1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships Explained

Hostcity:	Sheffield, UK
Dates:	11–13 December 1998
Venues:	Ponds Forge
Nations:	34
Athletes:	355
Events:	38
Previous:	1996
Next:	1999

The second edition of the European Short Course Swimming Championships was held in Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England, from 11 to 13 December 1998. A total number of 355 swimmers from 34 nations competed in these championships.

Medal summary

Men's events

50 m freestyle	Mark Foster	21.31 WR	Mark Veens	21.79	Pieter van den Hoogenband	21.87
100 m freestyle	Lars Frölander	47.54	Pieter van den Hoogenband	47.68	Mark Veens	47.97
200 m freestyle	Pieter van den Hoogenband	1:44.00	Massimiliano Rosolino	1:44.92	Jacob Carstensen	1:45.55
400 m freestyle	Emiliano Brembilla	3:40.45 ER	Massimiliano Rosolino	3:42.87	Jacob Carstensen	3:44.56
1500 m freestyle	Graeme Smith	14:42.29	Igor Snitko	14:51.70	Emiliano Brembilla	14:53.45
50 m backstroke	Thomas Rupprath	24.13 WR	Stev Theloke	24.66	Daniel Carlsson	24.67
100 m backstroke	Stev Theloke	52.71	Darius Grigalionis	53.41	Eithan Urbach	53.64
200 m backstroke	Örn Arnarson	1:55.16	Adam Ruckwood	1:55.34	Jorge Sánchez	1:55.78
50 m breaststroke	Mark Warnecke	26.70 WR	Patrik Isaksson	27.21	Patrick Schmollinger	27.60
100 m breaststroke	Patrik Isaksson	59.22	Mark Warnecke	59.77	Jens Kruppa	59.89
200 m breaststroke	Adam Whitehead	2:08.54	Stéphan Perrot	2:09.41	Maxim Podoprigora	2:10.09
50 m butterfly	Miloš Milošević	23.30 WR	Mark Foster	23.34	Lars Frölander	23.48
100 m butterfly	James Hickman	51.04 WR	Lars Frölander	51.11	Denys Sylantyev	51.87
200 m butterfly	James Hickman	1:52.96	Denys Sylantyev	1:54.13	Thomas Rupprath	1:54.99
100 m individual medley	Jani Sievinen	53.64	Jens Kruppa	54.00	James Hickman	54.45
200 m individual medley	James Hickman	1:56.36	Marcel Wouda	1:56.51	Jani Sievinen	1:57.14
400 m individual medley	Marcel Wouda	4:07.70	Frederik Hviid	4:12.13	Christian Keller	4:12.56
4×50 m freestyle relay	Mark Veens Johan Kenkhuis Stefan Aartsen Pieter van den Hoogenband	1:26.99 WBT	Mark Foster James Hickman Simon Handley Sion Brinn	1:27.74	Stephan Kunzelmann Lars Conrad Alexander Lüderitz Carsten Dehmlow	1:28.01
4×50 m medley relay	Thomas Rupprath Mark Warnecke Alexander Lüderitz Stephan Kunzelmann Daniel Carlsson Patrik Isaksson Jonas Åkesson Lars Frölander	1:35.51 WBT	None		James Hickman Darren Mew Mark Foster Sion Brinn	1:36.11

Women's events

50 m freestyle	Inge de Bruijn	24.41 ER	Katrin Meissner	24.79	Sue Rolph	24.80
100 m freestyle	Sue Rolph	53.84	Martina Moravcová	53.93	Louise Jöhncke	53.97
200 m freestyle	Martina Moravcová	1:55.12 ER	Franziska van Almsick	1:57.05	Louise Jöhncke	1:57.39
400 m freestyle	Carla Geurts	4:08.05	Vicky Horner	4:09.02	Karen Legg	4:09.66
800 m freestyle	Flavia Rigamonti	8:27.85	Carla Geurts	8:29.20	Sarah Collings	8:33.70
50 m backstroke	Sandra Völker	27.27 WR	Therese Alshammar	28.46	Alena Nývltová	28.47
100 m backstroke	Sandra Völker	59.84	Antje Buschschulte	59.97	Alena Nývltová	1.00.40
200 m backstroke	Antje Buschschulte	2.07.31	Helen Don-Duncan	2.09.83	Yuliya Fomenko	2.10.38
50 m breaststroke	Sylvia Gerasch	31.43	Vera Lischka	31.61	Jaime King	31.69
100 m breaststroke	Brigitte Becue Alicja Pęczak	1:07.71	None		Svitlana Bondarenko	1:07.86
200 m breaststroke	Alicja Pęczak	2:25.18	Lourdes Becerra	2:26.13	Anne Poleska	2:26.21
50 m butterfly	Inge de Bruijn	26.09 ER	Anna-Karin Kammerling	26.30	Johanna Sjöberg	26.76
100 m butterfly	Martina Moravcová	57.72 ER	Johanna Sjöberg	58.17	Inge de Bruijn	58.47
200 m butterfly	Sophia Skou	2:07.68	Mette Jacobsen	2:07.92	Johanna Sjöberg	2:08.21
100 m individual medley	Martina Moravcová	1:00.43 WR	Nataša Kejžar	1:02.26	Sue Rolph	1:02.39
200 m individual medley	Alicja Pęczak	2:12.05	Nicole Hetzer	2:13.05	Sue Rolph	2:13.19
400 m individual medley	Hana Černá	4:36.03	Nicole Hetzer	4:36.37	Lourdes Becerra	4:39.56
4×50 m freestyle relay	Katrin Meissner Simone Osygus Marianne Hinners Sandra Völker	1:39.56 WBT	Angela Postma Nienke Valen Wilma van Hofwegen Inge de Bruijn	1:40.05	Alison Sheppard Claire Huddart Karen Pickering Sue Rolph	1:40.11
4×50 m medley relay	Sandra Völker Sylvia Gerasch Franziska van Almsick Katrin Meissner	1:50.13 WBT	Therese Alshammar Maria Östling Johanna Sjöberg Anna-Karin Kammerling	1:50.84	Brenda Starink Madelon Baans Inge de Bruijn Angela Postma	1:51.01

Abbreviations

• WR: World record
• ER: European record
• WBT: World best time (Not an official world record, because world governing body FINA doesn't recognize 4×50 m relay times)

References

• Results on GBRSports.com
• Results