Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 1998 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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Date | 14 January 1998 | |||||||||
Competitors | 36 | |||||||||
Winning time | 1 minute 56.61 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 butterfly event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Wednesday 1998-01-14 in Perth, Western Australia.
Rank | Name | Time |
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Denys Sylantyev (UKR) | 1:56.61 | |
Franck Esposito (FRA) | 1:56.77 | |
Tom Malchow (USA) | 1:57.26 | |
4 | Takashi Yamamoto (JPN) | 1:57.50 |
5 | James Hickman (GBR) | 1:58.76 |
6 | Stephen Parry (GBR) | 1:59.57 |
7 | Han Kyu-Chul (KOR) | 2:00.26 |
— | Scott Goodman (AUS) | DSQ |
Rank | Name | Time |
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9 | Uğur Taner (USA) | 1:59.13 |
10 | Stefan Aartsen (NED) | 1:59.98 |
11 | Anatoly Polyakov (RUS) | 1:59.98 |
12 | Vesa Hanski (FIN) | 2:00.30 |
13 | Chris-Carol Bremer (GER) | 2:00.37 |
14 | Péter Horváth (HUN) | 2:00.73 |
15 | Massimiliano Eroli (ITA) | 2:00.79 |
16 | Xie Xufeng (CHN) | 2:03.24 |
Rank | Name | Time |
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1 | Franck Esposito (FRA) | 1:56.32 |
2 | Takashi Yamamoto (JPN) | 1:56.99 |
3 | Denys Sylantyev (UKR) | 1:57.62 |
4 | Tom Malchow (USA) | 1:58.20 |
5 | Scott Goodman (AUS) | 1:58.87 |
6 | James Hickman (GBR) | 1:59.13 |
7 | Han Kyu-Chul (KOR) | 1:59.14 |
8 | Stephen Parry (GBR) | 1:59.37 |
9 | Uğur Taner (USA) | 1:59.63 |
10 | Chris-Carol Bremer (GER) | 1:59.85 |
11 | Stefan Aartsen (NED) | 1:59.89 |
12 | Péter Horváth (HUN) | 1:59.91 |
13 | Vesa Hanski (FIN) | 2:00.23 |
14 | Anatoly Polyakov (RUS) | 2:00.45 |
15 | Massimiliano Eroli (ITA) | 2:00.85 |
16 | Xie Xufeng (CHN) | 2:01.24 |
17 | Zane King (AUS) | 2:01.50 |
18 | Pedro Monteiro (BRA) | 2:01.61 |
19 | Jorge Pérez (ESP) | 2:01.62 |
20 | Tero Välimaa (FIN) | 2:01.64 |
21 | Alex Gorguraki (RUS) | 2:01.75 |
22 | Aleksandar Malenko (MKD) | 2:02.18 |
23 | Vladan Marković (YUG) | 2:02.30 |
24 | Marcin Kaczmarek (POL) | 2:02.40 |
25 | Thomas Rupprath (GER) | 2:02.60 |
26 | Colin Lowth (IRL) | 2:03.25 |
27 | Theo Verster (RSA) | 2:03.32 |
28 | Konstantin Andrushin (KAZ) | 2:03.46 |
29 | Adrian Andermatt (SUI) | 2:03.76 |
30 | Kim Bang-Hyun (KOR) | 2:03.90 |
31 | Georgios Popotas (GRE) | 2:04.17 |
32 | Mark Kwok (HKG) | 2:04.42 |
33 | Huang Xin (CHN) | 2:04.67 |
34 | Aleksandar Miladinovski (MKD) | 2:04.83 |
35 | Alexis Perdomo (VEN) | 2:04.90 |
36 | Simão Morgado (POR) | 2:05.82 |
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