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

Women's 200 metre individual medley1998 FINA World Championships
Date	16 January 1998
Winning time	2 minutes 10.88 seconds
Medalists
Wu Yanyan   China   Chen Yan   China   Martina Moravcová   Slovakia

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 individual medley event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Friday 16 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Wu Yanyan (CHN)	2:10.88 CR
	Chen Yan (CHN)	2:13.66
	Martina Moravcová (SVK)	2:14.26
4	Yana Klochkova (UKR)	2:15.01
5	Maddy Crippen (USA)	2:16.02
	Marianne Limpert (CAN)
7	Beatrice Căslaru (ROM)	2:16.20
8	Elli Overton (AUS)	2:16.74

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Oxana Verevka (RUS)	2:16.29
10	Yasuko Tajima (JPN)	2:17.19
11	Sue Rolph (GBR)	2:17.33
12	Joanne Malar (CAN)	2:17.65
13	Lourdes Becerra (ESP)	2:17.89
14	Nicole Hetzer (GER)	2:18.29
15	Emma Johnson (AUS)	2:19.86
16	Aikaterini Sarakatsani (GRE)	2:22.44

Qualifying heats

Rank	Name	Time
1	Martina Moravcová (SVK)	2:15.67
2	Chen Yan (CHN)	2:15.99
3	Wu Yanyan (CHN)	2:16.19
4	Elli Overton (AUS)	2:16.28
5	Beatrice Căslaru (ROM)	2:16.76
6	Maddy Crippen (USA)	2:16.78
7	Yana Klochkova (UKR)	2:16.89
8	Marianne Limpert (CAN)	2:16.91
9	Nicole Hetzer (GER)	2:16.96
10	Kristine Quance (USA)	2:17.31
11	Joanne Malar (CAN)	2:17.45
12	Sue Rolph (GBR)	2:17.47
13	Yasuko Tajima (JPN)	2:18.50
14	Oxana Verevka (RUS)	2:18.59
15	Malin Svahnström (SWE)	2:18.96
16	Lourdes Becerra (ESP)	2:18.97
17	Aikaterini Sarakatsani (GRE)	2:19.30
18	Emma Johnson (AUS)	2:19.38
19	Alenka Kejžar (SLO)	2:19.57
20	Lenka Maňhalová (CZE)	2:19.67
21	Hana Černá (CZE)	2:19.75
22	Simona Păduraru (ROM)	2:20.47
23.	Yseult Gervy (BEL)	2:20.94
24	Nicole Zahnd (SUI)	2:20.95
25	Nataša Kejžar (SLO)	2:21.09
26	Julia Russell (RSA)	2:21.36
27	Sabine Herbst (GER)	2:21.41
28	Maria Santos (POR)	2:21.71
29	Ravee Intporn-Udom (THA)	2:22.21

See also

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