Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	14 January 1998
Winning time	4 minutes 06.72 seconds
Medalists
Chen Yan    China   Brooke Bennett    United States   Dagmar Hase    Germany

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 400 metre freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Wednesday 14 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Chen Yan (CHN)	4:06.72
	Brooke Bennett (USA)	4:07.07
	Dagmar Hase (GER)	4:08.82
4	Kirsten Vlieghuis (NED)	4:09.14
5	Julia Greville (AUS)	4:11.59
6	Diana Munz (USA)	4:11.70
7	Jana Henke (GER)	4:11.92
8	Claudia Poll (CRC)	4:12.08

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Shu-Min Tsai (TPE)	4:12.94
10	Joanne Malar (CAN)	4:14.31
11	Carla Geurts (NED)	4:14.61
12	Simona Păduraru (ROM)	4:15.58
13	Victoria Horner (GBR)	4:15.79
14	Nadezda Chemezova (RUS)	4:16.51
15	Tatyana Mikhailova (RUS)	4:18.25
16	Natasha Bowron (AUS)	4:20.50

See also

• 1996 Women's Olympic Games 400m Freestyle (Atlanta)
• 1997 Women's World SC Championships 400m Freestyle (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Women's European LC Championships 400m Freestyle (Seville)
• 2000 Women's Olympic Games 400m Freestyle (Sydney)

References

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