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.

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 GR	Canada Craig Hutchison Garret Pulle Robbie Taylor Stephen Clarke	3:21.27 NR	England Anthony Howard Gavin Meadows Mark Stevens Nicholas Shackell	3:22.13
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Australia Ian Thorpe (1:47.48) Daniel Kowalski (1:47.81) Matthew Dunn (1:49.15) Michael Klim (1:47.42)	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 GR	England Darren Mew Gavin Meadows James Hickman Martin Harris Neil Willey Nicholas Shackell Richard Maden	3:40.73 NR	Canada Andrew Chan Chris Sawbridge Craig Hutchinson Garret Pulle Jason Flint Mark Versfeld Shamek Pietucha Stephen Clarke	3:42.74

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 CR, OC	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 CR, OC	England Claire Huddart Karen Legg Karen Pickering Sue Rolph	3:43.20 NR	Canada Jessica Deglau Laura Nicholls Marianne Limpert Nicole Davey	3:45.48
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	Australia Anna Windsor Julia Greville Lori Munz Susie O'Neill	8:03.73 CR, OC	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 GR	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

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

• List of Commonwealth Games records in swimming

• Commonwealth Games Federation Results Database
• 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur Malaysia: Aquatics Results