Open water swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 5 km

The Women's 5K race at the 8th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on January 6, 1998, in the ocean off Perth, Western Australia.

Results[]

Place	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Erica Rose	USA	59:23.5
2	Edith van Dijk	Netherlands	1:00:58.5
3	Peggy Büchse	Germany	1:01:05.8
4	Megan Ryther	USA	1:01:09.2
5		Italy	1:01:09.5
6		Australia	1:01:10.7
7	Angela Maurer	Germany	1:01.11.1
8		Italy	1:01:11.6
9		Switzerland	1:01:13.2
10		France	1:01:14.7
11		Russia	1:01:16.7
12		Australia	1:01:28.3
13		Thailand	1:01:30.2
14		Netherlands	1:02:42.6
15		New Zealand	1:02:54.8
16		Slovenia	1:03:52.5
17		Great Britain	1:03:56.0
18		South Africa	1:03:56.3
19		Switzerland	1:06:38.9
20		Hungary	1:06:42.0
21		Jordan	1:26:38.4
22		Antigua and Barbuda	1:30:25.1

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