title: 1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley
text: # 1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Women's 400 metre individual medley
  
  The finals and the qualifying heats of the Women's 400 metres Individual Medley event at the 1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held on the first day of the competition, on Friday 11 December 1998 in Sheffield, England.
  
  ## Finals
  
  | RANK | FINAL | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Hana Černá (CZE) | 4:36.03 |
  | | Nicole Hetzer (GER) | 4:36.37 |
  | | Lourdes Becerra (ESP) | 4:39.56 |
  | 4. | Rachael Corner (GBR) | 4:42.61 |
  | 5. | Yseult Gervy (BEL) | 4:43.12 |
  | 6. | Mirjana Boševska (MKD) | 4:44.72 |
  | 7. | Ann-Mari Lillejørd (NOR) | 4:47.94 |
  | 7. | Aikaterini Sarakatsani (GRE) | 4:47.94 |
  
  ## Qualifying Heats
  
  | RANK | HEATS RANKING | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Lourdes Becerra (ESP) | 4:39.16 |
  | 2. | Hana Černá (CZE) | 4:40.41 |
  | 3. | Yseult Gervy (BEL) | 4:43.22 |
  | 4. | Rachael Corner (GBR) | 4:44.44 |
  | 5. | Mirjana Boševska (MKD) | 4:45.57 |
  | 6. | Nicole Hetzer (GER) | 4:46.11 |
  | 7. | Aikaterini Sarakatsani (GRE) | 4:47.14 |
  | 8. | Ann-Mari Lillejørd (NOR) | 4:48.16 |
  | 9. | Pavla Chrástová (CZE) | 4:48.78 |
  | 10. | Malin Svahnström (SWE) | 4:48.85 |
  | 11. | Elisenda Pérez (ESP) | 4:48.98 |
  | 12. | Samantha Nesbit (GBR) | 4:49.01 |
  | 13. | Emely Zakrisson (SWE) | 4:50.58 |
  | 14. | Adi Bichman (ISR) | 4:50.96 |
  | 15. | Andrea Gross (SUI) | 4:53.65 |
  | 16. | Tina Gretlund (DEN) | 4:53.74 |
  | 17. | Majorie Distel (FRA) | 4:57.30 |
  | 18. | Annika Mehlhorn (GER) | 4:57.85 |
  