Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Women's 100 metre backstroke ; at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	14 January 1998
Winning time	1 minute 01.16 seconds
Medalists
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The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Wednesday 14 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Lea Maurer (USA)	1:01.16
	Mai Nakamura (JPN)	1:01.28
	Sandra Völker (GER)	1:01.47
4	Antje Buschschulte (GER)	1:01.81
5	Beth Botsford (USA)	1:02.31
6	Roxana Maracineanu (FRA)	1:02.40
7	Noriko Inada (JPN)	1:02.58
8	He Cihong (CHN)	1:02.69

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Sarah Price (GBR)	1:03.26
10	Meredith Smith (AUS)	1:03.45
11	Fabíola Molina (BRA)	1:03.60
12	Elli Overton (AUS)	1:03.61
13	Hélène Ricardo (FRA)	1:03.86
14	Ivette María (ESP)	1:04.25
15	Yuliya Fomenko (RUS)	1:04.27
16	Elena Grechushnikova (RUS)	1:04.79

Qualifying heats

Rank	Name	Time
1	Lea Maurer (USA)	1:00.77
2	Mai Nakamura (JPN)	1:01.27
3	Antje Buschschulte (GER)	1:02.18
4	Sandra Völker (GER)	1:02.26
5	Roxana Maracineanu (FRA)	1:02.37
6	Beth Botsford (USA)	1:02.63
7	Noriko Inada (JPN)	1:02.85
8	He Cihong (CHN)	1:02.98

9	Meredith Smith (AUS)	1:03.05
10	Zhen Yingjuan (CHN)^[1]	1:03.18
11	Sarah Price (GBR)	1:03.54
12	Hélène Ricardo (FRA)	1:03.61
13	Fabíola Molina (BRA)	1:03.82
14	Ivette María (ESP)	1:03.91
15	Elli Overton (AUS)	1:03.94
16	Yuliya Fomenko (RUS)	1:04.00
17	Elena Grechushnikova (RUS)	1:04.15

18	Isabela Burczyk (POL)	1:04.33
19	Sofie Wolfs (BEL)	1:04.35
20	Maria Santos (POR)	1:04.41
21	Katy Sexton (GBR)	1:04.59
22	Alenka Kejžar (SLO)	1:04.75
23	Alena Nyvltová (CZE)	1:04.89
24	Rania Elwani (EGY)	1:05.15
25	Charlene Wittstock (RSA)	1:05.17
26	Kateřina Pivoňková (CZE)	1:05.46
27	Annamaria Kiss (HUN)	1:05.50