title: 1991 World Aquatics Championships
text: # 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)
  