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  England	22.58	Brendon Dedekind	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	Michael Klim  Australia	1:48.05	Daniel Kowalski  Australia	1:48.26
400 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe  Australia	3:44.35	Grant Hackett  Australia	3:44.88	Daniel Kowalski  Australia	3:48.91
1500 m freestyle details	Grant Hackett  Australia	14:50.92	Ryk Neethling	15:02.88	Kieren Perkins  Australia	15:03.00
100 m backstroke	Mark Versfeld	55.52	Josh Watson  Australia	55.92	Chris Renaud	55.99
200 m backstroke	Mark Versfeld	1:59.67	Adrian Radley  Australia	2:01.41		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	Australia	4:23.20
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Australia Ashley Callus Chris Fydler Ian Thorpe Michael Klim	3:17.83	Canada Craig Hutchison 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 Craig Hutchinson 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	Rebecca Creedy  Australia	56.07
200 m freestyle	Susie O'Neill  Australia	2:00.24	Karen Pickering  England	2:01.19	Jessica Deglau	2:01.59
400 m freestyle	Susie O'Neill  Australia	4:12.39	Vicky Horner  England	4:12.56	Joanne Malar	4:13.91
800 m freestyle details	Rachel Harris  Australia	8:42.23	Joanne Malar	8:43.96	Sarah Collings  England	8:45.56
100 m backstroke	Giaan Rooney  Australia	1:02.43	Kelly Stefanyshyn	1:02.81	Australia	1:03.19
200 m backstroke	Katy Sexton  England	2:13.18	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	1:09.11
200 m breaststroke	Samantha Riley  Australia	2:27.30		2:29.23	Lauren van Oosten	2:29.58
100 m butterfly	Petria Thomas  Australia	59.42	Susie O'Neill  Australia	59.61	Australia	1:00.14
200 m butterfly	Susie O'Neill  Australia	2:06.60	Petria Thomas  Australia	2:10.42	Jessica Deglau	2:11.67
200 m individual medley	Marianne Limpert	2:15.05	Joanne Malar	2:15.28	Sue Rolph  England	2:15.39
400 m individual medley	Joanne Malar	4:43.74	Elizabeth Warden	4:47.69	Jennifer Reilly  Australia	4:48.43
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Australia 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	3:45.48
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Australia Anna Windsor Julia Greville 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	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 nations)		32	32	32	96

See also[]

• List of Commonwealth Games records in swimming

References[]

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