The 8th FINA World Championships or the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held from 8 to 17 January 1998 in

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, Western Australia. The championships features competition in all five of

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's disciplines:

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and

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. The main venue for competition was

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, which hosted all disciplines except the Open Water events. Local athlete

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was named as the leading male swimmer of the meet, winning the 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley relay, as well as silver in the 100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and bronze in the 50 m freestyle.

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became the youngest ever male to become world champion when he won the 400 m freestyle event aged 15 years and three months.

Doping

During a routine customs check on Chinese swimmer Yuan Yuan's luggage, enough

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was discovered to supply the entire women's swimming team for the duration of the championships. Only Yuan was sanctioned for the incident, with speculation that this was connected to the nomination of

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by China for the

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in 1993. Tests in Perth also found the presence of the banned diuretic masking agent triamterine in the urine of four swimmers, Wang Luna, Yi Zhang, Huijue Cai and Wei Wang. The swimmers were suspended from competition for two years, with three coaches associated with the swimmers, Zhi Cheng, Hiuqin Xu and Zhi Cheng each suspended for three months.

Medal table

Results

Diving

;Men ;Women

Open water swimming

;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Swimming

Synchronised swimming

Water polo

;Men ;Women

References

External links

* Swim Ranking
results
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1990s in Perth, Western Australia