Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	16 January 1998
Competitors	28
Winning time	2 minutes 13.40 seconds
Medalists
Kurt Grote    United States   Jean-Christophe Sarnin    France   Norbert Rózsa    Hungary
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The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Friday 1998-01-16 in Perth, Western Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Kurt Grote  (USA)	2:13.40
	Jean-Christophe Sarnin  (FRA)	2:13.42
	Norbert Rózsa  (HUN)	2:13.59
4	Simon Cowley  (AUS)	2:13.84
5	Ryan Mitchell  (AUS)	2:14.43
6	Benno Kuipers  (NED)	2:15.34
7	Tom Wilkens  (USA)	2:15.41
8	Aleksandr Gukov  (BLR)	2:15.51

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Alexander Tkachev  (RUS)	2:15.48
10	Marek Krawczyk  (POL)	2:16.14
11	Daniel Málek  (CZE)	2:17.50
12	Stéphan Perrot  (FRA)	2:17.58
13	Morgan Knabe  (CAN)	2:17.71
14	José Couto  (POR)	2:18.37
15	Yoshiaki Okita  (JPN)	2:18.94
16	Domenico Fioravanti  (ITA)	2:22.30

Qualifying heats

Rank	Name	Time	Notes
1	Ryan Mitchell  (AUS)	2:13.37
2	Norbert Rózsa  (HUN)	2:14.86
3	Simon Cowley  (AUS)	2:14.93
4	Jean-Christophe Sarnin  (FRA)	2:15.09
5	Benno Kuipers  (NED)	2:15.23
6	Kurt Grote  (USA)	2:15.29
7	Tom Wilkens  (USA)	2:15.57
8	Aleksandr Gukov  (BLR)	2:15.63
9	Alexander Tkachev  (RUS)	2:15.76
10	Marek Krawczyk  (POL)	2:15.98
11	Károly Güttler  (HUN)	2:16.10	scratched finals
12	Yoshiaki Okita  (JPN)	2:16.30
13	Stéphan Perrot  (FRA)	2:16.36
14	Daniel Málek  (CZE)	2:16.88
15	Andrey Korneyev  (RUS)	2:17.21	scratched finals
16	José Couto  (POR)	2:17.51
17	Domenico Fioravanti  (ITA)	2:17.64
18	Morgan Knabe  (CAN)	2:18.35
19	Fred Deburghgraeve  (BEL)	2:18.86
20	Ratapong Sirisanont  (THA)	2:19.12
21	Chikara Nakashita  (JPN)	2:19.74
22	Cho Kwang-Jea  (KOR)	2:19.93
23	Marc Capdevila  (ESP)	2:20.75
24	Alwin de Prins  (LUX)	2:20.78
25	Valērijs Kalmikovs  (LAT)	2:21.22
26	Arsenio López  (PUR)	2:21.23
27	Jorge Arias  (PER)	2:21.24	NR
28	Francisco Suriano  (ESA)	2:21.61

See also

• 1996 Men's Olympic Games 200m Breaststroke (Atlanta)
• 1997 Men's World SC Championships 200m Breaststroke (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Men's European LC Championships 200m Breaststroke (Seville)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Games 200m Breaststroke (Sydney)

References

• "8th FINA World Swimming Championships". SwimNews.com.
• "1998 FINA World Championships (LCM)". USA Swimming.