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

Women's 100 metre backstroke1998 FINA World Championships
Date	14 January 1998
Winning time	1 minute 01.16 seconds
Medalists
Lea Maurer   United States   Mai Nakamura   Japan   Sandra Völker   Germany

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
Team		men		women

The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Wednesday 14 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Lea Maurer (USA)	1:01.16
	Mai Nakamura (JPN)	1:01.28
	Sandra Völker (GER)	1:01.47
4	Antje Buschschulte (GER)	1:01.81
5	Beth Botsford (USA)	1:02.31
6	Roxana Maracineanu (FRA)	1:02.40
7	Noriko Inada (JPN)	1:02.58
8	He Cihong (CHN)	1:02.69

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Sarah Price (GBR)	1:03.26
10	Meredith Smith (AUS)	1:03.45
11	Fabíola Molina (BRA)	1:03.60
12	Elli Overton (AUS)	1:03.61
13	Hélène Ricardo (FRA)	1:03.86
14	Ivette María (ESP)	1:04.25
15	Yuliya Fomenko (RUS)	1:04.27
16	Elena Grechushnikova (RUS)	1:04.79

Qualifying heats

Rank	Name	Time
1	Lea Maurer (USA)	1:00.77
2	Mai Nakamura (JPN)	1:01.27
3	Antje Buschschulte (GER)	1:02.18
4	Sandra Völker (GER)	1:02.26
5	Roxana Maracineanu (FRA)	1:02.37
6	Beth Botsford (USA)	1:02.63
7	Noriko Inada (JPN)	1:02.85
8	He Cihong (CHN)	1:02.98
9	Meredith Smith (AUS)	1:03.05
10	Zhen Yingjuan (CHN)	1:03.18
11	Sarah Price (GBR)	1:03.54
12	Hélène Ricardo (FRA)	1:03.61
13	Fabíola Molina (BRA)	1:03.82
14	Ivette María (ESP)	1:03.91
15	Elli Overton (AUS)	1:03.94
16	Yuliya Fomenko (RUS)	1:04.00
17	Elena Grechushnikova (RUS)	1:04.15
18	Isabela Burczyk (POL)	1:04.33
19	Sofie Wolfs (BEL)	1:04.35
20	Maria Santos (POR)	1:04.41
21	Katy Sexton (GBR)	1:04.59
22	Alenka Kejžar (SLO)	1:04.75
23	Alena Nyvltová (CZE)	1:04.89
24	Rania El-Wani (EGY)	1:05.15
25	Charlene Wittstock (RSA)	1:05.17
26	Kateřina Pivoňková (CZE)	1:05.46
27	Annamaria Kiss (HUN)	1:05.50

See also

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