Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	13 January 1998
Winning time	1 minute 58.90 seconds
Medalists
Claudia Poll    Costa Rica   Martina Moravcová    Slovakia   Julia Greville    Australia

The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Tuesday 13 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Claudia Poll (CRC)	1:58.90
	Martina Moravcová (SVK)	1:59.61
	Julia Greville (AUS)	1:59.92
4	Tsai Shu-min (TPE)	1:59.93
5	Kerstin Kielgass (GER)	2:00.01
6	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:00.33
7	Cristina Teuscher (USA)	2:00.64
8	Lindsay Benko (USA)	2:01.28

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Nadezhda Chemezova (RUS)	2:01.19
10	Louise Jöhncke (SWE)	2:01.32
11	Jessica Deglau (CAN)	2:01.62
12	Karen Pickering (GBR)	2:01.77
13	Liliana Dobrescu (ROM)	2:01.83
	Camelia Potec (ROM)
15	Josefin Lillhage (SWE)	2:03.23
16	Wang Luna (CHN)	2:03.66

Qualifying heats

See also

• 1996 Women's Olympic Games 200m Freestyle (Atlanta)
• 1997 Women's World SC Championships 200m Freestyle (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Women's European LC Championships 200m Freestyle (Seville)
• 2000 Women's Olympic Games 200m Freestyle (Sydney)

References

• "8th FINA World Swimming Championships". SwimNews.com.
• "1998 FINA World Championships (LCM)". USA Swimming.