Swimming at the 1998 Goodwill Games
# Swimming at the 1998 Goodwill Games

The swimming competition at the 1998 Goodwill Games was held in New York City, New York, USA from 28 July to 2 August.

The format is a team competition.The men's teams are the United States, China, Germany and a World All-Star team and the women's teams are the United States, Russia, Germany and a World All-Star team.

Each men and women’s team competes in a round-robin, dual meet format of 14 events for a total of three dual meets per team. Team accumulates points based upon placement of its entries. Individual event medals are also awarded based upon the overall fastest times in all the competition.

## Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50 m freestyle | Fernando Scherer Brazil | 22.18 (SA) | Alexander Popov Russia | 22.27 | Lorenzo Vismara Italy | 22.46 |
| 100 m freestyle | Alexander Popov Russia | 48.86 (GR) | Fernando Scherer Brazil | 48.91 | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | 49.61 |
| 200 m freestyle | Pieter van den Hoogenband Netherlands | 1:47.34 (GR) | Josh Davis United States | 1:48.73 | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 1:49.35 |
| 400 m freestyle | Massimiliano Rosolino Italy | 3:52.98 | Erik Vendt United States | 3:52.99 | Ryk Neethling South Africa | 3:54.61 |
| 800 m freestyle | Ryk Neethling South Africa | 8:01.01 | Luiz Lima Brazil | 8:01.58 | Erik Vendt United States | 8:01.66 |
| 1500 m not held | | | | | | |
| 100 m backstroke | Stev Theloke Germany | 54.43 (GR) | Lenny Krayzelburg United States | 55.14 | Rodolfo Falcón Cuba | 55.22 |
| 200 m backstroke | Lenny Krayzelburg United States | 1:58.17 (GR) | Brad Bridgewater United States | 1:59.81 | Vladimir Selkov Russia | 2:00.11 |
| 100 m butterfly | Denys Sylantyev Ukraine | 52.52 (GR) | Vladislav Kulikov Russia | 53.17 | Franck Esposito France | 53.60 |
| 200 m butterfly | Denys Sylantyev Ukraine | 1:56.16 (GR) | Franck Esposito France | 1:57.55 | Denis Pankratov Russia | 1:58.49 |
| 100 m breaststroke | Kurt Grote United States | 1:01.76 (GR) | Jens Kruppa Germany | 1:01.79 | Patrick Fowler United States | 1:02.02 |
| 200 m breaststroke | Kurt Grote United States | 2:13.16 | Pavel Anokhin Russia | 2:14.31 | Andrei Ivanov Russia | 2:14.43 |
| 200 m individual medley | Curtis Myden Canada | 2:00.38 (GR) | Ron Karnaugh United States | 2:01.90 | Jirka Letzin Germany | 2:03.20 |
| 400 m IM not held | | | | | | |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | All-Stars Fernando Scherer (48.69)SA Pieter van den Hoogenband Ricardo Busquets Lorenzo Vismara | 3:17.64 | Russia Roman Yegorov Alexander Popov Denis Pimankov Sergey Ashihmin | 3:17.99 | Germany Aimo Heilmann Stefan Herbst Alexander Luederitz Michael Kiedel | 3:21.48 |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Russia Vladimir Selkov Andrey Korneyev Vladislav Kulikov Alexander Popov | 3:38.86 (GR) | United States Lenny Krayzelburg Kurt Grote Bryan Jones Dan Phillips | 3:39.46 | All-Stars Emanuele Merisi Domenico Fioravanti Denys Sylantyev Francisco Sánchez | 3:40.54 |
