The 1998 World Aquatics Championships or the 8th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Perth, Western Australia, Australia between January 8 and January 17, 1998.
The championships were contested by a total of 1,371 athletes with 16 events each for men and women, held in an outdoor pool. The championships were overshadowed when some Chinese swimmers were sent home after being discovered at Perth Airport with illegal performance enhancing substances, leading to a scuffle with media.
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.
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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) |
Liang Tian (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 | Liang Tian (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) Rongiuan 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 |
External links
- Swim Rankings results
| Preceded by 1994 World Aquatics Championships (Rome, Italy) |
FINA World Aquatics Championships | Succeeded by 2001 World Aquatics Championships (Fukuoka, Japan) |
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