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

Women's 200m Breaststroke at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	15 January 1998
Winning time	2 minutes 25.45 seconds
Medalists
Ágnes Kovács    Hungary   Kristy Kowal    United States   Jenna Street    United States

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 breaststroke event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Thursday 15 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Ágnes Kovács (HUN)	2:25.45 CR
	Kristy Kowal (USA)	2:26.19
	Jenna Street (USA)	2:26.50
4	Samantha Riley (AUS)	2:26.63
5	Masami Tanaka (JPN)	2:27.52
6	Penelope Heyns (RSA)	2:27.81
7	Brigitte Becue (BEL)	2:28.27
8	Svetlana Bondarenko (UKR)	2:31.00

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Anne Poleska (GER)	2:29.55
10	Lauren van Oosten (CAN)	2:30.26
11	Alicja Pęczak (POL)	2:30.49
12	Ina Hüging (GER)	2:30.55
13	Linda Hindmarsh (GBR)	2:30.90
14	Nadine Neumann (AUS)	2:31.21
15	Karine Brémond (FRA)	2:32.66
16	Dagmara Ajnenkiel (POL)	2:33.75

Qualifying heats

Rank	Name	Time
1	Jenna Street (USA)	2:26.63 CR
2	Samantha Riley (AUS)	2:26.72
3	Ágnes Kovács (HUN)	2:27.21
4	Masami Tanaka (JPN)	2:27.71
5	Kristy Kowal (USA)	2:28.06
6	Svetlana Bondarenko (UKR)	2:28.88
7	Penelope Heyns (RSA)	2:28.99
8	Brigitte Becue (BEL)	2:29.18
9	Ina Hüging (GER)	2:29.94
10	Anne Poleska (GER)	2:30.54
11	Nadine Neumann (AUS)	2:30.58
12	Alicja Pęczak (POL)	2:30.73
13	Lauren van Oosten (CAN)	2:30.95
14	Linda Hindmarsh (GBR)	2:31.24
15	Dagmara Ajnenkiel (POL)	2:31.91
16	Karine Brémond (FRA)	2:32.04
17	Jaime King (GBR)	2:32.29
18	Inna Nikitina (UKR)	2:33.18
19	Beatrice Căslaru (ROM)	2:33.49
20	Julia Russell (RSA)	2:33.69
21	Olesja Monchak (RUS)	2:34.06
	Lenka Maňhalová (CZE)
23	Madelon Baans (NED)	2:35.35
24	Elvira Fischer (AUT)	2:35.65
25	Tara Sloan (CAN)	2:36.89
26	Nataša Kejžar (SLO)	2:37.11
27	Isabel Ceballos (COL)	2:38.53

See also

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

References

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