During 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
* 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
Diving
- Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m springboard | Zhuocheng Yu (CHN) | Troy Dumais (USA) | Holger Schlepps (GER) |
| 3 m springboard | Dmitri Sautin (RUS) | Yilin Zhou (CHN) | Vassili Lisovski (RUS) |
| 10 m platform | Dmitri Sautin (RUS) | Tian Liang (CHN) | Jan Hempel (GER) |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Hao Xu (CHN) Zhuocheng Yu (CHN) |
Alexander Mesch (GER) Holger Schlepps (GER) |
Dean Pullar (AUS) Shannon Roy (AUS) |
| 10 m platform synchro | Tian Liang (CHN) Sun Shuwei (CHN) |
Jan Hempel (GER) Michael Kühne (GER) |
Igor Lukashin (RUS) Aleksandr Varlamov (RUS) |
- Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m springboard | Irina Lashko (RUS) | Vera Ilyina (RUS) | Zhang Jing (CHN) |
| 3 m springboard | Yuliya Pakhalina (RUS) | Jingjing Guo (CHN) | Chantelle Michell (AUS) |
| 10 m platform | Olena Zhupina (UKR) | Yuyan Cai (CHN) | Li Chen (CHN) |
| 3 m springboard synchro | Irina Lashko (RUS) Yuliya Pakhalina (RUS) |
Lang Rao (CHN) Rongjuan Li (CHN) |
Tracy Bonner (USA) Kathy Pesek (USA) |
| 10 m platform synchro | Olena Zhupina (UKR) Svitlana Serbina (UKR) |
Yuyan Cai (CHN) Li Chen (CHN) |
Kristin Link (USA) Lindsay Long (USA) |
Open water swimming
- Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km | Aleksey Akatyev (RUS) | Ky Hurst (AUS) | Luca Baldini (ITA) |
| 25 km | Aleksey Akatyev (RUS) | David Meca (ESP) | Gabriel Chaillou (ARG) |
- Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 km | Erica Rose (USA) | Edith van Dijk (NED) | Peggy Büchse (GER) |
| 25 km | Tobie Smith (USA) | Peggy Büchse (GER) | Edith van Dijk (NED) |
- 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
Synchronised swimming
Water polo
- Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Spain | Hungary | Yugoslavia |
- Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Italy | Netherlands | Australia |
References
- "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.
- Cecil Colwin (2002). Breakthrough Swimming. Human Kinetics. pp. 213–. ISBN 978-0-7360-3777-8. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
External links
- Swim Rankings results