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   South Africa	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 CR, OC	Michael Klim   Australia	1:48.05	Daniel Kowalski   Australia	1:48.26
400 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe   Australia	3:44.35 GR	Grant Hackett   Australia	3:44.88	Daniel Kowalski   Australia	3:48.91
1500 m freestyle details	Grant Hackett   Australia	14:50.92	Ryk Neethling   South Africa	15:02.88	Kieren Perkins   Australia	15:03.00
100 m backstroke	Mark Versfeld   Canada	55.52	Josh Watson   Australia	55.92	Chris Renaud   Canada	55.99
200 m backstroke	Mark Versfeld   Canada	1:59.67	Adrian Radley   Australia	2:01.41	Greg Hamm   Canada	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	Zane King   Australia	4:23.20
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Australia Ashley Callus Chris Fydler Ian Thorpe Michael Klim	3:17.83	Canada Craig Hutchison Garret Pulle 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 WR	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 Andrew Chan Chris Sawbridge Craig Hutchinson Garret Pulle Jason Flint 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 OC	Rebecca Creedy   Australia	56.07
200 m freestyle	Susie O'Neill   Australia	2:00.24	Karen Pickering   England	2:01.19	Jessica Deglau   Canada	2:01.59
400 m freestyle	Susie O'Neill   Australia	4:12.39	Vicky Horner   England	4:12.56	Joanne Malar   Canada	4:13.91
800 m freestyle details	Rachel Harris   Australia	8:42.23	Joanne Malar   Canada	8:43.96	Sarah Collings   England	8:45.56
100 m backstroke	Giaan Rooney   Australia	1:02.43	Kelly Stefanyshyn   Canada	1:02.81	Meredith Smith   Australia	1:03.19
200 m backstroke	Katy Sexton   England	2:13.18	Meredith Smith   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   Canada	1:09.11
200 m breaststroke	Samantha Riley   Australia	2:27.30	Courtenay Chuy   Canada	2:29.23	Lauren van Oosten   Canada	2:29.58
100 m butterfly	Petria Thomas   Australia	59.42	Susie O'Neill   Australia	59.61	Kathryn Godfrey   Australia	1:00.14
200 m butterfly	Susie O'Neill   Australia	2:06.60	Petria Thomas   Australia	2:10.42	Jessica Deglau   Canada	2:11.67
200 m individual medley	Marianne Limpert   Canada	2:15.05	Joanne Malar   Canada	2:15.28	Sue Rolph   England	2:15.39
400 m individual medley	Joanne Malar   Canada	4:43.74	Elizabeth Warden   Canada	4:47.69	Jennifer Reilly   Australia	4:48.43
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Australia Lori Munz 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 Nicole Davey	3:45.48
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Australia Anna Windsor Julia Greville Lori Munz 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 Sara Alroubaie	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 entries)		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