title: Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley
text: # Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley
  
  The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Friday 16 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.
  
  ## A Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Wu Yanyan (CHN) | 2:10.88 CR |
  | | Chen Yan (CHN) | 2:13.66 |
  | | Martina Moravcová (SVK) | 2:14.26 |
  | 4 | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | 2:15.01 |
  | 5 | Maddy Crippen (USA) | 2:16.02 |
  | 5 | Marianne Limpert (CAN) | 2:16.02 |
  | 7 | Beatrice Câșlaru (ROM) | 2:16.20 |
  | 8 | Elli Overton (AUS) | 2:16.74 |
  
  ## B Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 9 | Oxana Verevka (RUS) | 2:16.29 |
  | 10 | Yasuko Tajima (JPN) | 2:17.19 |
  | 11 | Sue Rolph (GBR) | 2:17.33 |
  | 12 | Joanne Malar (CAN) | 2:17.65 |
  | 13 | Lourdes Becerra (ESP) | 2:17.89 |
  | 14 | Nicole Hetzer (GER) | 2:18.29 |
  | 15 | Emma Johnson (AUS) | 2:19.86 |
  | 16 | Aikaterini Sarakatsani (GRE) | 2:22.44 |
  
  ## Qualifying heats
  
  | Rank | Name | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Martina Moravcová (SVK) | 2:15.67 |
  | 2 | Chen Yan (CHN) | 2:15.99 |
  | 3 | Wu Yanyan (CHN) | 2:16.19 |
  | 4 | Elli Overton (AUS) | 2:16.28 |
  | 5 | Beatrice Câșlaru (ROM) | 2:16.76 |
  | 6 | Maddy Crippen (USA) | 2:16.78 |
  | 7 | Yana Klochkova (UKR) | 2:16.89 |
  | 8 | Marianne Limpert (CAN) | 2:16.91 |
  | 9 | Nicole Hetzer (GER) | 2:16.96 |
  | 10 | Kristine Quance (USA) | 2:17.31 |
  | 11 | Joanne Malar (CAN) | 2:17.45 |
  | 12 | Sue Rolph (GBR) | 2:17.47 |
  | 13 | Yasuko Tajima (JPN) | 2:18.50 |
  | 14 | Oxana Verevka (RUS) | 2:18.59 |
  | 15 | Malin Svahnström (SWE) | 2:18.96 |
  | 16 | Lourdes Becerra (ESP) | 2:18.97 |
  | 17 | Aikaterini Sarakatsani (GRE) | 2:19.30 |
  | 18 | Emma Johnson (AUS) | 2:19.38 |
  | 19 | Alenka Kejžar (SLO) | 2:19.57 |
  | 20 | Lenka Maňhalová (CZE) | 2:19.67 |
  | 21 | Hana Černá (CZE) | 2:19.75 |
  | 22 | Simona Păduraru (ROM) | 2:20.47 |
  | 23. | Yseult Gervy (BEL) | 2:20.94 |
  | 24 | Nicole Zahnd (SUI) | 2:20.95 |
  | 25 | Nataša Kejžar (SLO) | 2:21.09 |
  | 26 | Julia Russell (RSA) | 2:21.36 |
  | 27 | Sabine Herbst (GER) | 2:21.41 |
  | 28 | Maria Santos (POR) | 2:21.71 |
  | 29 | Ravee Intporn-Udom (THA) | 2:22.21 |
  
  ## Remarks
  
  * ↑ Kristine Quance (USA) scratched B-Final
  * ↑ Malin Svahnström (SWE) scratched B-Final
  