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

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	17 January 1998
Winning time	2 minutes 11.26 seconds
Medalists
Roxana Maracineanu    France   Dagmar Hase    Germany   Mai Nakamura    Japan

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 200 metre backstroke event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Saturday 17 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Roxana Maracineanu (FRA)	2:11.26
	Dagmar Hase (GER)	2:11.45
	Mai Nakamura (JPN)	2:12.22
4	Cathleen Rund (GER)	2:12.72
5	Lea Maurer (USA)	2:13.04
6	Miki Nakao (JPN)	2:13.13
7	Meredith Smith (AUS)	2:13.70
8	Hélène Ricardo (FRA)	2:15.01

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Amanda Adkins (USA)	2:14.25
10	Ivette María (ESP)	2:16.17
11	Helen Don-Duncan (GBR)	2:16.94
12	Isabela Burczyk (POL)	2:17.00
13	Kateřina Pivoňková (CZE)	2:17.31
14	Elena Grechushnikova (RUS)	2:17.69
15	Emma Johnson (AUS)	2:19.35
16	Fabíola Molina (BRA)	2:19.67

Remarks

See also

• 1996 Women's Olympic Games 200m Backstroke (Atlanta)
• 1997 Women's World SC Championships 200m Backstroke (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Women's European LC Championships 200m Backstroke (Seville)
• 2000 Women's Olympic Games 200m Backstroke (Sydney)

References

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