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
«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 100 metre freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Sunday 18 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

Contents

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 El-Wani (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

References