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

Women's 200 metre butterfly1998 FINA World Championships
Date	18 January 1998
Winning time	2 minutes 07.93 seconds
Medalists
Susie O'Neill   Australia   Petria Thomas   Australia   Misty Hyman   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
Team		men		women

The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Sunday 18 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	2:07.93
	Petria Thomas (AUS)	2:09.08
	Misty Hyman (USA)	2:09.98
4	Wu Yanyan (CHN)	2:10.22
5	Qu Yun (CHN)	2:10.49
6	Jessica Deglau (CAN)	2:11.26
7	Katrin Jake (GER)	2:12.20
8	Kristine Quance (USA)	2:15.35

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Anna Uryniuk (POL)	2:12.46
10	Sophia Skou (DEN)	2:13.70
11	Cécile Jeanson (FRA)	2:14.41
12	Yasuko Tajima (JPN)	2:14.58
13	María Peláez (ESP)	2:14.76
14	Bárbara Franco (ESP)	2:15.14
15	Hitomi Kashima (JPN)	2:15.53
16	Margaretha Pedder (GBR)	2:16.34

See also

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