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

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

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) [1]	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]	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

Remarks

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)

References

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