The 'swimming events of the 1998 Commonwealth Games' were held at the National Aquatics Centre at the National Sports Complex, Malaysia from 12–17 September 1998.

Medalists

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Mark Foster  England	22.58	Brendon Dedekind  South Africa	22.70	Michael Klim  Australia	22.86
100 m freestyle	Michael Klim  Australia	49.43	Chris Fydler  Australia	49.51	Gavin Meadows  England	50.14
200 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe  Australia	1:46.70 CR, OC	Michael Klim  Australia	1:48.05	Daniel Kowalski  Australia	1:48.26
400 m freestyle	Ian Thorpe  Australia	3:44.35 GR	Grant Hackett  Australia	3:44.88	Daniel Kowalski  Australia	3:48.91
1500 m freestyle details	Grant Hackett  Australia	14:50.92	Ryk Neethling  South Africa	15:02.88	Kieren Perkins  Australia	15:03.00
100 m backstroke	Mark Versfeld  Canada	55.52	Josh Watson  Australia	55.92	Chris Renaud  Canada	55.99
200 m backstroke	Mark Versfeld  Canada	1:59.67	Adrian Radley  Australia	2:01.41	Greg Hamm  Canada	2:01.47
100 m breaststroke	Simon Cowley  Australia	1:02.00	Phil Rogers  Australia	1:02.46	Darren Mew  England	1:02.52
200 m breaststroke	Simon Cowley  Australia	2:13.13	Ryan Mitchell  Australia	2:13.20	Adam Whitehead  England	2:14.44
100 m butterfly	Geoff Huegill  Australia	52.81	Adam Pine  Australia	53.09	Michael Klim  Australia	53.50
200 m butterfly	James Hickman  England	1:57.11	William Kirby  Australia	1:59.57	Stephen Parry  England	1:59.63
200 m individual medley	Matthew Dunn  Australia	2:00.26	James Hickman  England	2:01.87	Robert van der Zant  Australia	2:02.73
400 m individual medley	Trent Steed  Australia	4:19.89	James Hickman  England	4:20.17	Zane King  Australia	4:23.20
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Australia Ashley Callus Chris Fydler Ian Thorpe Michael Klim	3:17.83	Canada Craig Hutchison Garret Pulle Robbie Taylor Stephen Clarke	3:21.27	England Anthony Howard Gavin Meadows Mark Stevens Nicholas Shackell	3:22.13
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Australia Daniel Kowalski Ian Thorpe Matthew Dunn Michael Klim	7:11.86 WR	England Andrew Clayton Gavin Meadows James Salter Mark Stevens	7:23.83	New Zealand Danyon Loader John Davis Scott Cameron Trent Bray	7:24.52
4 × 100 m medley relay	Australia Josh Watson Geoff Huegill Simon Cowley Michael Klim Adrian Radley (heat) Chris Fydler (heat)	3:38.52	England Darren Mew Gavin Meadows James Hickman Martin Harris Neil Willey Nicholas Shackell Richard Maden	3:40.73	Canada Andrew Chan Chris Sawbridge Craig Hutchinson Garret Pulle Jason Flint Mark Versfeld Shamek Pietucha Stephen Clarke	3:42.74

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Sue Rolph  England	25.82	Alison Sheppard  Scotland	25.92	Toni Jeffs  New Zealand	26.07
100 m freestyle	Sue Rolph  England	55.17	Susie O'Neill  Australia	55.58 OC	Rebecca Creedy  Australia	56.07
200 m freestyle	Susie O'Neill  Australia	2:00.24	Karen Pickering  England	2:01.19	Jessica Deglau  Canada	2:01.59
400 m freestyle	Susie O'Neill  Australia	4:12.39	Vicky Horner  England	4:12.56	Joanne Malar  Canada	4:13.91
800 m freestyle details	Rachel Harris  Australia	8:42.23	Joanne Malar  Canada	8:43.96	Sarah Collings  England	8:45.56
100 m backstroke	Giaan Rooney  Australia	1:02.43	Kelly Stefanyshyn  Canada	1:02.81	Meredith Smith  Australia	1:03.19
200 m backstroke	Katy Sexton  England	2:13.18	Meredith Smith  Australia	2:13.19	Helen Don-Duncan  England	2:13.50
100 m breaststroke	Helen Denman  Australia	1:08.71	Samantha Riley  Australia	1:09.08	Lauren van Oosten  Canada	1:09.11
200 m breaststroke	Samantha Riley  Australia	2:27.30	Courtenay Chuy  Canada	2:29.23	Lauren van Oosten  Canada	2:29.58
100 m butterfly	Petria Thomas  Australia	59.42	Susie O'Neill  Australia	59.61	Kathryn Godfrey  Australia	1:00.14
200 m butterfly	Susie O'Neill  Australia	2:06.60	Petria Thomas  Australia	2:10.42	Jessica Deglau  Canada	2:11.67
200 m individual medley	Marianne Limpert  Canada	2:15.05	Joanne Malar  Canada	2:15.28	Sue Rolph  England	2:15.39
400 m individual medley	Joanne Malar  Canada	4:43.74	Elizabeth Warden  Canada	4:47.69	Jennifer Reilly  Australia	4:48.43
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Australia Lori Munz Rebecca Creedy Sarah Ryan Susie O'Neill	3:42.61	England Claire Huddart Karen Legg Karen Pickering Sue Rolph	3:43.20	Canada Jessica Deglau Laura Nicholls Marianne Limpert Nicole Davey	3:45.48
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Australia Anna Windsor Julia Greville Lori Munz Susie O'Neill	8:03.73	England Claire Huddart Karen Legg Karen Pickering Lyndsey Cooper	8:10.09	Canada Andrea Schwartz Jessica Deglau Joanne Malar Laura Nicholls	8:11.84
4 × 100 m medley relay	Australia Giaan Rooney Helen Denman Petria Thomas Susie O'Neill	4:06.36	Canada Kelly Stefanyshyn Lauren van Oosten Marianne Limpert Sara Alroubaie	4:09.52	England Caroline Foot Jaime King Sarah Price Sue Rolph	4:13.96

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	23	15	11	49
2	England (ENG)	5	8	9	22
3	Canada (CAN)	4	6	10	20
4	South Africa (RSA)	0	2	0	2
5	Scotland (SCO)	0	1	0	1
6	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		32	32	32	96