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

The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Tuesday 13 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.

## A Final

| Rank | Name | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Claudia Poll (CRC) | 1:58.90 |
| | Martina Moravcová (SVK) | 1:59.61 |
| | Julia Greville (AUS) | 1:59.92 |
| 4 | Tsai Shu-min (TPE) | 1:59.93 |
| 5 | Kerstin Kielgass (GER) | 2:00.01 |
| 6 | Susie O'Neill (AUS) | 2:00.33 |
| 7 | Cristina Teuscher (USA) | 2:00.64 |
| 8 | Lindsay Benko (USA) | 2:01.28 |

## B Final

| Rank | Name | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 9 | Nadezhda Chemezova (RUS) | 2:01.19 |
| 10 | Louise Jöhncke (SWE) | 2:01.32 |
| 11 | Jessica Deglau (CAN) | 2:01.62 |
| 12 | Karen Pickering (GBR) | 2:01.77 |
| 13 | Liliana Dobrescu (ROM) | 2:01.83 |
| 13 | Camelia Potec (ROM) | 2:01.83 |
| 15 | Josefin Lillhage (SWE) | 2:03.23 |
| 16 | Wang Luna (CHN) | 2:03.66 |
