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

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Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date13 January 1998
Winning time1 minute 58.90 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
  1994
2001  

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.

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A Final

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Claudia Poll  (CRC)1:58.90
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Slovakia.svg  Martina Moravcová  (SVK)1:59.61
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Julia Greville  (AUS)1:59.92
4Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Tsai Shu-min  (TPE)1:59.93
5Flag of Germany.svg  Kerstin Kielgass  (GER)2:00.01
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Susie O'Neill  (AUS)2:00.33
7Flag of the United States.svg  Cristina Teuscher  (USA)2:00.64
8Flag of the United States.svg  Lindsay Benko  (USA)2:01.28

B Final

RankNameTime
9Flag of Russia.svg  Nadezhda Chemezova  (RUS)2:01.19
10Flag of Sweden.svg  Louise Jöhncke  (SWE)2:01.32
11Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jessica Deglau  (CAN)2:01.62
12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Karen Pickering  (GBR)2:01.77
13Flag of Romania.svg  Liliana Dobrescu  (ROM)2:01.83
Flag of Romania.svg  Camelia Potec  (ROM)
15Flag of Sweden.svg  Josefin Lillhage  (SWE)2:03.23
16Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Luna  (CHN)2:03.66

Qualifying heats

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