The Swimming competition at the 18th Central American and Caribbean Games was swum August 9–15, 1998 in Maracaibo, Venezuela.[1] It featured events in a long course (50m) pool.
Results edit
Men edit
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 freestyle | Ricardo Busquets  Puerto Rico |
22.55 GR |
Francisco Sánchez  Venezuela |
22.74 | Marcos Hernández  Cuba |
23.00 |
| 100 freestyle | Francisco Sánchez Venezuela |
50.05 GR |
Marcos Hernández Cuba |
50.32 | Ricardo Busquets Puerto Rico |
50.42 |
| 200 freestyle | Fernando Jácome  Colombia |
1:54.28 | Oscar Sotelo  Mexico |
1:54.43 | Ives Garcia Cuba |
1:54.71 |
| 400 freestyle | Ricardo Monasterio Venezuela |
3:58.88 GR |
Alejandro Bermúdez Colombia |
3:58.89 | Josh Ilika Mexico |
3:59.74 |
| 1500 freestyle | Ricardo Monasterio Venezuela |
15:57.50 | Ives Garcia Cuba |
16:12.42 | Ramon Valle  Honduras |
16:26.25 |
| 100 backstroke | Rodolfo Falcón Cuba |
55.60 GR |
Neisser Bent Cuba |
55.79 | Ricardo Busquets Puerto Rico |
56.24 |
| 200 backstroke | Neisser Bent Cuba |
2:01.53 GR |
Carlos Arena Mexico |
2:05.60 | Alexis Perdomo Venezuela |
2:05.78 |
| 100 breaststroke | Gunter Rodríguez Cuba |
1:04.72 | Francisco Suriano  El Salvador |
1:04.73 | Alvaro Fortuny  Guatemala |
1:05.43 |
| 200 breaststroke | Gunter Rodríguez Cuba |
2:18.58 | Francisco Suriano El Salvador |
2:18.91 | Jose Lopez Mexico |
2:21.28 |
| 100 butterfly | Francisco Sánchez Venezuela |
53.86 | Oswaldo Quevedo Venezuela |
53.93 | Ricardo Busquets Puerto Rico |
54.32 |
| 200 butterfly | Andrew Livingston Puerto Rico |
2:00.54 GR |
Juan Veloz Mexico |
2:01.44 | Nelson Mora Venezuela |
2:01.46 |
| 200 I.M. | Neisser Bent Cuba |
2:07.12 GR |
Gunter Rodríguez Cuba |
2:07.18 | Alejandro Bermúdez Colombia |
2:07.50 |
| 400 I.M. | Gunter Rodríguez Cuba |
4:26.86 GR |
Alejandro Bermúdez Colombia |
4:29.10 | Santiago Lima Mexico |
4:34.01 |
| 4x100 free relay |
 Venezuela Oswaldo Quevedo Francisco Páez Luis Rojas Francisco Sánchez |
3:23.49 GR |
 Cuba Neisser Bent Yohan García Ives García Marcos Hernández |
3:26.91 |  Mexico César Barrón Carlos Arena Guillermo Díaz Oscar Sotelo |
3:27.50 |
| 4x200 free relay |
not swum | |||||
| 4x100 medley relay |
Cuba Rodolfo Falcón Gunter Rodríguez Yohan García Marcos Hernández |
3:44.61 GR |
Mexico Carlos Arena José A. López Jesús González César Barrón |
3:46.63 |  Puerto Rico Ricardo Busquets Arsenio López Andrew Livingston Eduardo González |
3:47.23 |
Women edit
Medal standings edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 9 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 | Venezuela (VEN) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 |  Suriname | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 |  Panama | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Mexico | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 7 |  Colombia | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 |  Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 31 | 26 | 27 | 84 | |
References edit
- (in Spanish) The Oldest Regional Games: Central American & Caribbean Sports Games, by Enrique Montesinos. Published by CACSO in 2009; retrieved 2012–04.
- ^ XVIII Central American and Caribbean Games (top-3 finishers). Published in SwimNews Magazine 1998-08. Retrieved online on 2012-04-21.
- ^ a b c d e f Daniela Villegas tested positive for a prohibited substance, and had her results nullified. This effected the medal standings in (and her/Mexico's times) the women's: 100 free (58.71), 200 free (2:05.18), 400 free (4:24.21), 200 I.M. (2:24.17), 4x100 Free Relay (4:00.99) and 4x200 Free Relay (8:39.68).
- ^ Venezuela originally finished second in the women's 4x100 Medley Relay at 4:27.84; however, the relay included Tahyani Villarroel who tested positive for a prohibited substance. The relay results was therefore nullified, and places adjusted.