title: Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle
  
  The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Sunday 18 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.
  
  ## A Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Jenny Thompson (USA) | 54.95 |
  | | Martina Moravcová (SVK) | 55.09 |
  | | Shan Ying (CHN) | 55.10 |
  | 4 | Amy Van Dyken (USA) | 55.15 |
  | 5 | Sandra Völker (GER) | 55.33 |
  | 6 | Sue Rolph (GBR) | 56.03 |
  | 7 | Sumika Minamoto (JPN) | 56.48 |
  | 8 | Inge de Bruijn (NED) | 56.49 |
  
  ## B Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 9 | Wilma van Hofwegen (NED) | 56.12 |
  | 10 | Shannon Shakespeare (CAN) | 56.30 |
  | 10 | Rania Elwani (EGY) | 56.30 |
  | 12 | Metka Šparovec (SLO) | 56.36 |
  | 13 | Laura Nicholls (CAN) | 56.61 |
  | 14 | Louise Jöhncke (SWE) | 56.67 |
  | 15. | Karen Pickering (GBR) | 56.88 |
  | 1 | Sun Guiling (CHN) | 57.03 |
  