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

Women's 400metre individual medley at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	12 January 1998
Winning time	4 minutes 36.66 seconds
Medalists
Chen Yan   China   Yana Klochkova   Ukraine   Yasuko Tajima   Japan

The finals and the qualifying heats of the women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Monday 12 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Chen Yan (CHN)	4:36.66
	Yana Klochkova (UKR)	4:38.60
	Yasuko Tajima (JPN)	4:39.45
4	Wu Yanyan (CHN)	4:40.16
5	Kristine Quance (USA)	4:42.01
6	Maddy Crippen (USA)	4:43.45
7	Joanne Malar (CAN)	4:46.91
8	Nadine Neumann (AUS)	4:48.84

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Beatrice Căslaru (ROM)	4:46.91
10	Nicole Hetzer (GER)	4:46.93
11	Lourdes Becerra (ESP)	4:47.52
12	Hana Černá (CZE)	4:48.86
13	Emma Johnson (AUS)	4:50.99
14	Simona Păduraru (ROM)	4:52.09
15	Mirjana Boševska (MKD)	4:53.43
16	Carolyn Adel (SUR)	4:55.33

Qualifying heats

Rank	Name	Time
1	Chen Yan (CHN)	4:40.72
2	Yasuko Tajima (JPN)	4:41.45
3	Maddy Crippen (USA)	4:42.13
4	Joanne Malar (CAN)	4:44.85
5	Kristine Quance (USA)	4:44.95
6	Nadine Neumann (AUS)	4:45.83
7	Yana Klochkova (UKR)	4:45.94
8	Wu Yanyan (CHN)	4:46.00
9	Beatrice Căslaru (ROM)	4:46.80
10	Nicole Hetzer (GER)	4:48.64
11	Hana Černá (CZE)	4:48.64
12	Emma Johnson (AUS)	4:49.94
13	Simona Păduraru (ROM)	4:50.11
14	Lourdes Becerra (ESP)	4:50.46
15	Carolyn Adel (SUR)	4:54.30
16	Mirjana Boševska (MKD)	4:55.56
17	Ravee Intporn-Udom (THA)	4:55.92
18	Yseult Gervy (BEL)	4:56.25
19	Sabine Herbst (GER)	4:57.16
20	Oxana Verevka (RUS)	4:57.59
21	Karine Chevrier (CAN)	4:59.22
22	Aikaterini Sarakatsani (GRE)	4:59.88

See also

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

References

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