title: Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke
text: # Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke
  
  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, Western 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) | 1:03.18 |
  | 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 Elwani (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
  
  * ↑ Zhen Yingjuan (CHN) scratched B-Final
  