Swimming at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships

These are the results (medal winners) of the swimming competition at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	13	7	3	23
2	Hungary (HUN)	5	2	1	8
3	Germany (GER)	4	9	7	20
4	China (CHN)	4	1	1	6
5	Australia (AUS)*	2	5	1	8
6	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	5	7
7	Italy (ITA)	1	1	4	6
8	Spain (ESP)	1	0	1	2
9	Suriname (SUR)	1	0	0	1
10	France (FRA)	0	2	1	3
11	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
	Japan (JPN)	0	1	1	2
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
14	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
16	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	2	2
	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
Totals (17 entries)		32	33	31	96

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Tom Jager  United States	22.16 CR	Matt Biondi  United States	22.26	Gennadiy Prigoda  Soviet Union	22.62
100 m freestyle details	Matt Biondi  United States	49.18	Tommy Werner  Sweden	49.63	Giorgio Lamberti  Italy	49.82
200 m freestyle details	Giorgio Lamberti  Italy	1:47.27 CR	Steffen Zesner  Germany	1:48.28	Artur Wojdat  Poland	1:48.70
400 m freestyle details	Jörg Hoffmann  Germany	3:48.04 CR	Stefan Pfeiffer  Germany	3:48.86	Artur Wojdat  Poland	3:49.67
1500 m freestyle details	Jörg Hoffmann  Germany	14:50.36 WR	Kieren Perkins  Australia	14:50.58 OC	Stefan Pfeiffer  Germany	14:59.34
100 m backstroke details	Jeff Rouse  United States	55.23 CR	Mark Tewksbury  Canada	55.29	Martín López-Zubero  Spain	55.61
200 m backstroke details	Martín López-Zubero  Spain	1:59.52	Stefano Battistelli  Italy	1:59.98	Vladimir Selkov  Soviet Union	2:00.33
100 m breaststroke details	Norbert Rózsa  Hungary	1:01.45 WR	Adrian Moorhouse  United Kingdom	1:01.58	Gianni Minervini  Italy	1:01.74
200 m breaststroke details	Mike Barrowman  United States	2:11.23 WR	Norbert Rózsa  Hungary	2:12.03	Nick Gillingham  United Kingdom	2:13.12
100 m butterfly details	Anthony Nesty  Suriname	53.29 CR	Michael Gross  Germany	53.31	Vladislav Kulikov  Soviet Union	53.74
200 m butterfly details	Melvin Stewart  United States	1:55.69 WR	Michael Gross  Germany	1:56.78	Tamás Darnyi  Hungary	1:58.25
200 m individual medley details	Tamás Darnyi  Hungary	1:59.36 WR	Eric Namesnik  United States	2:01.87	Christian Gessner  Germany	2:02.36
400 m individual medley details	Tamás Darnyi  Hungary	4:12.36 WR	Eric Namesnik  United States	4:15.21	Stefano Battistelli  Italy	4:16.50
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States Tom Jager (50.60) Brent Lang (48.77) Doug Gjertsen (49.51) Matt Biondi (48.27) Troy Dalbey[a]	3:17.15 CR	Germany Peter Sitt (50.68) Dirk Richter (49.29) Steffen Zesner (49.47) Bengt Zikarsky (49.44) Nils Rudolph[a] Christian Tröger[a]	3:18.88 NR	Soviet Union Gennadiy Prigoda (50.74) Yuriy Bashkatov (49.54) Veniamin Tayanovich (49.17) Vladimir Tkashenko (49.52) Aleksei Borislavski[a]	3:18.97
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	Germany Peter Sitt (1:49.41) Steffen Zesner (1:48.18) Steffen Pfeiffer (1:49.05) Michael Gross (1:46.86) Jochen Bruha[a] Christian Tröger[a]	7:13.50 CR	United States Troy Dalbey (1:48.69) Melvin Stewart (1:49.10) Dan Jorgensen (1:49.73) Doug Gjertsen (1:49.69) Paul Robinson[a]	7:14.87	Italy Emanuele Idini (1:50.40) Roberto Gleria (1:49.70) Stefano Battistelli (1:50.22) Giorgio Lamberti (1:46.86) Bruno Zorzan[a]	7:17.18
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States Jeff Rouse (55.28) Eric Wunderlich (1:02.26) Mark Henderson (53.59) Matt Biondi (48.53) Scot Johnson[a] Mike Barrowman[a] Bart Pippenger[a] Brent Lang[a]	3:39.66 CR	Soviet Union Vladimir Shemetov (56.53) Dmitriy Volkov (1:00.74) Vladislav Kulikov (53.50) Veniamin Tayanovich (49.64)	3:40.41	Germany Frank Hoffmeister (56.94) Christian Poswiat (1:01.66) Michael Gross (53.60) Dirk Richter (49.93) Thilo Haase[a] Bengt Zikarsky[a]	3:42.13 NR

Legend: AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record
^a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Zhuang Yong  China	25.47	Leigh Ann Fetter  United States Catherine Plewinski  France	25.50	None awarded
100 m freestyle details	Nicole Haislett  United States	55.17	Catherine Plewinski  France	55.31	Zhuang Yong  China	55.65
200 m freestyle details	Hayley Lewis  Australia	2:00.48	Janet Evans  United States	2:00.67	Mette Jacobsen  Denmark	2:00.93
400 m freestyle details	Janet Evans  United States	4:08.63	Hayley Lewis  Australia	4:09.40	Suzu Chiba  Japan	4:11.44
800 m freestyle details	Janet Evans  United States	8:24.05 CR	Grit Müller  Germany	8:30.20	Jana Henke  Germany	8:30.31
100 m backstroke details	Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary	1:01.78	Tünde Szabó  Hungary	1:01.98	Janie Wagstaff  United States	1:02.17
200 m backstroke details	Krisztina Egerszegi  Hungary	2:09.15 CR, ER	Dagmar Hase  Germany	2:12.01	Janie Wagstaff  United States	2:13.14
100 m breaststroke details	Linley Frame  Australia	1:08.81	Jana Dörries  Germany	1:09.35	Yelena Volkova  Soviet Union	1:09.66
200 m breaststroke details	Yelena Volkova  Soviet Union	2:29.53	Linley Frame  Australia	2:30.02	Jana Dörries  Germany	2:30.14
100 m butterfly details	Qian Hong  China	59.68	Wang Xiaohong  China	59.81	Catherine Plewinski  France	59.88
200 m butterfly details	Summer Sanders  United States	2:09.24	Rie Shito  Japan	2:11.06	Hayley Lewis  Australia	2:11.09
200 m individual medley details	Lin Li  China	2:13.40	Summer Sanders  United States	2:14.06	Daniela Hunger  Germany	2:16.16
400 m individual medley details	Lin Li  China	4:41.45	Hayley Lewis  Australia	4:41.46 OC	Summer Sanders  United States	4:43.41
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States Nicole Haislett (55.74) Julie Cooper (55.90) Whitney Hedgepeth (56.33) Jenny Thompson (55.29) Lynn Kohl[a] Ashley Tappin[a]	3:43.26 AM	Germany Simone Osygus (56.58) Kerstin Kielgass (55.89) Karin Seick (56.32) Manuela Stellmach (55.68) Katrin Meissner[a] Daniela Hunger[a]	3:43.11	Netherlands Mildred Muis (56.64) Inge de Bruijn (56.05) Marianne Muis (56.43) Karin Brienesse (55.93) Emile van de Plaats[a] Manon Masseurs[a]	3:45.05
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	Germany Kerstin Kielgass (2:00.85) Manuela Stellmach (2:00.21) Dagmar Hase (2:00.36) Stephanie Ortwig (2:01.14) Katrin Meissner[a] Svenja Schlicht[a]	8:02.56	Netherlands Marianne Muis (2:01.70) Manon Masseurs (2:02.29) Mildred Muis (2:01.99) Karin Brienesse (1:59.99) Emile van de Plaats[a]	8:05.97 NR	Denmark Gitta Jensen (2:02.29) Berit Puggaard (2:01.22) Annette Poulsen (2:04.03) Mette Jacobsen (1:59.66)	8:07.20 NR
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States Janie Wagstaff (1:01.82) Tracey McFarlane (1:09.66) Crissy Ahmann-Leighton (1:00.27) Nicole Haislett (54.76) Jodi Wilson[a] Tori DeSilva[a] Julia Gorman[a] Jenny Thompson[a]	4:06.51 AM	Australia Nicole Livingstone (1:02.79) Linley Frame (1:08.43) Susie O'Neill (59.61) Karen van Wirdum (57.21) Johanna Griggs[a]	4:08.04 OC	Germany Svenja Schlicht (1:02.67) Jana Dörries (1:09.20) Susanne Müller (1:02.57) Manuela Stellmach (56.06) Dagmar Hase[a] Alexandra Hanel[a] Katrin Jäke[a] Kerstin Kielgass[a]	4:10.50

Legend: AF African record | AM Americas record | AS Asian record | CR Championship record | ER European record | OC Oceania record | WR World record | NR National record
^a Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

References

• 1991 World Aquatics Championships-results
• HistoFINA Men
• HistoFINA Women^{[permanent dead link]}