Swimming at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships

Last updated August 14, 2022

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:

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m freestyle details	Alexander Popov Russia	22.17	Gary Hall, Jr. USA	22.44	Raimundas Mažuolis Lithuania	22.52
100m freestyle details	Alexander Popov Russia	49.12	Gary Hall, Jr. USA	49.41	Gustavo Borges Brazil	49.52
200m freestyle details	Antti Kasvio Finland	1:47.32	Anders Holmertz Sweden	1:48.24	Danyon Loader New Zealand	1:48.49
400m freestyle details	Kieren Perkins Australia	3:43.80 WR	Antti Kasvio Finland	3:48.55	Danyon Loader New Zealand	3:48.62
1500m freestyle details	Kieren Perkins Australia	14:50.52	Daniel Kowalski Australia	14:53.42	Steffen Zesner Germany	15:09.20

100m backstroke details	Martin López-Zubero Spain	55.17 CR	Jeff Rouse USA	55.51	Tamás Deutsch Hungary	55.69
200m backstroke details	Vladimir Selkov Russia	1:57.42 CR	Martin López-Zubero Spain	1:58.75	Royce Sharp USA	1:58.86

100m breaststroke details	Norbert Rózsa Hungary	1:01.24 CR	Károly Güttler Hungary	1:01.44	Frédérik Deburghgraeve Belgium	1:01.79
200m breaststroke details	Norbert Rózsa Hungary	2:12.81	Eric Wunderlich USA	2:12.87	Károly Güttler Hungary	2:14.12

100m butterfly details	Rafał Szukała Poland	53.51	Lars Frölander Sweden	53.65	Denis Pankratov Russia	53.68
200m butterfly details	Denis Pankratov Russia	1:56.54	Danyon Loader New Zealand	1:57.99	Chris-Carol Bremer Germany	1:58.11

200m I.M. details	Jani Sievinen Finland	1:58.16 WR	Greg Burgess USA	2:00.86	Attila Czene Hungary	2:01.84
400m I.M. details	Tom Dolan USA	4:12.30 WR	Jani Sievinen Finland	4:13.29	Eric Namesnik USA	4:15.69

4×100m freestyle relay details	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 details	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 details	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

Legend:WR– World Record; CR– Championship Record

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 freestyle details	Le Jingyi China	24.51 WR	Natalya Meshcheryakova Russia	25.10	Amy Van Dyken USA	25.18
100 freestyle details	Le Jingyi China	54.01 WR	Lü Bin China	54.15	Franziska van Almsick Germany	54.77
200 freestyle details	Franziska van Almsick Germany	1:56.78 WR	Lü Bin China	1:56.89	Claudia Poll Costa Rica	1:57.61
400 freestyle details	Yang Aihua China	4:09.64	Cristina Teuscher USA	4:10.21	Claudia Poll Costa Rica	4:10.61
800 m freestyle details	Janet Evans USA	8:29.85	Hayley Lewis Australia	8:29.94	Brooke Bennett USA	8:31.30

100 backstroke details	He Cihong China	1:00.57 CR	Nina Zhivanevskaya Russia	1:00.83	BJ Bedford USA	1:01.32
200 backstroke details	He Cihong China	2:07.40 CR, NR	Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary	2:09.10	Lorenza Vigarani Italy	2:10.92

100 breaststroke details	Samantha Riley Australia	1:07.69 WR	Dai Guohong China	1:09.26	Yuan Yuan China	1:10.19
200 breaststroke details	Samantha Riley Australia	2:26.87 CR	Yuan Yuan China	2:27.38	Brigitte Becue Belgium	2:28.85

100 butterfly details	Liu Limin China	58.98 CR	Yun Qu China	59.69	Susie O'Neill Australia	1:00.11
200 butterfly details	Liu Limin China	2:07.25 CR	Yun Qu China	2:07.42	Susie O'Neill Australia	2:09.54

200 I.M. details	Lü Bin China	2:12.34	Allison Wagner USA	2:14.40	Elli Overton Australia	2:15.26
400 I.M. details	Dai Guohong China	4:39.14	Allison Wagner USA	4:39.98	Kristine Quance USA	4:42.21

4×100 freestyle relay details	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 details	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 details	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

Legend:WR– World Record; CR– Championship Record

Medal table

* Host nation (Italy)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	12	6	1	19
2	United States (USA)	4	10	7	21
3	Russia (RUS)	4	5	2	11
4	Australia (AUS)	4	2	3	9
5	Hungary (HUN)	2	2	4	8
6	Finland (FIN)	2	2	0	4
7	Sweden (SWE)	1	2	0	3
8	Germany (GER)	1	1	5	7
9	Spain (ESP)	1	1	0	2
10	Poland (POL)	1	0	0	1
11	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	2	3
12	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	2	2
	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	2	2
	Costa Rica (CRC)	0	0	2	2
15	Italy (ITA)*	0	0	1	1
15	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 nations)		32	32	32	96

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References

↑ "Medalists and Statistics at FINA World Championships (50m)" (PDF). FINA . January 31, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2015.

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[1] "Medalists and Statistics at FINA World Championships (50m)" (PDF). FINA . January 31, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2015.

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