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

Women's 100 metre breaststroke1998 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
Team		men		women

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)