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

Women's 200 metre backstroke1998 FINA World Championships
Date	17 January 1998
Winning time	2 minutes 11.26 seconds
Medalists
Roxana Maracineanu   France   Dagmar Hase   Germany   Mai Nakamura   Japan

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 backstroke event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Saturday 17 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Roxana Maracineanu (FRA)	2:11.26
	Dagmar Hase (GER)	2:11.45
	Mai Nakamura (JPN)	2:12.22
4	Cathleen Rund (GER)	2:12.72
5	Lea Maurer (USA)	2:13.04
6	Miki Nakao (JPN)	2:13.13
7	Meredith Smith (AUS)	2:13.70
8	Hélène Ricardo (FRA)	2:15.01

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Amanda Adkins (USA)	2:14.25
10	Ivette María (ESP)	2:16.17
11	Helen Don-Duncan (GBR)	2:16.94
12	Isabela Burczyk (POL)	2:17.00
13	Kateřina Pivoňková (CZE)	2:17.31
14	Elena Grechushnikova (RUS)	2:17.69
15	Emma Johnson (AUS)	2:19.35
16	Fabíola Molina (BRA)	2:19.67

See also

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