# Swimming at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games

The Swimming competition at the 18th Central American and Caribbean Games was swum August 9–15, 1998 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. It featured events in a long course (50m) pool.

## Results
### Men

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 freestyle | Ricardo Busquets Puerto Rico | 22.55 GR | Francisco Sánchez Venezuela | 22.74 | Marcos Hernández Cuba | 23.00 |
| 100 freestyle | Francisco Sánchez Venezuela | 50.05 GR | Marcos Hernández Cuba | 50.32 | Ricardo Busquets Puerto Rico | 50.42 |
| 200 freestyle | Fernando Jácome Colombia | 1:54.28 | Oscar Sotelo Mexico | 1:54.43 | Ives Garcia Cuba | 1:54.71 |
| 400 freestyle | Ricardo Monasterio Venezuela | 3:58.88 GR | Alejandro Bermúdez Colombia | 3:58.89 | Josh Ilika Mexico | 3:59.74 |
| 1500 freestyle | Ricardo Monasterio Venezuela | 15:57.50 | Ives Garcia Cuba | 16:12.42 | Ramon Valle Honduras | 16:26.25 |
| 100 backstroke | Rodolfo Falcón Cuba | 55.60 GR | Neisser Bent Cuba | 55.79 | Ricardo Busquets Puerto Rico | 56.24 |
| 200 backstroke | Neisser Bent Cuba | 2:01.53 GR | Carlos Arena Mexico | 2:05.60 | Alexis Perdomo Venezuela | 2:05.78 |
| 100 breaststroke | Gunter Rodríguez Cuba | 1:04.72 | Francisco Suriano El Salvador | 1:04.73 | Alvaro Fortuny Guatemala | 1:05.43 |
| 200 breaststroke | Gunter Rodríguez Cuba | 2:18.58 | Francisco Suriano El Salvador | 2:18.91 | Jose Lopez Mexico | 2:21.28 |
| 100 butterfly | Francisco Sánchez Venezuela | 53.86 | Oswaldo Quevedo Venezuela | 53.93 | Ricardo Busquets Puerto Rico | 54.32 |
| 200 butterfly | Andrew Livingston Puerto Rico | 2:00.54 GR | Juan Veloz Mexico | 2:01.44 | Nelson Mora Venezuela | 2:01.46 |
| 200 I.M. | Neisser Bent Cuba | 2:07.12 GR | Gunter Rodríguez Cuba | 2:07.18 | Alejandro Bermúdez Colombia | 2:07.50 |
| 400 I.M. | Gunter Rodríguez Cuba | 4:26.86 GR | Alejandro Bermúdez Colombia | 4:29.10 | Santiago Lima Mexico | 4:34.01 |
| 4x100 free relay | Venezuela Oswaldo Quevedo Francisco Páez Luis Rojas Francisco Sánchez | 3:23.49 GR | Cuba Neisser Bent Yohan García Ives García Marcos Hernández | 3:26.91 | Mexico César Barrón Carlos Arena Guillermo Díaz Oscar Sotelo | 3:27.50 |
| 4x200 free relay | not swum | | | | | |
| 4x100 medley relay | Cuba Rodolfo Falcón Gunter Rodríguez Yohan García Marcos Hernández | 3:44.61 GR | Mexico Carlos Arena José A. López Jesús González César Barrón | 3:46.63 | Puerto Rico Ricardo Busquets Arsenio López Andrew Livingston Eduardo González | 3:47.23 |

### Women

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 freestyle | Eileen Coparropa Panama | 26.12 GR | Siobhan Cropper Trinidad & Tobago | 26.40 | Deborah Figueroa Cuba | 26.82 |
| 100 freestyle | Eileen Coparropa Panama | 57.60 GR | Deborah Figueroa Cuba | 58.47 | Erin Volcán Venezuela | 58.81 |
| 200 freestyle | Carolyn Adel Suriname | 2:03.22 NR | Janelle Atkinson Jamaica | 2:05.97 | Erin Volcán Venezuela | 2:07.41 |
| 400 freestyle | Carolyn Adel Suriname | 4:19.03 NR | Janelle Atkinson Jamaica | 4:20.99 | Lucía Jiménez Guatemala | 4:31.09 |
| 800 freestyle | Carolyn Adel Suriname | 8:52.57 GR, NR | Janelle Atkinson Jamaica | 8:53.46 | Irama Villareal Mexico | 9:08.06 |
| 100 backstroke | Carolyn Adel Suriname | 1:04.93 NR | Ana María González Cuba | 1:05.04 | Tessa Solomon Netherlands Antilles | 1:07.55 |
| 200 backstroke | Ana María González Cuba | 2:19.66 | Tania Galindo Mexico | 2:24.97 | Irama Villareal Mexico | 2:24.99 |
| 100 breaststroke | Kenia Puertas Venezuela | 1:12.19 GR | Imaday Nunez Cuba | 1:13.79 | Isabel Ceballos Colombia | 1:14.33 |
| 200 breastroke | Adriana Marmolejo Mexico | 2:37.12 GR | Kenia Puertas Venezuela | 2:37.94 | Imaday Nunez Cuba | 2:38.95 |
| 100 butterfly | Siobhan Cropper Trinidad & Tobago | 1:03.01 GR | Melissa Mata Costa Rica | 1:03.56 | Paola Espana Mexico | 1:03.78 |
| 200 butterfly | Melissa Mata Costa Rica | 2:16.89 GR | Carolyn Adel Suriname | 2:18.27 NR | Paola Espana Mexico | 2:18.73 |
| 200 I.M. | Carolyn Adel Suriname | 2:19.31 GR, NR | Sonia Alvarez Puerto Rico | 2:23.64 | Isabel Ceballos Colombia | 2:28.56 |
| 400 I.M. | Carolyn Adel Suriname | 4:52.42 GR, NR | Sonia Alvarez Puerto Rico | 5:01.38 | Irma Villareal Mexico | 5:02.59 |
| 4x100 free relay | Puerto Rico Francheska Salib, Lysandra Álvarez, Vanessa García, Solimar Mojica | 4:00.20 | Venezuela Lauren Volcán, Jenny Fuentes, Daniela Aponte, Erin Volcán | 4:02.98 | Colombia Catalina Dangond, Ana Uribe, Gloria Díaz, María A. Ortiz | 4:07.79 |
| 4x200 free relay | Puerto Rico Solimar Mojica, Lysandra Álvarez, Gretchen Gotay, Sonia Álvarez | 8:40.26 | Venezuela Lauren Volcán, Daniela Aponte, Jenny Fuentes, Erin Volcán | 8:46.46 | Colombia Ana Uribe, Gloria Díaz, Isabel Ceballos, Catalina Dangond | 8:54.41 |
| 4x100 medley relay | Cuba Ana M. González, Imaday Núñez, Mikeila Torres, Déborah Figueroa | 4:23.90 GR | Colombia Carolina Douglas, Isabel Ceballos, Andrea Duarte, Catalina Dangond | 4:29.23 | Puerto Rico Elaine López, Francheska Salib, Sonia Álvarez, Vanessa García | 4:36.18 |

### Medal standings

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba | 9 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 | Venezuela (VEN) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Suriname | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Panama | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Mexico | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 7 | Colombia | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 31 | 26 | 27 | 84 |