# Swimming at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships

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, 26 individual events and 6 relays in total. Events by stroke were:
* freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (females), and 1500 (males);
* backstroke: 100 and 200;
* breaststroke: 100 and 200;
* butterfly: 100 and 200;
* individual medley (I.M.): 200 and 400;
* relays: 4x100 free, 4x200 free, and 4x100 medley.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 |
| 12 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Italy (ITA)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |