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

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	14 January 1998
Winning time	1 minute 01.16 seconds
Medalists
Lea Maurer    United States   Mai Nakamura    Japan   Sandra Völker    Germany
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The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Wednesday 14 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Lea Maurer  (USA)	1:01.16
	Mai Nakamura  (JPN)	1:01.28
	Sandra Völker  (GER)	1:01.47
4	Antje Buschschulte  (GER)	1:01.81
5	Beth Botsford  (USA)	1:02.31
6	Roxana Maracineanu  (FRA)	1:02.40
7	Noriko Inada  (JPN)	1:02.58
8	He Cihong  (CHN)	1:02.69

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Sarah Price  (GBR)	1:03.26
10	Meredith Smith  (AUS)	1:03.45
11	Fabíola Molina  (BRA)	1:03.60
12	Elli Overton  (AUS)	1:03.61
13	Hélène Ricardo  (FRA)	1:03.86
14	Ivette María  (ESP)	1:04.25
15	Yuliya Fomenko  (RUS)	1:04.27
16	Elena Grechushnikova  (RUS)	1:04.79

Qualifying heats

Rank	Name	Time
1	Lea Maurer  (USA)	1:00.77
2	Mai Nakamura  (JPN)	1:01.27
3	Antje Buschschulte  (GER)	1:02.18
4	Sandra Völker  (GER)	1:02.26
5	Roxana Maracineanu  (FRA)	1:02.37
6	Beth Botsford  (USA)	1:02.63
7	Noriko Inada  (JPN)	1:02.85
8	He Cihong  (CHN)	1:02.98
9	Meredith Smith  (AUS)	1:03.05
10	Zhen Yingjuan  (CHN) [1]	1:03.18
11	Sarah Price  (GBR)	1:03.54
12	Hélène Ricardo  (FRA)	1:03.61
13	Fabíola Molina  (BRA)	1:03.82
14	Ivette María  (ESP)	1:03.91
15	Elli Overton  (AUS)	1:03.94
16	Yuliya Fomenko  (RUS)	1:04.00
17	Elena Grechushnikova  (RUS)	1:04.15
18	Isabela Burczyk  (POL)	1:04.33
19	Sofie Wolfs  (BEL)	1:04.35
20	Maria Santos  (POR)	1:04.41
21	Katy Sexton  (GBR)	1:04.59
22	Alenka Kejžar  (SLO)	1:04.75
23	Alena Nyvltová  (CZE)	1:04.89
24	Rania Elwani  (EGY)	1:05.15
25	Charlene Wittstock  (RSA)	1:05.17
26	Kateřina Pivoňková  (CZE)	1:05.46
27	Annamaria Kiss  (HUN)	1:05.50

Remarks

1.   Zhen Yingjuan  (CHN) scratched B-Final

See also

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

References

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