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

The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Thursday 15 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.

## A Final

| Rank | Name | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Ágnes Kovács (HUN) | 2:25.45 CR |
| | Kristy Kowal (USA) | 2:26.19 |
| | Jenna Street (USA) | 2:26.50 |
| 4 | Samantha Riley (AUS) | 2:26.63 |
| 5 | Masami Tanaka (JPN) | 2:27.52 |
| 6 | Penelope Heyns (RSA) | 2:27.81 |
| 7 | Brigitte Becue (BEL) | 2:28.27 |
| 8 | Svitlana Bondarenko (UKR) | 2:31.00 |

## B Final

| Rank | Name | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 9 | Anne Poleska (GER) | 2:29.55 |
| 10 | Lauren van Oosten (CAN) | 2:30.26 |
| 11 | Alicja Pęczak (POL) | 2:30.49 |
| 12 | Ina Hüging (GER) | 2:30.55 |
| 13 | Linda Hindmarsh (GBR) | 2:30.90 |
| 14 | Nadine Neumann (AUS) | 2:31.21 |
| 15 | Karine Brémond (FRA) | 2:32.66 |
| 16 | Dagmara Ajnenkiel (POL) | 2:33.75 |

## Qualifying heats

| Rank | Name | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Jenna Street (USA) | 2:26.63 CR |
| 2 | Samantha Riley (AUS) | 2:26.72 |
| 3 | Ágnes Kovács (HUN) | 2:27.21 |
| 4 | Masami Tanaka (JPN) | 2:27.71 |
| 5 | Kristy Kowal (USA) | 2:28.06 |
| 6 | Svitlana Bondarenko (UKR) | 2:28.88 |
| 7 | Penelope Heyns (RSA) | 2:28.99 |
| 8 | Brigitte Becue (BEL) | 2:29.18 |
| 9 | Ina Hüging (GER) | 2:29.94 |
| 10 | Anne Poleska (GER) | 2:30.54 |
| 11 | Nadine Neumann (AUS) | 2:30.58 |
| 12 | Alicja Pęczak (POL) | 2:30.73 |
| 13 | Lauren van Oosten (CAN) | 2:30.95 |
| 14 | Linda Hindmarsh (GBR) | 2:31.24 |
| 15 | Dagmara Ajnenkiel (POL) | 2:31.91 |
| 16 | Karine Brémond (FRA) | 2:32.04 |
| 17 | Jaime King (GBR) | 2:32.29 |
| 18 | Inna Nikitina (UKR) | 2:33.18 |
| 19 | Beatrice Câșlaru (ROM) | 2:33.49 |
| 20 | Julia Russell (RSA) | 2:33.69 |
| 21 | Olesja Monchak (RUS) | 2:34.06 |
| 21 | Lenka Maňhalová (CZE) | 2:34.06 |
| 23 | Madelon Baans (NED) | 2:35.35 |
| 24 | Elvira Fischer (AUT) | 2:35.65 |
| 25 | Tara Sloan (CAN) | 2:36.89 |
| 26 | Nataša Kejžar (SLO) | 2:37.11 |
| 27 | Isabel Ceballos (COL) | 2:38.53 |
