200 m Breaststroke, Women

Competition 1998 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Perth AUS
Held —
Status Medal
Competitors 36
Countries 26
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Ágnes Kovács HUN 2:27.21
(3 h5)		 2:25.45
(1 FA)
🥈 Kristy Kowal USA 2:28.06
(5 h3)		 2:26.19
(2 FA)
🥉 Jenna Street USA 2:26.63
(1 h4)		 2:26.50
(3 FA)
4 Sam Riley AUS 2:26.72
(2 h4)		 2:26.63
(4 FA)
5 Masami Tanaka JPN 2:27.71
(4 h4)		 2:27.52
(5 FA)
6 Penny Heyns RSA 2:28.99
(7 h5)		 2:27.81
(6 FA)
7 Brigitte Becue BEL 2:29.18
(8 h5)		 2:28.27
(7 FA)
8 Svitlana Bondarenko UKR 2:28.88
(6 h4)		 2:31.00
(8 FA)
9 Anne Poleska GER 2:30.54
(10 h3)		 2:29.55
(1 FB)
10 Lauren Van Oosten CAN 2:30.95
(13 h3)		 2:30.26
(2 FB)
11 Alicja Pęczak POL 2:30.73
(12 h3)		 2:30.49
(3 FB)
12 Ina Hüging GER 2:29.94
(9 h4)		 2:30.55
(4 FB)
13 Linda Hindmarsh GBR 2:31.24
(14 h3)		 2:30.90
(5 FB)
14 Nadine Neumann AUS 2:30.58
(11 h5)		 2:31.21
(6 FB)
15 Karine Brémond FRA 2:32.04
(16 h4)		 2:32.66
(7 FB)
16 Dagmara Ajnenkiel POL 2:31.91
(15 h4)		 2:33.75
(8 FB)
17 Jaime King GBR 2:32.29
(17 h5)		 —
18 Inna Nikitina UKR 2:33.18
(18 h3)		 —
19 Beatrice Coadă-Cășlaru ROU 2:33.49
(19 h2)		 —
20 Julia Russell RSA 2:33.69
(20 h5)		 —
=21 Lesya Monchak RUS 2:34.06
(=21 h3)		 —
=21 Lenka Maňhalová CZE 2:34.06
(=21 h5)		 —
23 Madelon Baans NED 2:35.35
(23 h5)		 —
24 Elvira Fischer AUT 2:35.65
(24 h3)		 —
25 Tara Sloan CAN 2:36.89
(25 h4)		 —
26 Nataša Kejžar SLO 2:37.11
(26 h2)		 —
27 Isabel Ceballos COL 2:38.53
(27 h2)		 —
28 Kenia Puertas VEN 2:40.99
(28 h2)		 —
29 Katia Sarakatsani GRE 2:41.33
(29 h2)		 —
30 May Ooi SGP 2:41.88
(30 h2)		 —
31 Snowie Pang HKG 2:42.38
(31 h1)		 —
32 Nádia Cruz ANG 2:47.06
(32 h1)		 —
33 Chen Chia-Cheng TPE 2:47.40
(33 h1)		 —
34 Liao Ya-Han TPE 2:47.47
(34 h2)		 —
35 Yelena Lisitiskaya UZB 2:47.80
(35 h1)		 —
36 Daphne Teo SGP 2:47.95
(36 h2)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
31 Snowie Pang HKG 2:42.38
32 Nádia Cruz ANG 2:47.06
33 Chen Chia-Cheng TPE 2:47.40
35 Yelena Lisitiskaya UZB 2:47.80

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
19 Beatrice Coadă-Cășlaru ROU 2:33.49
26 Nataša Kejžar SLO 2:37.11
27 Isabel Ceballos COL 2:38.53
28 Kenia Puertas VEN 2:40.99
29 Katia Sarakatsani GRE 2:41.33
30 May Ooi SGP 2:41.88
34 Liao Ya-Han TPE 2:47.47
36 Daphne Teo SGP 2:47.95

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
5 Kristy Kowal USA 2:28.06
10 Anne Poleska GER 2:30.54
12 Alicja Pęczak POL 2:30.73
13 Lauren Van Oosten CAN 2:30.95
14 Linda Hindmarsh GBR 2:31.24
18 Inna Nikitina UKR 2:33.18
=21 Lesya Monchak RUS 2:34.06
24 Elvira Fischer AUT 2:35.65

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jenna Street USA 2:26.63
2 Sam Riley AUS 2:26.72
4 Masami Tanaka JPN 2:27.71
6 Svitlana Bondarenko UKR 2:28.88
9 Ina Hüging GER 2:29.94
15 Dagmara Ajnenkiel POL 2:31.91
16 Karine Brémond FRA 2:32.04
25 Tara Sloan CAN 2:36.89

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
3 Ágnes Kovács HUN 2:27.21
7 Penny Heyns RSA 2:28.99
8 Brigitte Becue BEL 2:29.18
11 Nadine Neumann AUS 2:30.58
17 Jaime King GBR 2:32.29
20 Julia Russell RSA 2:33.69
=21 Lenka Maňhalová CZE 2:34.06
23 Madelon Baans NED 2:35.35

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ágnes Kovács HUN 2:25.45
2 Kristy Kowal USA 2:26.19
3 Jenna Street USA 2:26.50
4 Sam Riley AUS 2:26.63
5 Masami Tanaka JPN 2:27.52
6 Penny Heyns RSA 2:27.81
7 Brigitte Becue BEL 2:28.27
8 Svitlana Bondarenko UKR 2:31.00

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Anne Poleska GER 2:29.55
2 Lauren Van Oosten CAN 2:30.26
3 Alicja Pęczak POL 2:30.49
4 Ina Hüging GER 2:30.55
5 Linda Hindmarsh GBR 2:30.90
6 Nadine Neumann AUS 2:31.21
7 Karine Brémond FRA 2:32.66
8 Dagmara Ajnenkiel POL 2:33.75