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

Women's 200m Breaststroke
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Women's 200m Breaststroke ; at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	15 January 1998
Winning time	2 minutes 25.45 seconds
Medalists
	← 1994 2001 →

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, Western 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	Svitlana 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	Svitlana 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 Câșlaru (ROM)	2:33.49
20	Julia Russell (RSA)	2:33.69
21	Olesja Monchak (RUS)	2:34.06
21	Lenka Maňhalová (CZE)	2:34.06
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