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

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	14 January 1998
Winning time	1 minute 01.16 seconds
Medalists
Lea Maurer    United States   Mai Nakamura    Japan   Sandra Völker    Germany

The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Wednesday 14 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Lea Maurer (USA)	1:01.16
	Mai Nakamura (JPN)	1:01.28
	Sandra Völker (GER)	1:01.47
4	Antje Buschschulte (GER)	1:01.81
5	Beth Botsford (USA)	1:02.31
6	Roxana Maracineanu (FRA)	1:02.40
7	Noriko Inada (JPN)	1:02.58
8	He Cihong (CHN)	1:02.69

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Sarah Price (GBR)	1:03.26
10	Meredith Smith (AUS)	1:03.45
11	Fabíola Molina (BRA)	1:03.60
12	Elli Overton (AUS)	1:03.61
13	Hélène Ricardo (FRA)	1:03.86
14	Ivette María (ESP)	1:04.25
15	Yuliya Fomenko (RUS)	1:04.27
16	Elena Grechushnikova (RUS)	1:04.79

Qualifying heats

Rank	Name	Time
1	Lea Maurer (USA)	1:00.77
2	Mai Nakamura (JPN)	1:01.27
3	Antje Buschschulte (GER)	1:02.18
4	Sandra Völker (GER)	1:02.26
5	Roxana Maracineanu (FRA)	1:02.37
6	Beth Botsford (USA)	1:02.63
7	Noriko Inada (JPN)	1:02.85
8	He Cihong (CHN)	1:02.98
9	Meredith Smith (AUS)	1:03.05
10	Zhen Yingjuan (CHN) [1]	1:03.18
11	Sarah Price (GBR)	1:03.54
12	Hélène Ricardo (FRA)	1:03.61
13	Fabíola Molina (BRA)	1:03.82
14	Ivette María (ESP)	1:03.91
15	Elli Overton (AUS)	1:03.94
16	Yuliya Fomenko (RUS)	1:04.00
17	Elena Grechushnikova (RUS)	1:04.15
18	Isabela Burczyk (POL)	1:04.33
19	Sofie Wolfs (BEL)	1:04.35
20	Maria Santos (POR)	1:04.41
21	Katy Sexton (GBR)	1:04.59
22	Alenka Kejžar (SLO)	1:04.75
23	Alena Nyvltová (CZE)	1:04.89
24	Rania El-Wani (EGY)	1:05.15
25	Charlene Wittstock (RSA)	1:05.17
26	Kateřina Pivoňková (CZE)	1:05.46
27	Annamaria Kiss (HUN)	1:05.50

Remarks

See also

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

References

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