The swimming competition at the 1998 Goodwill Games was held in New York City, New York, USA from 28 July to 2 August.
The format is a team competition.The men's teams are the United States, China, Germany and a World All-Star team and the women's teams are the United States, Russia, Germany and a World All-Star team.
Each men and women’s team competes in a round-robin, dual meet format of 14 events for a total of three dual meets per team. Team accumulates points based upon placement of its entries. Individual event medals are also awarded based upon the overall fastest times in all the competition.SWIMMING
Men's events 50 m freestyleFernando Scherer 22.18 (SA)Alexander Popov 22.27Lorenzo Vismara 22.46100 m freestyleAlexander Popov 48.86(GR)Fernando Scherer 48.91Pieter van den Hoogenband 49.61200 m freestylePieter van den Hoogenband 1:47.34(GR)Josh Davis 1:48.73Massimiliano Rosolino 1:49.35400 m freestyleMassimiliano Rosolino 3:52.98Erik Vendt 3:52.99Ryk Neethling 3:54.61800 m freestyleRyk Neethling 8:01.01Luiz Lima 8:01.58Erik Vendt 8:01.66100 m backstrokeStev Theloke 54.43(GR)Lenny Krayzelburg 55.14Rodolfo Falcón 55.22 200 m backstrokeLenny Krayzelburg 1:58.17(GR)Brad Bridgewater 1:59.81Vladimir Selkov 2:00.11100 m butterflyDenys Sylantyev 52.52(GR)Vladislav Kulikov 53.17 Franck Esposito 53.60 200 m butterflyDenys Sylantyev 1:56.16(GR)Franck Esposito 1:57.55 Denis Pankratov 1:58.49100 m breaststrokeKurt Grote 1:01.76(GR)Jens Kruppa 1:01.79Patrick Fowler 1:02.02200 m breaststrokeKurt Grote 2:13.16Pavel Anokhin 2:14.31Andrei Ivanov 2:14.43200 m individual medleyCurtis Myden 2:00.38(GR)Ron Karnaugh 2:01.90Jirka Letzin 2:03.20 freestyle relayAll-StarsFernando Scherer (48.69)SAPieter van den HoogenbandRicardo BusquetsLorenzo Vismara 3:17.64Roman YegorovAlexander Popov Denis PimankovSergey Ashihmin 3:17.99Aimo HeilmannStefan Herbst Alexander LuederitzMichael Kiedel 3:21.48 medley relayVladimir SelkovAndrey KorneyevVladislav KulikovAlexander Popov 3:38.86(GR)Lenny KrayzelburgKurt GroteBryan JonesDan Phillips 3:39.46All-StarsEmanuele MerisiDomenico FioravantiDenys SylantyevFrancisco Sánchez 3:40.54
Women's events
References
1998 Goodwill Games Swimming Results