4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Women

Competition	1998 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Perth AUS
Held	—
Status	Medal
Competitors	52
Countries	11

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	Germany	GER	8:08.38 (2 h2)	8:01.46 (1 F)
	Franziska van Almsick		2:01.04	2:01.28
	Dagmar Hase		—	2:00.16
	Silvia Szalai		2:02.19	2:00.42
	Kerstin Kielgaß		—	1:59.60
	Antje Buschschulte		2:02.20	—	*
	Janina-Kristin Götz		2:02.95	—	*
🥈	United States	USA	8:07.12 (1 h1)	8:02.88 (2 F)
	Cristina Teuscher		2:03.11	2:00.92
	Lindsay Benko		2:00.65	2:00.94
	Brooke Bennett		—	2:01.17
	Jenny Thompson		—	1:59.85
	Trina Jackson		2:01.87	—	*
	Ashley Whitney		2:01.49	—	*
🥉	Australia	AUS	8:10.65 (=4 h2)	8:04.19 (3 F)
	Julia Greville		2:05.55	2:00.92
	Anna Windsor		2:00.73	2:03.23
	Susie O'Neill		—	1:58.80
	Petria Thomas		2:02.30	2:01.24
	Emma Johnson		2:02.07	—	*
4	Canada	CAN	8:11.98 (6 h1)	8:05.59 (4 F)
	Joanne Malar		2:02.17	2:02.44
	Shannon Shakespeare		2:02.83	2:01.40
	Jessica Deglau		—	2:00.65
	Laura Nicholls		2:02.67	2:01.10
	Karine Chevrier		2:04.31	—	*
5	Sweden	SWE	8:13.46 (7 h1)	8:07.60 (5 F)
	Louise Jöhncke		2:03.73	2:01.51
	Josefin Lillhage		2:02.10	2:01.52
	Malin Svahnström		2:03.46	1:59.84
	Therèse Alshammar		—	2:04.73
	Malin Nilsson		2:04.17	—	*
6	Great Britain	GBR	8:09.99 (3 h2)	8:08.14 (6 F)
	Claire Huddart		2:03.42	2:02.71
	Vicky Horner		2:02.84	2:01.33
	Jessica Craig		2:02.31	2:03.54
	Karen Pickering		2:01.42	2:00.56
7	Romania	ROU	8:10.65 (=4 h2)	8:10.06 (7 F)
	Camelia Potec		2:04.15	2:02.46
	Simona Păduraru		2:01.05	2:03.29
	Lorena Diaconescu		2:02.63	2:01.95
	Luminița Dobrescu		2:02.82	2:02.36
8	Netherlands	NED	8:16.61 (8 h1)	8:11.63 (8 F)
	Carla Geurts		2:02.92	2:03.19
	Manon Masseurs		2:03.96	2:03.09
	Wilma van Hofwegen-van Rijn		2:02.87	2:02.95
	Kirsten Vlieghuis		—	2:02.40
	Maartje Kouwenberg		2:06.86	—	*
9	Denmark	DEN	8:17.16 (9 h2)	—
	Ditte Jensen		2:05.15	—
	Britt Raaby		2:04.73	—
	Berit Puggaard		2:03.08	—
	Mia Muusfeldt		2:04.20	—
10	Brazil	BRA	8:39.41 (10 h2)	—
	Monique Ferreira		2:08.62	—
	Raquel Takaya		2:09.11	—
	Lucia Santos		2:10.37	—
	Tatiana Lemos		2:11.31	—
11	Chinese Taipei	TPE	9:07.86 (11 h1)	—
	Chiang Tzu-Ying		2:14.60	—
	Lin Meng-Chieh		2:14.61	—
	Chen Chia-Cheng		2:21.59	—
	Yang Hsiao-Hui		2:17.06	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	United States	USA	8:07.12
	Cristina Teuscher		2:03.11
	Lindsay Benko		2:00.65
	Brooke Bennett		—
	Jenny Thompson		—
	Trina Jackson		2:01.87
	Ashley Whitney		2:01.49
6	Canada	CAN	8:11.98
	Joanne Malar		2:02.17
	Shannon Shakespeare		2:02.83
	Jessica Deglau		—
	Laura Nicholls		2:02.67
	Karine Chevrier		2:04.31
7	Sweden	SWE	8:13.46
	Louise Jöhncke		2:03.73
	Josefin Lillhage		2:02.10
	Malin Svahnström		2:03.46
	Therèse Alshammar		—
	Malin Nilsson		2:04.17
8	Netherlands	NED	8:16.61
	Carla Geurts		2:02.92
	Manon Masseurs		2:03.96
	Wilma van Hofwegen-van Rijn		2:02.87
	Kirsten Vlieghuis		—
	Maartje Kouwenberg		2:06.86
11	Chinese Taipei	TPE	9:07.86
	Chiang Tzu-Ying		2:14.60
	Lin Meng-Chieh		2:14.61
	Chen Chia-Cheng		2:21.59
	Yang Hsiao-Hui		2:17.06

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
2	Germany	GER	8:08.38
	Franziska van Almsick		2:01.04
	Dagmar Hase		—
	Silvia Szalai		2:02.19
	Kerstin Kielgaß		—
	Antje Buschschulte		2:02.20
	Janina-Kristin Götz		2:02.95
3	Great Britain	GBR	8:09.99
	Claire Huddart		2:03.42
	Vicky Horner		2:02.84
	Jessica Craig		2:02.31
	Karen Pickering		2:01.42
=4	Australia	AUS	8:10.65
	Julia Greville		2:05.55
	Anna Windsor		2:00.73
	Susie O'Neill		—
	Petria Thomas		2:02.30
	Emma Johnson		2:02.07
=4	Romania	ROU	8:10.65
	Camelia Potec		2:04.15
	Simona Păduraru		2:01.05
	Lorena Diaconescu		2:02.63
	Luminița Dobrescu		2:02.82
9	Denmark	DEN	8:17.16
	Ditte Jensen		2:05.15
	Britt Raaby		2:04.73
	Berit Puggaard		2:03.08
	Mia Muusfeldt		2:04.20
10	Brazil	BRA	8:39.41
	Monique Ferreira		2:08.62
	Raquel Takaya		2:09.11
	Lucia Santos		2:10.37
	Tatiana Lemos		2:11.31

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Germany	GER	8:01.46
	Franziska van Almsick		2:01.28
	Dagmar Hase		2:00.16
	Silvia Szalai		2:00.42
	Kerstin Kielgaß		1:59.60
	Antje Buschschulte		—
	Janina-Kristin Götz		—
2	United States	USA	8:02.88
	Cristina Teuscher		2:00.92
	Lindsay Benko		2:00.94
	Brooke Bennett		2:01.17
	Jenny Thompson		1:59.85
	Trina Jackson		—
	Ashley Whitney		—
3	Australia	AUS	8:04.19
	Julia Greville		2:00.92
	Anna Windsor		2:03.23
	Susie O'Neill		1:58.80
	Petria Thomas		2:01.24
	Emma Johnson		—
4	Canada	CAN	8:05.59
	Joanne Malar		2:02.44
	Shannon Shakespeare		2:01.40
	Jessica Deglau		2:00.65
	Laura Nicholls		2:01.10
	Karine Chevrier		—
5	Sweden	SWE	8:07.60
	Louise Jöhncke		2:01.51
	Josefin Lillhage		2:01.52
	Malin Svahnström		1:59.84
	Therèse Alshammar		2:04.73
	Malin Nilsson		—
6	Great Britain	GBR	8:08.14
	Claire Huddart		2:02.71
	Vicky Horner		2:01.33
	Jessica Craig		2:03.54
	Karen Pickering		2:00.56
7	Romania	ROU	8:10.06
	Camelia Potec		2:02.46
	Simona Păduraru		2:03.29
	Lorena Diaconescu		2:01.95
	Luminița Dobrescu		2:02.36
8	Netherlands	NED	8:11.63
	Carla Geurts		2:03.19
	Manon Masseurs		2:03.09
	Wilma van Hofwegen-van Rijn		2:02.95
	Kirsten Vlieghuis		2:02.40
	Maartje Kouwenberg		—