title: Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley
text: # Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley
  
  The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Monday 12 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.
  
  ## A Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Chen Yan (CHN) | 4:36.66 |
  | | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | 4:38.60 |
  | | Yasuko Tajima (JPN) | 4:39.45 |
  | 4 | Wu Yanyan (CHN) | 4:40.16 |
  | 5 | Kristine Quance (USA) | 4:42.01 |
  | 6 | Maddy Crippen (USA) | 4:43.45 |
  | 7 | Joanne Malar (CAN) | 4:46.91 |
  | 8 | Nadine Neumann (AUS) | 4:48.84 |
  
  ## B Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 9 | Beatrice Câșlaru (ROM) | 4:46.91 |
  | 10 | Nicole Hetzer (GER) | 4:46.93 |
  | 11 | Lourdes Becerra (ESP) | 4:47.52 |
  | 12 | Hana Černá (CZE) | 4:48.86 |
  | 13 | Emma Johnson (AUS) | 4:50.99 |
  | 14 | Simona Păduraru (ROM) | 4:52.09 |
  | 15 | Mirjana Boševska (MKD) | 4:53.43 |
  | 16 | Carolyn Adel (SUR) | 4:55.33 |
  
  ## Qualifying heats
  
  | Rank | Name | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Chen Yan (CHN) | 4:40.72 |
  | 2 | Yasuko Tajima (JPN) | 4:41.45 |
  | 3 | Maddy Crippen (USA) | 4:42.13 |
  | 4 | Joanne Malar (CAN) | 4:44.85 |
  | 5 | Kristine Quance (USA) | 4:44.95 |
  | 6 | Nadine Neumann (AUS) | 4:45.83 |
  | 7 | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | 4:45.94 |
  | 8 | Wu Yanyan (CHN) | 4:46.00 |
  | 9 | Beatrice Câșlaru (ROM) | 4:46.80 |
  | 10 | Nicole Hetzer (GER) | 4:48.64 |
  | 11 | Hana Černá (CZE) | 4:48.64 |
  | 12 | Emma Johnson (AUS) | 4:49.94 |
  | 13 | Simona Păduraru (ROM) | 4:50.11 |
  | 14 | Lourdes Becerra (ESP) | 4:50.46 |
  | 15 | Carolyn Adel (SUR) | 4:54.30 |
  | 16 | Mirjana Boševska (MKD) | 4:55.56 |
  | 17 | Ravee Intporn-Udom (THA) | 4:55.92 |
  | 18 | Yseult Gervy (BEL) | 4:56.25 |
  | 19 | Sabine Herbst (GER) | 4:57.16 |
  | 20 | Oxana Verevka (RUS) | 4:57.59 |
  | 21 | Karine Chevrier (CAN) | 4:59.22 |
  | 22 | Aikaterini Sarakatsani (GRE) | 4:59.88 |
  