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

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, Western Australia.

Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 1998 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

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	Svitlana 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

Qualifying heats

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)

References

• "8th FINA World Swimming Championships". SwimNews.com.
• "1998 FINA World Championships (LCM)". USA Swimming.