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Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 1998 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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Date | 12 January 1998 | |||||||||
Competitors | 27 | |||||||||
Winning time | 1 minute 47.41 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 metres freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Monday 12 January 1998 in Perth, Western Australia.
Rank | Name | Time |
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Michael Klim (AUS) | 1:47.41 | |
Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) | 1:48.30 | |
Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) | 1:48.65 | |
4 | Jacob Carstensen (DEN) | 1:49.74 |
5 | Tom Malchow (USA) | 1:50.05 |
6 | Ryk Neethling (RSA) | 1:50.08 |
7 | Paul Palmer (GBR) | 1:50.43 |
8 | Gustavo Borges (BRA) | 1:50.47 |
Rank | Name | Time |
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9 | Josh Davis (USA) | 1:49.66 |
10 | Matthew Dunn (AUS) | 1:49.75 |
11 | Trent Bray (NZL) | 1:50.04 |
12 | James Salter (GBR) | 1:50.27 |
13 | Shunsuke Ito (JPN) | 1:51.38 |
14 | Steffen Zesner (GER) | 1:51.57 |
15 | Danyon Loader (NZL) | 1:51.84 |
16 | Béla Szabados (HUN) | 1:52.54 |
Rank | Name | Time |
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1 | Michael Klim (AUS) | 1:47.96 |
2 | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) | 1:48.93 |
3 | Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) | 1:49.29 |
4 | Tom Malchow (USA) | 1:49.54 |
5 | Gustavo Borges (BRA) | 1:49.64 |
6 | Paul Palmer (GBR) | 1:50.30 |
7 | Jacob Carstensen (DEN) | 1:50.37 |
8 | Ryk Neethling (RSA) | 1:50.38 |
9 | Danyon Loader (NZL) | 1:50.45 |
Trent Bray (NZL) | ||
11 | Josh Davis (USA) | 1:50.65 |
12 | Matthew Dunn (AUS) | 1:50.80 |
13 | James Salter (GBR) | 1:50.91 |
14 | Béla Szabados (HUN) | 1:51.06 |
15 | Shunsuke Ito (JPN) | 1:51.17 |
16 | Steffen Zesner (GER) | 1:51.19 |
17 | Marcel Wouda (NED) | 1:51.40 |
18 | Jacob Rasmussen (DEN) | 1:51.58 |
19 | Andrei Cecan (MDA) | 1:51.68 |
20 | Alexei Stepanov (RUS) | 1:51.76 |
21 | Anders Lyrbring (SWE) | 1:51.86 |
22 | Javier Botello (ESP) | 1:53.23 |
23 | Petter Lindh (SWE) | 1:53.45 |
24 | Jure Bučar (SLO) | 1:53.70 |
25 | Craig Hutchison (CAN) | 1:53.78 |
26 | Juan Torrado (ESP) | 1:53.85 |
27 | Dimitrios Manganas (GRE) | 1:53.86 |
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