Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly

Women's 100 metre butterfly at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	15 January 1998
Winning time	58.46 seconds
Medalists
Jenny Thompson    United States   Ayari Aoyama    Japan   Petria Thomas    Australia

1998 FINA World Championships Perth, Australia
Diving
1 m	men	women
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Open water swimming
5 km	men	women
25 km	men	women
Team	5 km	25 km
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
Synchronised swimming
Solo		women
Duet		women
Team		women
Water polo
men (rosters) women (rosters)

The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Thursday 15 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Jenny Thompson (USA)	58.46 CR
	Ayari Aoyama (JPN)	58.79
	Petria Thomas (AUS)	58.97
4	Misty Hyman (USA)	59.12
5	Susie O'Neill (AUS)	59.27
6	Martina Moravcová (SVK)	59.47
7	Inge de Bruijn (NED)	1:00.09
8	Hitomi Kashima (JPN)	1:00.43

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Mette Jacobsen (DEN)	1:00.71
10	Johanna Sjöberg (SWE)	1:00.99
11	Katrin Jäke (GER)	1:01.24
12	Sophia Skou (DEN)	1:01.43
13	Elena Nazemnova (RUS)	1:01.55
14	Cécile Jeanson (FRA)	1:01.57
15	Jessica Deglau (CAN)	1:01.61
16	Anna Nyiry (HUN)	1:01.98

See also

• 1996 Women's Olympic Games 100m Butterfly (Atlanta)
• 1997 Women's World SC Championships 100m Butterfly (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Women's European LC Championships 100m Butterfly (Seville)
• 2000 Women's Olympic Games 100m Butterfly (Sydney)

References

• "8th FINA World Swimming Championships". SwimNews.com.
• "1998 FINA World Championships (LCM)". USA Swimming.