1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke
# 1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The finals and the qualifying heats of the Women's 200 metres Backstroke event at the 1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held on the first day of the competition, on Friday 11 December 1998 in Sheffield, England.

## Finals

| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
| - | - | - |
| | Antje Buschschulte (GER) | 2:07.31 |
| | Helen Don-Duncan (GBR) | 2:09.83 |
| | Yuliya Fomenko (RUS) | 2:10.38 |
| 4. | Anu Koivisto (FIN) | 2:11.24 |
| 5. | Alenka Kejžar (SLO) | 2:11.71 |
| 6. | Ivette María (ESP) | 2:11.75 |
| 7. | Kateřina Pivoňková (CZE) | 2:12.09 |
| 8. | Ania Gustamelski (ISR) | 2:13.81 |

## Qualifying Heats

| RANK | HEATS RANKING | TIME |
| - | - | - |
| 1. | Yuliya Fomenko (RUS) | 2:10.25 |
| 2. | Antje Buschschulte (GER) | 2:10.56 |
| 3. | Kateřina Pivoňková (CZE) | 2:11.40 |
| 4. | Alenka Kejžar (SLO) | 2:11.52 |
| 5. | Anu Koivisto (FIN) | 2:11.58 |
| 6. | Helen Don-Duncan (GBR) | 2:12.63 |
| 7. | Ivette María (ESP) | 2:13.06 |
| 8. | Ania Gustamelski (ISR) | 2:13.47 |
| 9. | Vanesa Rojo (ESP) | 2:13.56 |
| 10. | Cathleen Rund (GER) | 2:14.53 |
| 11. | Marcela Kubalčíková (CZE) | 2:15.06 |
| 12. | Izabela Burczyk (POL) | 2:15.10 |
| 13. | Katerini Bliamou (GRE) | 2:15.37 |
| 14. | Marion Houel (FRA) | 2:16.57 |
| 15. | Katy Sexton (GBR) | 2:17.41 |
| 16. | Alessandra Cappa (ITA) | 2:18.25 |
| 17. | Anne-Françoise Glatre (FRA) | 2:18.97 |
| 18. | Edith van der Schilden (LUX) | 2:20.92 |
