A synchronized swimming competition was held at the
1998 World Aquatics Championships
The 8th FINA World Championships or the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held from 8 to 17 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia. The championships features competition in all five of FINA's disciplines: Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, S ...
, in
Perth, Western Australia
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diving
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, and
water polo
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. The 1998 competition was the seventh World Aquatics Championships. However, synchronised swimming is unique at the championships, in that only women compete in the discipline. For the 1998 edition, three events were contested; solo, duet, and team routines. The Russian team was dominant, winning the gold medal in all three events contested. Olga Sedakova became only the fourth woman to win a gold medal in every discipline at the same championships, following
Carolyn Waldo
Carolyn Jane Waldo, (born December 11, 1964 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadians, Canadian former synchronised swimming, synchronized swimmer and broadcaster.
Competing both as a solo and as part of a duo with Michelle Cameron, Waldo experience ...
in
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Canada
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did not win any medals in synchronised swimming for the first time ever. The
United States
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missed the podium in the solo and duet competitions, after winning at least one medal in those disciplines at every previous competition.
Medal table
Medal summary
Multiple Medal Winners
Other than Sedakova, several other competitors won multiple medals. For Russia, Olga Brusnikina, won gold in the duet and team routines. Japan had two multiple winners;
Miho Takeda
is a Japanese competitor in synchronized swimming.
She received five Olympic medals at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. The silver medal from the 2000 Olympics was in the duet with Miya Tachibana, and they also received a silver medal a ...
in both the duet and team competitions. For France
Virginie Dedieu
Virginie Dedieu (born 25 February 1979) is a French former synchronized swimmer and Olympic medalist.
Virginie won a bronze medal in the women's duet at the 2000 Summer Olympics with Myriam Lignot. She was also successful in the European and ...
won a silver in the solo competition, and a bronze in the duet.