Open water swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 5 km
# Open water swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 5 km

The Women's 5K race at the 8th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on January 6, 1998, in the ocean off Perth, Western Australia.

## Results

| Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Erica Rose | USA | 59:23.5 |
| 2 | Edith van Dijk | Netherlands | 1:00:58.5 |
| 3 | Peggy Büchse | Germany | 1:01:05.8 |
| 4 | Megan Ryther | USA | 1:01:09.2 |
| 5 | Valeria Casprini | Italy | 1:01:09.5 |
| 6 | Bronwen Whitehead | Australia | 1:01:10.7 |
| 7 | Angela Maurer | Germany | 1:01.11.1 |
| 8 | Melissa Pasquali | Italy | 1:01:11.6 |
| 9 | Annette Andermatt | Switzerland | 1:01:13.2 |
| 10 | Anne Chagnaud | France | 1:01:14.7 |
| 11 | Olga Guseva | Russia | 1:01:16.7 |
| 12 | Kristy Park | Australia | 1:01:28.3 |
| 13 | Ravee Intpornudom | Thailand | 1:01:30.2 |
| 14 | Etta van der Weijden | Netherlands | 1:02:42.6 |
| 15 | Angela Collett | New Zealand | 1:02:54.8 |
| 16 | Maša Jamnik | Slovenia | 1:03:52.5 |
| 17 | Paula Wood | Great Britain | 1:03:56.0 |
| 18 | Robyn Bradley | South Africa | 1:03:56.3 |
| 19 | Attilia Figini | Switzerland | 1:06:38.9 |
| 20 | Edit Kasparik | Hungary | 1:06:42.0 |
| 21 | Rania Ghousheh | Jordan | 1:26:38.4 |
| 22 | Andrea Edwards | Antigua and Barbuda | 1:30:25.1 |
