title: 1994 World Aquatics Championships
text: # 1994 World Aquatics Championships
  
  The 1994 FINA World Aquatics Championships were held in Rome, Italy between September 1 and September 11, 1994.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  * Host nation (Italy)
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | China (CHN) | 16 | 10 | 2 | 28 |
  | 2 | United States (USA) | 7 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
  | 3 | Russia (RUS) | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
  | 4 | Australia (AUS) | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
  | 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
  | 6 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
  | 7 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
  | 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
  | 9 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
  | 10 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
  | 11 | Italy (ITA)* | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
  | 12 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 14 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | 15 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 16 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 17 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 17 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 17 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 20 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 20 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Diving
  
  **Men**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 m springboard | Evan Stewart (ZIM) | Lan Wei (CHN) | Brian Earley (USA) |
  | 3 m springboard | Yu Zhuocheng (CHN) | Dmitri Sautin (RUS) | Wang Tianling (CHN) |
  | 10 m platform | Dmitri Sautin (RUS) | Sun Shuwei (CHN) | Vladimir Timoshinin (RUS) |
  
  **Women**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 m springboard | Chen Lixia (CHN) | Tan Shuping (CHN) | Annie Pelletier (CAN) |
  | 3 m springboard | Tan Shuping (CHN) | Vera Ilyina (RUS) | Claudia Böckner (GER) |
  | 10 m platform | Fu Mingxia (CHN) | Chi Bin (CHN) | María José Alcalá (MEX) |
  
  ### Open water swimming
  
  **Men**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 25 km | Greg Streppel (CAN) | David Bates (AUS) | Aleksey Akatyev (RUS) |
  
  **Women**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 25 km | Melissa Cunningham (AUS) | Rita Kovács (HUN) | Shelley Taylor-Smith (AUS) |
  
  ### Swimming
  
  **Men**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 50 m freestyle | Alexander Popov (RUS) | Gary Hall Jr. (USA) | Raimundas Mažuolis (LTU) |
  | 100 m freestyle | Alexander Popov (RUS) | Gary Hall Jr. (USA) | Gustavo Borges (BRA) |
  | 200 m freestyle | Antti Kasvio (FIN) | Anders Holmertz (SWE) | Danyon Loader (NZL) |
  | 400 m freestyle | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | Antti Kasvio (FIN) | Danyon Loader (NZL) |
  | 1500 m freestyle | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | Daniel Kowalski (AUS) | Steffen Zesner (GER) |
  | 100 m backstroke | Martin López (ESP) | Jeff Rouse (USA) | Tamás Deutsch (HUN) |
  | 200 m backstroke | Vladimir Selkov (RUS) | Martin López (ESP) | Royce Sharp (USA) |
  | 100 m breaststroke | Norbert Rózsa (HUN) | Károly Güttler (HUN) | Frédérik Deburghgraeve (BEL) |
  | 200 m breaststroke | Norbert Rózsa (HUN) | Eric Wunderlich (USA) | Károly Güttler (HUN) |
  | 100 m butterfly | Rafał Szukała (POL) | Lars Frölander (SWE) | Denis Pankratov (RUS) |
  | 200 m butterfly | Denis Pankratov (RUS) | Danyon Loader (NZL) | Chris-Carol Bremer (GER) |
  | 200 m individual medley | Jani Sievinen (FIN) | Greg Burgess (USA) | Attila Czene (HUN) |
  | 400 m individual medley | Tom Dolan (USA) | Jani Sievinen (FIN) | Eric Namesnik (USA) |
  | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | United States (USA) Jon Olsen Josh Davis Uğur Taner Gary Hall Jr. | Russia (RUS) Roman Shegolev Vladimir Predkin Vladimir Pyshnenko Alexander Popov | Brazil (BRA) Fernando Scherer Teófilo Ferreira André Teixeira Gustavo Borges |
  | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Sweden (SWE) Christer Wallin Tommy Werner Lars Frölander Anders Holmertz | Russia (RUS) Yury Mukhin Roman Shegolev Vladimir Pyshnenko Denis Pankratov | Germany (GER) Andreas Szigat Christian Keller Oliver Lampe Steffen Zesner |
  | 4 × 100 m medley relay | United States (USA) Jeff Rouse Eric Wunderlich Mark Henderson Gary Hall Jr. | Russia (RUS) Vladimir Selkov Vasili Ivanov Denis Pankratov Alexander Popov | Hungary (HUN) Tamás Deutsch Norbert Rózsa Péter Horváth Attila Czene |
  
  **Women**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 50 m freestyle | Le Jingyi (CHN) | Natalya Meshcheryakova (RUS) | Amy Van Dyken (USA) |
  | 100 m freestyle | Le Jingyi (CHN) | Lü Bin (CHN) | Franziska van Almsick (GER) |
  | 200 m freestyle | Franziska van Almsick (GER) | Lü Bin (CHN) | Claudia Poll (CRC) |
  | 400 m freestyle | Yang Aihua (CHN) | Cristina Teuscher (USA) | Claudia Poll (CRC) |
  | 800 m freestyle | Janet Evans (USA) | Hayley Lewis (AUS) | Brooke Bennett (USA) |
  | 100 m backstroke | He Cihong (CHN) | Nina Zhivanevskaya (RUS) | Barbara Bedford (USA) |
  | 200 m backstroke | He Cihong (CHN) | Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) | Lorenza Vigarani (ITA) |
  | 100 m breaststroke | Samantha Riley (AUS) | Dai Guohong (CHN) | Yuan Yuan (CHN) |
  | 200 m breaststroke | Samantha Riley (AUS) | Yuan Yuan (CHN) | Brigitte Becue (BEL) |
  | 100 m butterfly | Liu Limin (CHN) | Yun Qu (CHN) | Susan O'Neill (AUS) |
  | 200 m butterfly | Liu Limin (CHN) | Yun Qu (CHN) | Susan O'Neill (AUS) |
  | 200 m individual medley | Lü Bin (CHN) | Allison Wagner (USA) | Elli Overton (AUS) |
  | 400 m individual medley | Dai Guohong (CHN) | Allison Wagner (USA) | Kristine Quance (USA) |
  | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | China (CHN) Le Ying Shan Ying Lü Bin Le Jingyi | United States (USA) Angel Martino Nicole Haislett Amy Van Dyken Jenny Thompson | Germany (GER) Franziska van Almsick Katrin Meissner Kerstin Kielgass Daniela Hunger |
  | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | China (CHN) Le Ying Yang Aihua Lü Bin Zhou Guanbin | Germany (GER) Franziska van Almsick Julia Jung Kerstin Kielgass Dagmar Hase | United States (USA) Cristina Teuscher Nicole Haislett Janet Evans Jenny Thompson |
  | 4 × 100 m medley relay | China (CHN) He Cihong Dai Guohong Liu Limin Le Jingyi | United States (USA) Lea Loveless Kristine Quance Amy Van Dyken Jenny Thompson | Russia (RUS) Nina Zhivanevskaya Olga Prokhorova Svetlana Pozdeeva Natalya Meshcheryakova |
  
  ### Synchronized swimming
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Solo routine | Becky Dyroen-Lancer (USA) | Fumiko Okuno (JPN) | Lisa Alexander (CAN) |
  | Duet routine | Becky Dyroen-Lancer (USA) Jill Suduth (USA) | Fumiko Okuno (JPN) Miya Tachibana (JPN) | Lisa Alexander (CAN) Erin Woodley (CAN) |
  | Team routine | United States (USA) | Canada (CAN) | Japan (JPN) |
  
  ### Water polo
  
  **Men**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Team | Italy | Spain | Russia |
  
  **Women**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Team | Hungary | Netherlands | Italy |
  