Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 1998 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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Date | 17 January 1998 | |||||||||
Competitors | 26 | |||||||||
Winning time | 2 minutes 1.18 seconds | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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1998 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Open water swimming | ||
Single | ||
5 km | men | women |
5 km | team rating | |
25 km | men | women |
25 km | team rating | |
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 | ||
Tournament | men | women |
The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Saturday 1998-01-17 in Perth, Western Australia.
Rank | Name | Time |
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Marcel Wouda (NED) | 2:01.18 | |
Xavier Marchand (FRA) | 2:01.66 | |
Ron Karnaugh (USA) | 2:01.89 | |
4 | Matthew Dunn (AUS) | 2:02.03 |
5 | Christian Keller (GER) | 2:02.10 |
6 | Curtis Myden (CAN) | 2:02.30 |
7 | James Hickman (GBR) | 2:04.13 |
8 | Tom Dolan (USA) | 2:05.82 |
Rank | Name | Time |
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9 | Attila Czene (HUN) | 2:02.76 |
10 | Mark van der Zijden (NED) | 2:03.59 |
11 | Jani Sievinen (FIN) | 2:04.17 |
12 | Serghei Mariniuc (MDA) | 2:04.58 |
13 | Michael Halika (ISR) | 2:04.96 |
14 | Theo Verster (RSA) | 2:05.14 |
15 | Zane King (AUS) | 2:05.63 |
16 | Jens Kruppa (GER) | 2:05.87 |
Rank | Name | Time |
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1 | Marcel Wouda (NED) | 2:01.78 |
2 | Tom Dolan (USA) | 2:01.94 |
3 | Christian Keller (GER) | 2:02.07 |
4 | Matthew Dunn (AUS) | 2:02.16 |
5 | Ron Karnaugh (USA) | 2:02.64 |
Curtis Myden (CAN) | ||
7 | Xavier Marchand (FRA) | 2:02.68 |
8 | James Hickman (GBR) | 2:03.42 |
9 | Zane King (AUS) | 2:03.46 |
10 | Attila Czene (HUN) | 2:03.49 |
11 | Jani Sievinen (FIN) | 2:03.89 |
12 | Attila Zubor (HUN) [1] | 2:04.30 |
13 | Jens Kruppa (GER) | 2:04.35 |
14 | Mark van der Zijden (NED) | 2:04.41 |
15 | Serghei Mariniuc (MDA) | 2:04.51 |
16 | Michael Halika (ISR) | 2:04.87 |
17 | Theo Verster (RSA) | 2:05.21 |
18 | Tatsuya Kinugasa (JPN) | 2:05.26 |
19 | Jordi Carrasco (ESP) | 2:05.70 |
20 | Peter Mankoč (SLO) | 2:05.72 |
21 | Krešimir Čač (CRO) | 2:06.12 |
22 | Kim Bang-Hyun (KOR) | 2:06.60 |
23 | Mark Kwok (HKG) | 2:07.30 |
24 | Oliver Young (NZL) | 2:08.40 |
25 | Arsenio López (PUR) | 2:08.53 |
26 | Josef Horký (CZE) | 2:09.01 |
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