Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 1998 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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Date | 13 January 1998 | |||||||||
Winning time | 1 minute 58.90 seconds | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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1998 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Open water swimming | ||
Single | ||
5 km | men | women |
5 km | team rating | |
25 km | men | women |
25 km | team rating | |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | women | |
Duet | women | |
Team | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
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.
Rank | Name | Time |
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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 |
Rank | Name | Time |
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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 |
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