Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4×200 metre freestyle relay
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date 17 January 1998
Winning time 8 minutes 01.46 seconds
Medalists
    Germany
    United States
    Australia
«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 final and the qualifying heats of the women's 4×200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Saturday 17 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

Contents

Final

Rank Team Time
 Germany
Franziska van Almsick
Dagmar Hase
Silvia Szalai
Kerstin Kielgass
8:01.46
2:01.28
2:00.16
2:00.42
1:59.60
 United States
Cristina Teuscher
Lindsay Benko
Brooke Bennett
Jenny Thompson
8:02.88
2:00.92
2:00.94
2:01.17
1:59.85
 Australia
Julia Greville
Anna Windsor
Susie O'Neill
Petria Thomas
8:04.19
2:00.92
2:03.23
1:58.80
2:01.24
4  Canada
Joanne Malar
Shannon Shakespeare
Jessica Deglau
Laura Nicholls
8:05.59
2:02.44
2:01.40
2:00.65
2:01.10
5  Sweden
Louise Jöhncke
Josefin Lillhage
Malin Svahnström
Therese Alshammar
8:07.60
2:01.51
2:01.52
1:59.84
2:04.73
6  Great Britain
Claire Huddart
Victoria Horner
Jessica Craig
Karen Pickering
8:08.14
2:02.71
2:01.33
2:03.54
2:00.56
7  Romania
Camelia Potec
Simona Păduraru
Lorena Diaconescu
Liliana Dobrescu
8:10.06
2:02.46
2:03.29
2:01.95
2:02.36
8  Netherlands
Carla Geurts
Manon Masseurs
Wilma van Hofwegen
Kirsten Vlieghuis
8:11.63
2:03.19
2:03.09
2:02.95
2:02.40

Qualifying heats

Heat 1

Rank Team Time
1  United States
Trina Jackson
Ashley Whitney
Lindsay Benko
Cristina Teuscher
8:07.12
2:01.87
2:01.49
2:00.65
2:03.11
2  Canada
Laura Nicholls
Joanne Malar
Karine Chevrier
Shannon Shakespeare
8:11.98
2:02.67
2:02.17
2:04.31
2:02.83
3  Sweden
Malin Svahnström
Malin Nilsson
Josefin Lillhage
Louise Jöhncke
8:13.46
2:03.46
2:04.17
2:02.10
2:03.73
4  Netherlands
Carla Geurts
Maartje Kouwenberg
Manon Masseurs
Wilma van Hofwegen
8:16.61
2:02.92
2:06.86
2:03.96
2:02.87
5  Chinese Taipei
Chiang-Tzu Ying
Lin-Meng Chieh
Chen-Chia Cheng
Yang-Hsiao Hui
9:07.86
2:14.60
2:14.61
2:21.59
2:17.06

Heat 2

Rank Team Time
1  Germany
Silvia Szalai
Antje Buschschulte
Janina Götz
Franziska van Almsick
8:08.38
2:02.19
2:02.20
2:02.95
2:01.04
2  Great Britain
Claire Huddart
Victoria Horner
Jessica Craig
Karen Pickering
8:09.99
2:03.42
2:02.84
2:02.31
2:01.42
3  Australia
Julia Greville
Petria Thomas
Emma Johnson
Anna Windsor
8:10.65
2:01.05
2:02.63
2:04.15
2:02.82
4  Romania
Simona Păduraru
Lorena Diaconescu
Camelia Potec
Liliana Dobrescu
8:10.65
2:05.55
2:02.30
2:03.07
2:00.73
5  Denmark
Ditte Jensen
Britt Raaby
Berit Puggaard
Mia Muusfeldt
8:17.16
2:05.15
2:04.73
2:03.08
2:04.40
6  BRAZIL
Monique Ferreira
Raquel Takaya
Lucia Santos
Tatiana Lemos
8:39.41
2:08.62
2:09.11
2:10.37
2:11.31

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