Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4×200 metre freestyle relay at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	17 January 1998
Winning time	8 minutes 01.46 seconds
Medalists
Franziska van Almsick Dagmar Hase Silvia Szalai Kerstin Kielgass    Germany   Cristina Teuscher Lindsay Benko Brooke Bennett Jenny Thompson    United States   Julia Greville Anna Windsor Susie O'Neill Petria Thomas    Australia

The final and the qualifying heats of the women's 4×200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Saturday 17 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

Final

Rank	Team	Time
	Germany Franziska van Almsick Dagmar Hase Silvia Szalai Kerstin Kielgass	8:01.46 2:01.28 2:00.16 2:00.42 1:59.60
	United States Cristina Teuscher Lindsay Benko Brooke Bennett Jenny Thompson	8:02.88 2:00.92 2:00.94 2:01.17 1:59.85
	Australia Julia Greville Anna Windsor Susie O'Neill Petria Thomas	8:04.19 2:00.92 2:03.23 1:58.80 2:01.24
4	Canada Joanne Malar Shannon Shakespeare Jessica Deglau Laura Nicholls	8:05.59 2:02.44 2:01.40 2:00.65 2:01.10
5	Sweden Louise Jöhncke Josefin Lillhage Malin Svahnström Therese Alshammar	8:07.60 2:01.51 2:01.52 1:59.84 2:04.73
6	Great Britain Claire Huddart Victoria Horner Jessica Craig Karen Pickering	8:08.14 2:02.71 2:01.33 2:03.54 2:00.56
7	Romania Camelia Potec Simona Păduraru Lorena Diaconescu Liliana Dobrescu	8:10.06 2:02.46 2:03.29 2:01.95 2:02.36
8	Netherlands Carla Geurts Manon Masseurs Wilma van Hofwegen Kirsten Vlieghuis	8:11.63 2:03.19 2:03.09 2:02.95 2:02.40

Qualifying heats

Heat 1

Rank	Team	Time
1	United States Trina Jackson Ashley Whitney Lindsay Benko Cristina Teuscher	8:07.12 2:01.87 2:01.49 2:00.65 2:03.11
2	Canada Laura Nicholls Joanne Malar Karine Chevrier Shannon Shakespeare	8:11.98 2:02.67 2:02.17 2:04.31 2:02.83
3	Sweden Malin Svahnström Malin Nilsson Josefin Lillhage Louise Jöhncke	8:13.46 2:03.46 2:04.17 2:02.10 2:03.73
4	Netherlands Carla Geurts Maartje Kouwenberg Manon Masseurs Wilma van Hofwegen	8:16.61 2:02.92 2:06.86 2:03.96 2:02.87
5	Chinese Taipei Chiang-Tzu Ying Lin-Meng Chieh Chen-Chia Cheng Yang-Hsiao Hui	9:07.86 2:14.60 2:14.61 2:21.59 2:17.06

Heat 2

Rank	Team	Time
1	Germany Silvia Szalai Antje Buschschulte Janina Götz Franziska van Almsick	8:08.38 2:02.19 2:02.20 2:02.95 2:01.04
2	Great Britain Claire Huddart Victoria Horner Jessica Craig Karen Pickering	8:09.99 2:03.42 2:02.84 2:02.31 2:01.42
3	Australia Julia Greville Petria Thomas Emma Johnson Anna Windsor	8:10.65 2:01.05 2:02.63 2:04.15 2:02.82
4	Romania Simona Păduraru Lorena Diaconescu Camelia Potec Liliana Dobrescu	8:10.65 2:05.55 2:02.30 2:03.07 2:00.73
5	Denmark Ditte Jensen Britt Raaby Berit Puggaard Mia Muusfeldt	8:17.16 2:05.15 2:04.73 2:03.08 2:04.20
6	BRAZIL Monique Ferreira Raquel Takaya Lucia Santos Tatiana Lemos	8:39.41 2:08.62 2:09.11 2:10.37 2:11.31

See also

• 1996 Women's Olympic Games 4x200m Freestyle (Atlanta)
• 1997 Women's World Championships (SC) 4x200m Freestyle (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Women's European Championships (LC) 4x200m Freestyle (Seville)
• 2000 Women's Olympic Games 4x200m Freestyle (Sydney)

References

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