Swimming World Championships 1998 at Perth (aus) Men: 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay January 15: Final: 1. USA (Scott Tucker, Neil Walker, Jon Olsen, Gary Hall Jr.) 3:16.69 2. Australia (Michael Klim, Adam Pine, Richard Upton, Chris Fydler) 3:16.97 3. Russia (Aleksandr Popov, Roman Yegorov, Vladislav Kulikov, Denis Pimankov) 3:18.45 4. Germany (Christian Keller, Christian Tröger, Stefan Herbst, Torsten Spanneberg) 3:18.83 5. Netherlands (Mark Veens, Martijn Zuijdweg, Johan Kenkhuis, Pieter van den Hoogenband) 3:19.47 6. Brazil (Fernando Scherer, Edivaldo Filho, André Cordeiro, Gustavo Borges) 3:20.36 7. Great Britain (Gavin Meadows, Michael Fibbens, James Salter, Nick Shackell) 3:21.45 8. Italy (Lorenzo Vismara, Mauro Gallo, Simone Cercato, Massimiliano Rosolino) 3:22.12