title: Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly
text: # Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre butterfly
  
  The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Sunday 18 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.
  
  ## A Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Susie O'Neill (AUS) | 2:07.93 |
  | | Petria Thomas (AUS) | 2:09.08 |
  | | Misty Hyman (USA) | 2:09.98 |
  | 4 | Wu Yanyan (CHN) | 2:10.22 |
  | 5 | Qu Yun (CHN) | 2:10.49 |
  | 6 | Jessica Deglau (CAN) | 2:11.26 |
  | 7 | Katrin Jake (GER) | 2:12.20 |
  | 8 | Kristine Quance (USA) | 2:15.35 |
  
  ## B Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 9 | Anna Uryniuk (POL) | 2:12.46 |
  | 10 | Sophia Skou (DEN) | 2:13.70 |
  | 11 | Cécile Jeanson (FRA) | 2:14.41 |
  | 12 | Yasuko Tajima (JPN) | 2:14.58 |
  | 13 | María Peláez (ESP) | 2:14.76 |
  | 14 | Bárbara Franco (ESP) | 2:15.14 |
  | 15 | Hitomi Kashima (JPN) | 2:15.53 |
  | 16 | Margaretha Pedder (GBR) | 2:16.34 |
  