1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships
Host city	Sheffield, UK
Date(s)	11–13 December 1998
Venue(s)	Ponds Forge
Nations participating	34
Athletes participating	355
Events	38
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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
	Croatia (CRO)	1	0	0	1
	Iceland (ISL)	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
15	Spain (ESP)	0	2	2	4
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	2	2	4
17	Austria (AUT)	0	1	2	3
18	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	0	1
21	Israel (ISR)	0	0	1	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		40	36	38	114

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		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		Silver		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)

References

• Results on GBRSports.com
• Results