title: Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
text: # Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
  
  The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Tuesday 1998-01-13 in Perth, Western Australia.
  
  ## A Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Kristy Kowal (USA) | 1:08.42 |
  | | Helen Denman (AUS) | 1:08.51 |
  | | Lauren van Oosten (CAN) | 1:08.66 |
  | 4 | Ágnes Kovács (HUN) | 1:08.68 |
  | 5 | Penelope Heyns (RSA) | 1:08.77 |
  | 6 | Samantha Riley (AUS) | 1:08.80 |
  | 7 | Svitlana Bondarenko (UKR) | 1:09.11 |
  | 8 | Brigitte Becue (BEL) | 1:09.16 |
  
  ## B Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 9 | Dagmara Ajnenkiel (POL) | 1:10.20 |
  | 10 | Zhang Yi (CHN) | 1:10.20 |
  | 11 | Masami Tanaka (JPN) | 1:10.75 |
  | 12 | Alicja Pęczak (POL) | 1:10.76 |
  | 13 | Sylvia Gerasch (GER) | 1:11.11 |
  | 14 | Tara Sloan (CAN) | 1:11.45 |
  | 15 | Vera Lischka (AUT) | 1:11.79 |
  | 16 | Sarah Poewe (RSA) | 1:12.61 |
  