# 1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships

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 |
| 11 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Iceland (ISL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 40 | 36 | 38 | 114 |

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Mark Foster Great Britain | 21.31 WR | Mark Veens Netherlands | 21.79 | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | 21.87 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Lars Frölander Sweden | 47.54 | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | 47.68 | Mark Veens Netherlands | 47.97 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | 1:44.00 | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 1:44.92 | Jacob Carstensen Denmark | 1:45.55 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Emiliano Brembilla Italy | 3:40.45 ER | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 3:42.87 | Jacob Carstensen Denmark | 3:44.56 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Graeme Smith Great Britain | 14:42.29 | Igor Snitko Ukraine | 14:51.70 | Emiliano Brembilla Italy | 14:53.45 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Thomas Rupprath Germany | 24.13 WR | Stev Theloke Germany | 24.66 | Daniel Carlsson Sweden | 24.67 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Stev Theloke Germany | 52.71 | Darius Grigalionis Lithuania | 53.41 | Eithan Urbach Israel | 53.64 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Örn Arnarson Iceland | 1:55.16 | Adam Ruckwood Great Britain | 1:55.34 | Jorge Sánchez Spain | 1:55.78 |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Mark Warnecke Germany | 26.70 WR | Patrik Isaksson Sweden | 27.21 | Patrick Schmollinger Austria | 27.60 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Patrik Isaksson Sweden | 59.22 | Mark Warnecke Germany | 59.77 | Jens Kruppa Germany | 59.89 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Adam Whitehead Great Britain | 2:08.54 | Stéphan Perrot France | 2:09.41 | Maxim Podoprigora Austria | 2:10.09 |
| 50 m butterfly details | Miloš Milošević Croatia | 23.30 WR | Mark Foster Great Britain | 23.34 | Lars Frölander Sweden | 23.48 |
| 100 m butterfly details | James Hickman Great Britain | 51.04 WR | Lars Frölander Sweden | 51.11 | Denys Sylantyev Ukraine | 51.87 |
| 200 m butterfly details | James Hickman Great Britain | 1:52.96 | Denys Sylantyev Ukraine | 1:54.13 | Thomas Rupprath Germany | 1:54.99 |
| 100 m individual medley details | Jani Sievinen Finland | 53.64 | Jens Kruppa Germany | 54.00 | James Hickman Great Britain | 54.45 |
| 200 m individual medley details | James Hickman Great Britain | 1:56.36 | Marcel Wouda Netherlands | 1:56.51 | Jani Sievinen Finland | 1:57.14 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Marcel Wouda Netherlands | 4:07.70 | Frederik Hviid Spain | 4:12.13 | Christian Keller Germany | 4:12.56 |
| 4×50 m freestyle relay details | 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 details | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Inge de Bruijn Netherlands | 24.41 ER | Katrin Meissner Germany | 24.79 | Sue Rolph Great Britain | 24.80 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Sue Rolph Great Britain | 53.84 | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 53.93 | Louise Jöhncke Sweden | 53.97 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 1:55.12 ER | Franziska van Almsick Germany | 1:57.05 | Louise Jöhncke Sweden | 1:57.39 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Carla Geurts Netherlands | 4:08.05 | Vicky Horner Great Britain | 4:09.02 | Karen Legg Great Britain | 4:09.66 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Flavia Rigamonti Switzerland | 8:27.85 | Carla Geurts Netherlands | 8:29.20 | Sarah Collings Great Britain | 8:33.70 |
| 50 m backstroke details | Sandra Völker Germany | 27.27 WR | Therese Alshammar Sweden | 28.46 | Alena Nývltová Czech Republic | 28.47 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Sandra Völker Germany | 59.84 | Antje Buschschulte Germany | 59.97 | Alena Nývltová Czech Republic | 1.00.40 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Antje Buschschulte Germany | 2.07.31 | Helen Don-Duncan Great Britain | 2.09.83 | Yuliya Fomenko Russia | 2.10.38 |
| 50 m breaststroke details | Sylvia Gerasch Germany | 31.43 | Vera Lischka Austria | 31.61 | Jaime King Great Britain | 31.69 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Brigitte Becue Belgium Alicja Pęczak Poland | 1:07.71 | None | | Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine | 1:07.86 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Alicja Pęczak Poland | 2:25.18 | Lourdes Becerra Spain | 2:26.13 | Anne Poleska Germany | 2:26.21 |
| 50 m butterfly details | Inge de Bruijn Netherlands | 26.09 ER | Anna-Karin Kammerling Sweden | 26.30 | Johanna Sjöberg Sweden | 26.76 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 57.72 ER | Johanna Sjöberg Sweden | 58.17 | Inge de Bruijn Netherlands | 58.47 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Sophia Skou Denmark | 2:07.68 | Mette Jacobsen Denmark | 2:07.92 | Johanna Sjöberg Sweden | 2:08.21 |
| 100 m individual medley details | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 1:00.43 WR | Nataša Kejžar Slovenia | 1:02.26 | Sue Rolph Great Britain | 1:02.39 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Alicja Pęczak Poland | 2:12.05 | Nicole Hetzer Germany | 2:13.05 | Sue Rolph Great Britain | 2:13.19 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Hana Černá Czech Republic | 4:36.03 | Nicole Hetzer Germany | 4:36.37 | Lourdes Becerra Spain | 4:39.56 |
| 4×50 m freestyle relay details | 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 details | 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)