1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships

1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships
Host city	Sheffield, UK
Date(s)	11–13 December 1998
Venue(s)	Ponds Forge
Nations participating	34
Athletes participating	355
Events	38
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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 table

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	10	8	5	23
2	Great Britain (GBR)*	7	5	9	21
3	Netherlands (NED)	6	5	4	15
4	Sweden (SWE)	3	6	6	15
5	Slovakia (SVK)	3	1	0	4
6	Poland (POL)	3	0	0	3
7	Italy (ITA)	1	2	1	4
8	Denmark (DEN)	1	1	2	4
9	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	2	3
10	Finland (FIN)	1	0	1	2
11	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	0	1
	Croatia (CRO)	1	0	0	1
	Iceland (ISL)	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
15	Spain (ESP)	0	2	2	4
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	2	2	4
17	Austria (AUT)	0	1	2	3
18	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	0	1
21	Israel (ISR)	0	0	1	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		40	36	38	114

Medal summary

Men's events

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

Women's events

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