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

Women's 100 metre freestyle1998 FINA World Championships
Date	18 January 1998
Winning time	54.95 seconds
Medalists
Jenny Thompson   United States   Martina Moravcová   Slovakia   Shan Ying   China

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 freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Sunday 18 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Jenny Thompson (USA)	54.95
	Martina Moravcová (SVK)	55.09
	Shan Ying (CHN)	55.10
4	Amy Van Dyken (USA)	55.15
5	Sandra Völker (GER)	55.33
6	Sue Rolph (GBR)	56.03
7	Sumika Minamoto (JPN)	56.48
8	Inge de Bruijn (NED)	56.49

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Wilma van Hofwegen (NED)	56.12
10	Shannon Shakespeare (CAN)	56.30
	Rania El-Wani (EGY)
12	Metka Šparovec (SLO)	56.36
13	Laura Nicholls (CAN)	56.61
14	Louise Jöhncke (SWE)	56.67
15.	Karen Pickering (GBR)	56.88
1	Sun Guiling (CHN)	57.03

See also

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