Swimming World Championships 1998 at Perth (aus) Women: 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay January 17: Final: 1. Germany (Franziska van Almsick, Dagmar Hase, Silvia Szalai, Kerstin Kielgass) 8:01.46 2. USA (Cristina Teuscher, Lindsay Benko, Brooke Bennett, Jenny Thompson) 8:02.88 3. Australia (Julia Greville, Anna Windsor, Susie O'Neill, Petria Thomas) 8:04.19 4. Canada (Joanne Malar, Shannon Shakespeare, Jessica Deglau, Laura Nicholls) 8:05.59 5. Sweden (Louise Jöhncke, Josefin Lillhage, Malin Svahnström, Therese Alshammar) 8:07.60 6. Great Britain (Claire Huddart, Vicki Horner, Jessica Craig, Karen Pickering) 8:08.14 7. Romania (Camelia Potec, Simona Paduraru, Ionna Diaconescu, Liliana Dobrescu) 8:10.06 8. Netherlands (Carla Geurts, Manon Masseurs, Wilma van Hofwegen, Kirsten Vlieghuis) 8:11.63