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

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Women's 200 metre butterfly
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date18 January 1998
Winning time2 minutes 07.93 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1994
2001  

The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Sunday 18 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.

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A Final

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Susie O'Neill  (AUS)2:07.93
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Petria Thomas  (AUS)2:09.08
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  Misty Hyman  (USA)2:09.98
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wu Yanyan  (CHN)2:10.22
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qu Yun  (CHN)2:10.49
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jessica Deglau  (CAN)2:11.26
7Flag of Germany.svg  Katrin Jake  (GER)2:12.20
8Flag of the United States.svg  Kristine Quance  (USA)2:15.35

B Final

RankNameTime
9Flag of Poland.svg  Anna Uryniuk  (POL)2:12.46
10Flag of Denmark.svg  Sophia Skou  (DEN)2:13.70
11Flag of France.svg  Cécile Jeanson  (FRA)2:14.41
12Flag of Japan.svg  Yasuko Tajima  (JPN)2:14.58
13Flag of Spain.svg  María Peláez  (ESP)2:14.76
14Flag of Spain.svg  Bárbara Franco  (ESP)2:15.14
15Flag of Japan.svg  Hitomi Kashima  (JPN)2:15.53
16Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Margaretha Pedder  (GBR)2:16.34

Qualifying heats

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