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

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	18 January 1998
Winning time	54.95 seconds
Medalists
Jenny Thompson    United States   Martina Moravcová    Slovakia   Shan Ying    China
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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, Western 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 Elwani (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

Qualifying heats

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)

References

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