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

Women's 400 metre freestyle1998 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

1998 FINA World Championships Perth, Australia
Diving
1 m		men		women
3 m		men		women
10 m		men		women
Open water swimming
5 km		men		women
25 km		men		women
Team		5 km		25 km
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men		women
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women
Synchronised swimming
Solo				women
Duet				women
Team				women
Water polo
Team		men		women

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, 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

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)