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

Women's 200 metre backstroke
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date 17 January 1998
Winning time 2 minutes 11.26 seconds
Medalists
  Roxana Maracineanu   France
  Dagmar Hase   Germany
  Mai Nakamura   Japan
«1994 2001»
1998 FINA
World Championships
in 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 team
Swimming (long course)
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.

Contents

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

Qualifying heats

Remarks

See also

References