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

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Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date14 January 1998
Competitors36
Winning time1 minute 56.61 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1994
2001  

The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Wednesday 1998-01-14 in Perth, Western Australia.

Contents

A Final

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg  Denys Sylantyev  (UKR)1:56.61
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  Franck Esposito  (FRA)1:56.77
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  Tom Malchow  (USA)1:57.26
4Flag of Japan.svg  Takashi Yamamoto  (JPN)1:57.50
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  James Hickman  (GBR)1:58.76
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Stephen Parry  (GBR)1:59.57
7Flag of South Korea.svg  Han Kyu-Chul  (KOR)2:00.26
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Scott Goodman  (AUS)DSQ

B Final

RankNameTime
9Flag of the United States.svg  Uğur Taner  (USA)1:59.13
10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Stefan Aartsen  (NED)1:59.98
11Flag of Russia.svg  Anatoly Polyakov  (RUS)1:59.98
12Flag of Finland.svg  Vesa Hanski  (FIN)2:00.30
13Flag of Germany.svg  Chris-Carol Bremer  (GER)2:00.37
14Flag of Hungary.svg  Péter Horváth  (HUN)2:00.73
15Flag of Italy.svg  Massimiliano Eroli  (ITA)2:00.79
16Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xie Xufeng  (CHN)2:03.24

Qualifying heats

RankNameTime
1Flag of France.svg  Franck Esposito  (FRA)1:56.32
2Flag of Japan.svg  Takashi Yamamoto  (JPN)1:56.99
3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Denys Sylantyev  (UKR)1:57.62
4Flag of the United States.svg  Tom Malchow  (USA)1:58.20
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Scott Goodman  (AUS)1:58.87
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  James Hickman  (GBR)1:59.13
7Flag of South Korea.svg  Han Kyu-Chul  (KOR)1:59.14
8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Stephen Parry  (GBR)1:59.37
9Flag of the United States.svg  Uğur Taner  (USA)1:59.63
10Flag of Germany.svg  Chris-Carol Bremer  (GER)1:59.85
11Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Stefan Aartsen  (NED)1:59.89
12Flag of Hungary.svg  Péter Horváth  (HUN)1:59.91
13Flag of Finland.svg  Vesa Hanski  (FIN)2:00.23
14Flag of Russia.svg  Anatoly Polyakov  (RUS)2:00.45
15Flag of Italy.svg  Massimiliano Eroli  (ITA)2:00.85
16Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xie Xufeng  (CHN)2:01.24
17Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Zane King  (AUS)2:01.50
18Flag of Brazil.svg  Pedro Monteiro  (BRA)2:01.61
19Flag of Spain.svg  Jorge Pérez  (ESP)2:01.62
20Flag of Finland.svg  Tero Välimaa  (FIN)2:01.64
21Flag of Russia.svg  Alex Gorguraki  (RUS)2:01.75
22Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Aleksandar Malenko  (MKD)2:02.18
23Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Vladan Marković  (YUG)2:02.30
24Flag of Poland.svg  Marcin Kaczmarek  (POL)2:02.40
25Flag of Germany.svg  Thomas Rupprath  (GER)2:02.60
26Flag of Ireland.svg  Colin Lowth  (IRL)2:03.25
27Flag of South Africa.svg  Theo Verster  (RSA)2:03.32
28Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Konstantin Andrushin  (KAZ)2:03.46
29Flag of Switzerland.svg  Adrian Andermatt  (SUI)2:03.76
30Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Bang-Hyun  (KOR)2:03.90
31Flag of Greece.svg  Georgios Popotas  (GRE)2:04.17
32Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Mark Kwok  (HKG)2:04.42
33Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Huang Xin  (CHN)2:04.67
34Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Aleksandar Miladinovski  (MKD)2:04.83
35Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Alexis Perdomo  (VEN)2:04.90
36Flag of Portugal.svg  Simão Morgado  (POR)2:05.82

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