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

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, Western 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 |

## Qualifying heats

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dagmar hase | Germany | 2:13.29 |
| 2 | Lea Maurer | United States | |
| 3 | roxana maracineanu | France | |
| 4 | Mai Nakamura | Japan | |
| 5 | Meredeith Smith | Australia | |
| 6 | Hélène Ricardo | France | |
| 7 | Cathleen Rund | Germany | |
| 8 | Miki Nakao | Japan | |
| 9 | Kateřina Pivoňková | Czech Republic | |
| 10 | He Cihong | China | |
| 11 | | Spain | |
| 12 | Amanda Adkins | United States | |
| 13 | Isabela Burczyk | Poland | |
| 14 | Elena Grechushnikova | Russia | |
| 15 | helen don duncan | Great Britain | |
