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

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Women's 100 metre breaststroke
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date13 January 1998
Winning time1 minute 08.42 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  1994
2001  

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.

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A Final

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  Kristy Kowal  (USA)1:08.42
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Helen Denman  (AUS)1:08.51
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Lauren van Oosten  (CAN)1:08.66
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Ágnes Kovács  (HUN)1:08.68
5Flag of South Africa.svg  Penelope Heyns  (RSA)1:08.77
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Samantha Riley  (AUS)1:08.80
7Flag of Ukraine.svg  Svitlana Bondarenko  (UKR)1:09.11
8Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Brigitte Becue  (BEL)1:09.16

B Final

RankNameTime
9Flag of Poland.svg  Dagmara Ajnenkiel  (POL)1:10.20
10Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Yi  (CHN)1:10.20
11Flag of Japan.svg  Masami Tanaka  (JPN)1:10.75
12Flag of Poland.svg  Alicja Pęczak  (POL)1:10.76
13Flag of Germany.svg  Sylvia Gerasch  (GER)1:11.11
14Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Tara Sloan  (CAN)1:11.45
15Flag of Austria.svg  Vera Lischka  (AUT)1:11.79
16Flag of South Africa.svg  Sarah Poewe  (RSA)1:12.61

Qualifying heats

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