See main article: 1994 World Aquatics Championships.
The Swimming portion of the 7th FINA World Aquatics Championships was held from September 5 to 11, 1994. The competition was swum in the outdoor pool at the Foro Italico. The competition consisted of 32 long course events: 16 for males and females each,[1] 26 individual events and 6 relays in total. Events by stroke were:
50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (females), and 1500 (males);
100 and 200;
100 and 200;
100 and 200;
| 50m freestyle | Alexander Popov Russia | 22.17 | Gary Hall, Jr. USA | 22.44 | Raimundas Mažuolis Lithuania | 22.52 | |
| 100m freestyle | Alexander Popov Russia | 49.12 | Gary Hall, Jr. USA | 49.41 | Gustavo Borges Brazil | 49.52 | |
| 200m freestyle | Antti Kasvio Finland | 1:47.32 | Anders Holmertz Sweden | 1:48.24 | Danyon Loader New Zealand | 1:48.49 | |
| 400m freestyle | Kieren Perkins Australia | 3:43.80 WR | Antti Kasvio Finland | 3:48.55 | Danyon Loader New Zealand | 3:48.62 | |
| 1500m freestyle | Kieren Perkins Australia | 14:50.52 | Daniel Kowalski Australia | 14:53.42 | Steffen Zesner Germany | 15:09.20 | |
| 100m backstroke | Martin López-Zubero Spain | 55.17 CR | Jeff Rouse USA | 55.51 | Tamás Deutsch Hungary | 55.69 | |
| 200m backstroke | Vladimir Selkov Russia | 1:57.42 CR | Martin López-Zubero Spain | 1:58.75 | Royce Sharp USA | 1:58.86 | |
| 100m breaststroke | Norbert Rózsa Hungary | 1:01.24 CR | Károly Güttler Hungary | 1:01.44 | Frédérik Deburghgraeve Belgium | 1:01.79 | |
| 200m breaststroke | Norbert Rózsa Hungary | 2:12.81 | Eric Wunderlich USA | 2:12.87 | Károly Güttler Hungary | 2:14.12 | |
| 100m butterfly | Rafał Szukała Poland | 53.51 | Lars Frölander Sweden | 53.65 | Denis Pankratov Russia | 53.68 | |
| 200m butterfly | Denis Pankratov Russia | 1:56.54 | Danyon Loader New Zealand | 1:57.99 | Chris-Carol Bremer Germany | 1:58.11 | |
| 200m I.M. | Jani Sievinen Finland | 1:58.16 WR | Greg Burgess USA | 2:00.86 | Attila Czene Hungary | 2:01.84 | |
| 400m I.M. | Tom Dolan USA | 4:12.30 WR | Jani Sievinen Finland | 4:13.29 | Eric Namesnik USA | 4:15.69 | |
| 4×100m freestyle relay | USA Jon Olsen Josh Davis Ugur Taner Gary Hall, Jr. | 3:16.90 CR | Russia Roman Shegolev Vladimir Predkin Vladimir Pyshnenko Alexander Popov | 3:18.12 | Brazil Fernando Scherer Teófilo Ferreira André Teixeira Gustavo Borges | 3:19.35 | |
| 4×200m freestyle relay | Sweden Christer Wallin Tommy Werner Lars Frölander Anders Holmertz | 7:17.74 | Russia Yury Mukhin Roman Shegolev Vladimir Pyshnenko Denis Pankratov | 7:18.13 | Germany Andreas Szigat Christian Keller Oliver Lampe Steffen Zesner | 7:19.10 | |
| 4×100m medley relay | USA Jeff Rouse Eric Wunderlich Mark Henderson Gary Hall, Jr. | 3:37.74 CR | Russia Vladimir Selkov Vasili Ivanov Denis Pankratov Alexander Popov | 3:38.28 | Hungary Tamás Deutsch Norbert Rózsa Péter Horváth Attila Czene | 3:39.47 | |
| 50 freestyle | Le Jingyi  China | 24.51 WR | Natalya Meshcheryakova Russia | 25.10 | Amy Van Dyken USA | 25.18 | |
| 100 freestyle | Le Jingyi China | 54.01 WR | Lü Bin China | 54.15 | Franziska van Almsick Germany | 54.77 | |
| 200 freestyle | Franziska van Almsick Germany | 1:56.78 WR | Lü Bin China | 1:56.89 | Claudia Poll Costa Rica | 1:57.61 | |
| 400 freestyle | Yang Aihua China | 4:09.64 | Cristina Teuscher USA | 4:10.21 | Claudia Poll Costa Rica | 4:10.61 | |
| 800 m freestyle | Janet Evans USA | 8:29.85 | Hayley Lewis Australia | 8:29.94 | Brooke Bennett USA | 8:31.30 | |
| 100 backstroke | He Cihong China | 1:00.57 CR | Nina Zhivanevskaya Russia | 1:00.83 | BJ Bedford USA | 1:01.32 | |
| 200 backstroke | He Cihong China | 2:07.40 CR, NR | Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary | 2:09.10 | Lorenza Vigarani  Italy | 2:10.92 | |
| 100 breaststroke | Samantha Riley Australia | 1:07.69 WR | Dai Guohong China | 1:09.26 | Yuan Yuan China | 1:10.19 | |
| 200 breaststroke | Samantha Riley Australia | 2:26.87 CR | Yuan Yuan China | 2:27.38 | Brigitte Becue Belgium | 2:28.85 | |
| 100 butterfly | Liu Limin China | 58.98 CR | Yun Qu China | 59.69 | Susie O'Neill Australia | 1:00.11 | |
| 200 butterfly | Liu Limin China | 2:07.25 CR | Yun Qu China | 2:07.42 | Susie O'Neill Australia | 2:09.54 | |
| 200 I.M. | Lü Bin China | 2:12.34 | Allison Wagner USA | 2:14.40 | Elli Overton Australia | 2:15.26 | |
| 400 I.M. | Dai Guohong China | 4:39.14 | Allison Wagner USA | 4:39.98 | Kristine Quance USA | 4:42.21 | |
| 4×100 freestyle relay | China Le Ying Shan Ying Lü Bin Le Jingyi | 3:37.91 WR | USA Angel Martino Nicole Haislett Amy Van Dyken Jenny Thompson | 3:41.50 | Germany Franziska van Almsick Katrin Meissner Kerstin Kielgass Daniela Hunger | 3:42.94 | |
| 4×200 freestyle relay | China Le Ying Yang Aihua Lü Bin Zhou Ouanbin | 7:57.96 CR | Germany Franziska van Almsick Julia Jung Kerstin Kielgass Dagmar Hase | 8:01.37 | USA Cristina Teuscher Nicole Haislett Janet Evans Jenny Thompson | 8:03.16 | |
| 4×100 medley relay | China He Cihong Dai Guohong Liu Limin Le Jingyi | 4:01.67 WR | USA Lea Loveless Kristine Quance Amy Van Dyken Jenny Thompson | 4:06.53 | Russia Nina Zhivanevskaya Olga Prokhorova Svetlana Pozdeeva Natalya Meshcheryakova | 4:06.70 | |