1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Women's 200 metre backstroke

1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships Sheffield, United Kingdom
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×50 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×50 m	men	women

The finals and the qualifying heats of the Women's 200 metres Backstroke event at the 1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held on the first day of the competition, on Friday 11 December 1998 in Sheffield, England.

Finals

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Antje Buschschulte (GER)	2:07.31
	Helen Don-Duncan (GBR)	2:09.83
	Yuliya Fomenko (RUS)	2:10.38
4.	Anu Koivisto (FIN)	2:11.24
5.	Alenka Kejžar (SLO)	2:11.71
6.	Ivette María (ESP)	2:11.75
7.	Kateřina Pivoňková (CZE)	2:12.09
8.	Ania Gustamelski (ISR)	2:13.81

Qualifying Heats

RANK	HEATS RANKING	TIME
1.	Yuliya Fomenko (RUS)	2:10.25
2.	Antje Buschschulte (GER)	2:10.56
3.	Kateřina Pivoňková (CZE)	2:11.40
4.	Alenka Kejžar (SLO)	2:11.52
5.	Anu Koivisto (FIN)	2:11.58
6.	Helen Don-Duncan (GBR)	2:12.63
7.	Ivette María (ESP)	2:13.06
8.	Ania Gustamelski (ISR)	2:13.47
9.	Vanesa Rojo (ESP)	2:13.56
10.	Cathleen Rund (GER)	2:14.53
11.	Marcela Kubalčíková (CZE)	2:15.06
12.	Izabela Burczyk (POL)	2:15.10
13.	Katerini Bliamou (GRE)	2:15.37
14.	Marion Houel (FRA)	2:16.57
15.	Katy Sexton (GBR)	2:17.41
16.	Alessandra Cappa (ITA)	2:18.25
17.	Anne-Françoise Glatre (FRA)	2:18.97
18.	Edith van der Schilden (LUX)	2:20.92

See also

• 1996 Women's Olympic Games 200m Backstroke
• 1997 Women's World SC Championships 200m Backstroke
• 1997 Women's European LC Championships 200m Backstroke
• 1998 Women's World LC Championships 200m Backstroke
• 2000 Women's Olympic Games 100m Backstroke

References

• Results