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

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	18 January 1998
Winning time	54.95 seconds
Medalists
Jenny Thompson    United States   Martina Moravcová    Slovakia   Shan Ying    China

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 freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Sunday 18 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Jenny Thompson (USA)	54.95
	Martina Moravcová (SVK)	55.09
	Shan Ying (CHN)	55.10
4	Amy Van Dyken (USA)	55.15
5	Sandra Völker (GER)	55.33
6	Sue Rolph (GBR)	56.03
7	Sumika Minamoto (JPN)	56.48
8	Inge de Bruijn (NED)	56.49

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Wilma van Hofwegen (NED)	56.12
10	Shannon Shakespeare (CAN)	56.30
	Rania El-Wani (EGY)
12	Metka Šparovec (SLO)	56.36
13	Laura Nicholls (CAN)	56.61
14	Louise Jöhncke (SWE)	56.67
15.	Karen Pickering (GBR)	56.88
1	Sun Guiling (CHN)	57.03

See also

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

References

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