Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	13 January 1998
Winning time	1 minute 08.42 seconds
Medalists
Kristy Kowal    United States   Helen Denman    Australia   Lauren van Oosten    Canada

The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Tuesday 1998-01-13 in Perth, Western Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Kristy Kowal (USA)	1:08.42
	Helen Denman (AUS)	1:08.51
	Lauren van Oosten (CAN)	1:08.66
4	Ágnes Kovács (HUN)	1:08.68
5	Penelope Heyns (RSA)	1:08.77
6	Samantha Riley (AUS)	1:08.80
7	Svitlana Bondarenko (UKR)	1:09.11
8	Brigitte Becue (BEL)	1:09.16

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Dagmara Ajnenkiel (POL)	1:10.20
10	Zhang Yi (CHN)	1:10.20
11	Masami Tanaka (JPN)	1:10.75
12	Alicja Pęczak (POL)	1:10.76
13	Sylvia Gerasch (GER)	1:11.11
14	Tara Sloan (CAN)	1:11.45
15	Vera Lischka (AUT)	1:11.79
16	Sarah Poewe (RSA)	1:12.61

Qualifying heats

See also

• 1996 Women's Olympic Games 100m Breaststroke (Atlanta)
• 1997 Women's World SC Championships 100m Breaststroke (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Women's European LC Championships 100m Breaststroke (Seville)
• 2000 Women's Olympic Games 100m Breaststroke (Sydney)

References

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