title: Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle
  
  The final of the women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships was held on Saturday 17 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.
  
  ## Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Brooke Bennett (USA) | 8:28.71 |
  | | Diana Munz (USA) | 8:29.97 |
  | | Kirsten Vlieghuis (NED) | 8:32.34 |
  | 4 | Jana Henke (GER) | 8:33.52 |
  | 5 | Kerstin Kielgass (GER) | 8:33.62 |
  | 6 | Flavia Rigamonti (SUI) | 8:37.37 |
  | 7 | Carla Geurts (NED) | 8:41.76 |
  | 8 | Chen Hua (CHN) | 8:47.85 |
  
  ## Qualifying heats
  
  * Held on Friday 16 January 1998
  
  | Rank | Name | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Brooke Bennett (USA) | 8:30.68 |
  | 2 | Diana Munz (USA) | 8:34.87 |
  | 3 | Kirsten Vlieghuis (NED) | 8:35.75 |
  | 4 | Jana Henke (GER) | 8:36.00 |
  | 5 | Kerstin Kielgass (GER) | 8:37.53 |
  | 6 | Flavia Rigamonti (SUI) | 8:37.55 |
  | 7 | Carla Geurts (NED) | 8:42.68 |
  | 8 | Chen Hua (CHN) | 8:43.84 |
  | 9 | Nadine Neumann (AUS) | 8:46.47 |
  | 10 | María Bardina (ESP) | 8:46.96 |
  | 11 | Sofie Goffin (BEL) | 8:50.43 |
  | 12 | Tatyana Mikhaylova (RUS) | 8:50.56 |
  | 13 | Jana Pechanová (CZE) | 8:54.37 |
  | 14 | Mirjana Boševska (MKD) | 8:55.08 |
  | 15 | Andrea Schwartz (CAN) | 8:57.51 |
  | 16 | Carolyn Adel (SUR) | 9:00.50 |
  | 17 | Chi-Chan Lin (TPE) | 9:01.74 |
  | 18 | Natasha Bowron (AUS) | 9:02.31 |
  | 19 | Kristýna Kyněrová (CZE) | 9:03.35 |
  