# 1991 World Aquatics Championships

The 1991 World Aquatics Championships took place at the Claremont Superdrome in Perth, Western Australia from 3 to 13 January 1991 with 1142 participating athletes.

## Medal table

| Place | Nation | | | | Total |
| 1 | United States | 17 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 2 | China | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Germany | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 |
| 5 | Australia | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Soviet Union | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | Canada | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Suriname | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Japan | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | France | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 45 | 46 | 44 | 135 |

## Medal summary
### Diving
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 m springboard | Edwin Jongejans (NED) | Mark Lenzi (USA) | Wang Yijie (CHN) |
| 3 m springboard | Kent Ferguson (USA) | Tan Liangde (CHN) | Albin Killat (GER) |
| 10 m platform | Sun Shuwei (CHN) | Xiong Ni (CHN) | Georgiy Chogovadze (URS) |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 m springboard | Gao Min (CHN) | Wendy Lucero (USA) | Heidemarie Bártová (TCH) |
| 3 m springboard | Gao Min (CHN) | Irina Lashko (URS) | Brita Baldus (GER) |
| 10 m platform | Fu Mingxia (CHN) | Yelena Miroshina (URS) | Wendy Lian Williams (USA) |

### Open water swimming
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 25 km | Chad Hundeby (USA) | Sergio Chariandini (ITA) | David O'Brien (AUS) |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 25 km | Shelley Taylor-Smith (AUS) | Martha Jahn (USA) | Karen Burton (USA) |

### Swimming
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Tom Jager (USA) | Matt Biondi (USA) | Gennadiy Prigoda (URS) |
| 100 m freestyle | Matt Biondi (USA) | Tommy Werner (SWE) | Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) |
| 200 m freestyle | Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) | Steffen Zesner (GER) | Artur Wojdat (POL) |
| 400 m freestyle | Jörg Hoffmann (GER) | Stefan Pfeiffer (GER) | Artur Wojdat (POL) |
| 1500 m freestyle | Jörg Hoffmann (GER) | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | Stefan Pfeiffer (GER) |
| 100 m backstroke | Jeff Rouse (USA) | Mark Tewksbury (CAN) | Martin López (ESP) |
| 200 m backstroke | Martin López (ESP) | Stefano Battistelli (ITA) | Vladimir Selkov (URS) |
| 100 m breaststroke | Norbert Rózsa (HUN) | Adrian Moorhouse (GBR) | Gianni Minervini (ITA) |
| 200 m breaststroke | Mike Barrowman (USA) | Norbert Rózsa (HUN) | Nick Gillingham (GBR) |
| 100 m butterfly | Anthony Nesty (SUR) | Michael Groß (GER) | Vladislav Kulikov (URS) |
| 200 m butterfly | Melvin Stewart (USA) | Michael Groß (GER) | Tamás Darnyi (HUN) |
| 200 m individual medley | Tamás Darnyi (HUN) | Eric Namesnik (USA) | Christian Geßner (GER) |
| 400 m individual medley | Tamás Darnyi (HUN) | Eric Namesnik (USA) | Stefano Battistelli (ITA) |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) Tom Jager Brent Lang Doug Gjertsen Matt Biondi | Germany (GER) Peter Sitt Dirk Richter Steffen Zesner Bengt Zikarsky | Soviet Union (URS) Gennadiy Prigoda Yuriy Bashkatov Veniamin Tayanovich Volodymyr Tkachenko |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Germany (GER) Peter Sitt Steffen Zesner Stefan Pfeiffer Michael Groß | United States (USA) Troy Dalbey Melvin Stewart Dan Jorgensen Doug Gjertsen | Italy (ITA) Emanuele Idini Roberto Gleria Stefano Battistelli Giorgio Lamberti |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | United States (USA) Jeff Rouse Eric Wunderlich Mark Henderson Matt Biondi | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Shemetov Dmitriy Volkov Vladislav Kulikov Veniamin Tayanovich | Germany (GER) Frank Hoffmeister Christian Poswiat Michael Groß Dirk Richter |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle | Zhuang Yong (CHN) | Leigh Ann Fetter (USA) | — |
| 50 m freestyle | Zhuang Yong (CHN) | Catherine Plewinski (FRA) | — |
| 100 m freestyle | Nicole Haislett (USA) | Catherine Plewinski (FRA) | Zhuang Yong (CHN) |
| 200 m freestyle | Hayley Lewis (AUS) | Janet Evans (USA) | Mette Jacobsen (DEN) |
| 400 m freestyle | Janet Evans (USA) | Hayley Lewis (AUS) | Suzu Chiba (JPN) |
| 800 m freestyle | Janet Evans (USA) | Grit Müller (GER) | Jana Henke (GER) |
| 100 m backstroke | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | Tünde Szabó (HUN) | Janie Wagstaff (USA) |
| 200 m backstroke | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | Dagmar Hase (GER) | Janie Wagstaff (USA) |
| 100 m breaststroke | Linley Frame (AUS) | Jana Dörries (GER) | Yelena Volkova (URS) |
| 200 m breaststroke | Yelena Volkova (URS) | Linley Frame (AUS) | Jana Dörries (GER) |
| 100 m butterfly | Hong Qian (CHN) | Wang Xiaohong (CHN) | Catherine Plewinski (FRA) |
| 200 m butterfly | Summer Sanders (USA) | Rie Shito (JPN) | Hayley Lewis (AUS) |
| 200 m individual medley | Lin Li (CHN) | Summer Sanders (USA) | Daniela Hunger (GER) |
| 400 m individual medley | Lin Li (CHN) | Hayley Lewis (AUS) | Summer Sanders (USA) |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) Nicole Haislett Julie Cooper Whitney Hedgepeth Jenny Thompson | Germany (GER) Simone Osygus Kerstin Kielgaß Karen Seick Manuela Stellmach | Netherlands (NED) Mildred Muis Inge de Bruijn Marianne Muis Karin Brienesse |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Germany (GER) Kerstin Kielgaß Manuela Stellmach Dagmar Hase Stephanie Ortwig | Netherlands (NED) Marianne Muis Manon Masseurs Mildred Muis Karin Brienesse | Denmark (DEN) Gitta Jensen Berit Puggaard Annette Povlsen Mette Jacobsen |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | United States (USA) Janie Wagstaff Tracey McFarlane Crissy Ahmann-Leighton Nicole Haislett | Australia (AUS) Nicole Livingstone Linley Frame Susie O'Neill Karen van Wirdum | Germany (GER) Svenja Schlicht Jana Dörries Susanne Müller Manuela Stellmach |

### Synchronised swimming

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Solo routine | Sylvie Fréchette (CAN) | Kristen Babb-Sprague (USA) | Mikako Kotani (JPN) |
| Duet routine | Karen Josephson (USA) Sarah Josephson (USA) | Mikako Kotani (JPN) Aki Takayama (JPN) | Lisa Alexander (CAN) Kathy Glen (CAN) |
| Team routine | United States (USA) | Canada (CAN) | Japan (JPN) |

### Water polo
#### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team | Yugoslavia | Spain | Hungary |

#### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Team | Netherlands | Canada | United States |

## Participating nations

* Algeria (2)
* Argentina (4)
* Australia (88)
* Austria (3)
* Bahamas (1)
* Belgium (9)
* Brazil (31)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Canada (77)
* China (47)
* Chinese Taipei (7)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Cuba (15)
* Czechoslovakia (4)
* Denmark (10)
* Egypt (17)
* Finland (3)
* France (55)
* Germany (80)
* Great Britain (29)
* Greece (19)
* Guam (6)
* Hong Kong (2)
* Hungary (44)
* India (2)
* Indonesia (15)
* Ireland (4)
* Israel (5)
* Italy (45)
* Japan (24)
* Kuwait (1)
* Lebanon (1)
* Luxembourg (4)
* Macau (3)
* Malaysia (1)
* Mexico (19)
* Netherlands (41)
* New Zealand (46)
* North Korea (4)
* Northern Mariana Islands (2)
* Norway (12)
* Poland (6)
* Portugal (7)
* Puerto Rico (5)
* Romania (19)
* San Marino (7)
* Singapore (5)
* South Korea (5)
* Soviet Union (51)
* Spain (35)
* Suriname (1)
* Sweden (22)
* Switzerland (16)
* Turkey (2)
* United States (90)
* Uruguay (2)
* Venezuela (1)
* Yugoslavia (29)
* Zimbabwe (2)