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

Main article: Open water swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships

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	Valeria Casprini	Italy	1:01:09.5
6	Bronwen Whitehead	Australia	1:01:10.7
7	Angela Maurer	Germany	1:01.11.1
8	Melissa Pasquali	Italy	1:01:11.6
9	Annette Andermatt	Switzerland	1:01:13.2
10	Anne Chagnaud	France	1:01:14.7
11	Olga Guseva	Russia	1:01:16.7
12	Kristy Park	Australia	1:01:28.3
13	Ravee Intpornudom	Thailand	1:01:30.2
14	Etta van der Weijden	Netherlands	1:02:42.6
15	Angela Collett	New Zealand	1:02:54.8
16	Maša Jamnik	Slovenia	1:03:52.5
17	Paula Wood	Great Britain	1:03:56.0
18	Robyn Bradley	South Africa	1:03:56.3
19	Attilia Figini	Switzerland	1:06:38.9
20	Edit Kasparik	Hungary	1:06:42.0
21	Rania Ghousheh	Jordan	1:26:38.4
22	Andrea Edwards	Antigua and Barbuda	1:30:25.1