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

Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	13 January 1998
Winning time	1 minute 08.42 seconds
Medalists
Kristy Kowal    United States   Helen Denman    Australia   Lauren van Oosten    Canada

1998 FINA World Championships Perth, Australia
Diving
1 m	men	women
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Open water swimming
5 km	men	women
25 km	men	women
Team	5 km	25 km
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
men (rosters) women (rosters)

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, Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Kristy Kowal (USA)	1:08.42
	Helen Denman (AUS)	1:08.51
	Lauren van Oosten (CAN)	1:08.66
4	Ágnes Kovács (HUN)	1:08.68
5	Penelope Heyns (RSA)	1:08.77
6	Samantha Riley (AUS)	1:08.80
7	Svetlana Bondarenko (UKR)	1:09.11
8	Brigitte Becue (BEL)	1:09.16

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Dagmara Ajnenkiel (POL)	1:10.20
10	Zhang Yi (CHN)	1:10.20
11	Masami Tanaka (JPN)	1:10.75
12	Alicja Pęczak (POL)	1:10.76
13	Sylvia Gerasch (GER)	1:11.11
14	Tara Sloan (CAN)	1:11.45
15	Vera Lischka (AUT)	1:11.79
16	Sarah Poewe (RSA)	1:12.61

See also

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

References

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