Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	14 January 1998
Winning time	4 minutes 06.72 seconds
Medalists
Chen Yan    China   Brooke Bennett    United States   Dagmar Hase    Germany
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The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Wednesday 14 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Chen Yan (CHN)	4:06.72
	Brooke Bennett (USA)	4:07.07
	Dagmar Hase (GER)	4:08.82
4	Kirsten Vlieghuis (NED)	4:09.14
5	Julia Greville (AUS)	4:11.59
6	Diana Munz (USA)	4:11.70
7	Jana Henke (GER)	4:11.92
8	Claudia Poll (CRC)	4:12.08

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Shu-Min Tsai (TPE)	4:12.94
10	Joanne Malar (CAN)	4:14.31
11	Carla Geurts (NED)	4:14.61
12	Simona Păduraru (ROM)	4:15.58
13	Victoria Horner  (GBR)	4:15.79
14	Nadezda Chemezova (RUS)	4:16.51
15	Tatyana Mikhailova  (RUS)	4:18.25
16	Natasha Bowron (AUS)	4:20.50

Qualifying heats

See also

• 1996 Women's Olympic Games 400m Freestyle (Atlanta)
• 1997 Women's World SC Championships 400m Freestyle (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Women's European LC Championships 400m Freestyle (Seville)
• 2000 Women's Olympic Games 400m Freestyle (Sydney)

References

• "8th FINA World Swimming Championships". SwimNews.com.
• "1998 FINA World Championships (LCM)". USA Swimming.