50 m Freestyle, Women

Competition 1998 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Perth AUS
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 56
Countries 39
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Amy Van Dyken USA 25.20
(1 h6)		 25.15
(1 FA)
🥈 Sandra Völker GER 25.32
(2 h5)		 25.32
(2 FA)
🥉 Shan Ying CHN 25.39
(3 h7)		 25.36
(3 FA)
4 Jenny Thompson USA 25.64
(4 h7)		 25.59
(4 FA)
5 Angela Postma NED 25.84
(=6 h7)		 25.67
(5 FA)
6 Therèse Alshammar SWE 25.84
(=6 h7)		 25.83
(6 FA)
7 Simone Osygus GER 25.86
(8 h6)		 25.90
(7 FA)
8 Martina Moravcová SVK 25.79
(5 h7)		 26.04
(8 FA)
9 Sumika Minamoto JPN 25.93
(9 h5)		 25.99
(1 FB)
10 Rania El-Wani EGY 26.22
(=14 h6)		 26.05
(2 FB)
=11 Yevgeniya Yermakova KAZ 26.10
(12 h6)		 26.09
(=3 FB)
=11 Wilma van Hofwegen-van Rijn NED 26.05
(10 h7)		 26.09
(=3 FB)
=11 Rebecca Creedy AUS 26.22
(=14 h6)		 26.09
(=3 FB)
14 Claudia Franco ESP 26.19
(13 h6)		 26.14
(6 FB)
15 Leah Martindale BAR 26.26
(16 h7)		 26.19
(=7 FB)
16 Sue Rolph GBR 26.08
(11 h6)		 26.19
(=7 FB)
17 Metka Sparavec SLO 26.30
(17 h5)		 —
18 Zhu Yingwen CHN 26.35
(18 h5)		 —
=19 Dóra Jakab HUN 26.36
(=19 h4)		 —
=19 Charlene Wittstock RSA 26.36
(=19 h5)		 —
=19 Angela Kennedy AUS 26.36
(=19 h5)		 —
22 Tine Bossuyt BEL 26.38
(22 h6)		 —
23 Laura Nicholls CAN 26.41
(23 h7)		 —
24 Judith Draxler AUT 26.43
(24 h4)		 —
25 Anna-Karin Kammerling SWE 26.49
(25 h4)		 —
26 Shannon Shakespeare CAN 26.51
(26 h4)		 —
27 Ivana Walterová SVK 26.65
(27 h4)		 —
28 Fabienne Dufour BEL 26.69
(28 h4)		 —
29 Ayari Aoyama JPN 26.71
(29 h3)		 —
30 Eileen Marie Coparropa PAN 26.75
(30 h3)		 —
31 Inna Yaitskaya RUS 26.84
(31 h6)		 —
32 Tatyana Litovchenko RUS 26.92
(32 h3)		 —
33 Lorena Diaconescu ROU 26.95
(33 h3)		 —
34 Alison Fitch NZL 27.03
(34 h3)		 —
35 Marja Pärssinen-Päivinen FIN 27.13
(35 h4)		 —
36 Oksana Strelets KAZ 27.16
(36 h3)		 —
37 Luminița Dobrescu ROU 27.20
(37 h5)		 —
38 Nicole Zahnd SUI 27.34
(38 h3)		 —
=39 Melanie Marshall GBR 27.39
(=39 h4)		 —
=39 Lara Heinz LUX 27.39
(=39 h2)		 —
=39 Mia Muusfeldt DEN 27.39
(=39 h3)		 —
42 Lin Meng-Chieh TPE 27.40
(42 h2)		 —
43 Caroline Pickering FIJ 27.50
(43 h2)		 —
44 Tatiana Lemos BRA 27.76
(44 h2)		 —
45 Chiang Tzu-Ying TPE 27.77
(45 h2)		 —
46 Agnese Ozoliņa LAT 27.84
(46 h2)		 —
47 Lucia Santos BRA 27.89
(47 h2)		 —
48 Marianella Marín CRC 27.90
(48 h1)		 —
49 Sherry Tsai HKG 28.29
(49 h2)		 —
50 Nisha Millet IND 28.54
(50 h1)		 —
51 Christel Bouvron SGP 28.92
(51 h1)		 —
52 Ramona Olivette MRI 29.18
(52 h1)		 —
53 Ingrid Louis MRI 29.19
(53 h1)		 —
54 Rola El-Haress LBN 29.66
(54 h1)		 —
55 Rania Ghosheh JOR 30.67
(55 h1)		 —
56 Zeïna Sahéli SEN 31.50
(56 h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
48 Marianella Marín CRC 27.90
50 Nisha Millet IND 28.54
51 Christel Bouvron SGP 28.92
52 Ramona Olivette MRI 29.18
53 Ingrid Louis MRI 29.19
54 Rola El-Haress LBN 29.66
55 Rania Ghosheh JOR 30.67
56 Zeïna Sahéli SEN 31.50

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
=39 Lara Heinz LUX 27.39
42 Lin Meng-Chieh TPE 27.40
43 Caroline Pickering FIJ 27.50
44 Tatiana Lemos BRA 27.76
45 Chiang Tzu-Ying TPE 27.77
46 Agnese Ozoliņa LAT 27.84
47 Lucia Santos BRA 27.89
49 Sherry Tsai HKG 28.29

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
29 Ayari Aoyama JPN 26.71
30 Eileen Marie Coparropa PAN 26.75
32 Tatyana Litovchenko RUS 26.92
33 Lorena Diaconescu ROU 26.95
34 Alison Fitch NZL 27.03
36 Oksana Strelets KAZ 27.16
38 Nicole Zahnd SUI 27.34
=39 Mia Muusfeldt DEN 27.39

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
=19 Dóra Jakab HUN 26.36
24 Judith Draxler AUT 26.43
25 Anna-Karin Kammerling SWE 26.49
26 Shannon Shakespeare CAN 26.51
27 Ivana Walterová SVK 26.65
28 Fabienne Dufour BEL 26.69
35 Marja Pärssinen-Päivinen FIN 27.13
=39 Melanie Marshall GBR 27.39

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
2 Sandra Völker GER 25.32
9 Sumika Minamoto JPN 25.93
17 Metka Sparavec SLO 26.30
18 Zhu Yingwen CHN 26.35
=19 Charlene Wittstock RSA 26.36
=19 Angela Kennedy AUS 26.36
37 Luminița Dobrescu ROU 27.20

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Amy Van Dyken USA 25.20
8 Simone Osygus GER 25.86
11 Sue Rolph GBR 26.08
12 Yevgeniya Yermakova KAZ 26.10
13 Claudia Franco ESP 26.19
=14 Rania El-Wani EGY 26.22
=14 Rebecca Creedy AUS 26.22
22 Tine Bossuyt BEL 26.38
31 Inna Yaitskaya RUS 26.84

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
3 Shan Ying CHN 25.39
4 Jenny Thompson USA 25.64
5 Martina Moravcová SVK 25.79
=6 Angela Postma NED 25.84
=6 Therèse Alshammar SWE 25.84
10 Wilma van Hofwegen-van Rijn NED 26.05
16 Leah Martindale BAR 26.26
23 Laura Nicholls CAN 26.41

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Amy Van Dyken USA 25.15
2 Sandra Völker GER 25.32
3 Shan Ying CHN 25.36
4 Jenny Thompson USA 25.59
5 Angela Postma NED 25.67
6 Therèse Alshammar SWE 25.83
7 Simone Osygus GER 25.90
8 Martina Moravcová SVK 26.04

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sumika Minamoto JPN 25.99
2 Rania El-Wani EGY 26.05
=3 Yevgeniya Yermakova KAZ 26.09
=3 Wilma van Hofwegen-van Rijn NED 26.09
=3 Rebecca Creedy AUS 26.09
6 Claudia Franco ESP 26.14
=7 Leah Martindale BAR 26.19
=7 Sue Rolph GBR 26.19