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

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Men's 200 metre freestyle
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date12 January 1998
Competitors27
Winning time1 minute 47.41 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  1994
2001  

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.

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A Final

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Klim  (AUS)1:47.41
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg  Massimiliano Rosolino  (ITA)1:48.30
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Pieter van den Hoogenband  (NED)1:48.65
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Jacob Carstensen  (DEN)1:49.74
5Flag of the United States.svg  Tom Malchow  (USA)1:50.05
6Flag of South Africa.svg  Ryk Neethling  (RSA)1:50.08
7Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Paul Palmer  (GBR)1:50.43
8Flag of Brazil.svg  Gustavo Borges  (BRA)1:50.47

B Final

RankNameTime
9Flag of the United States.svg  Josh Davis  (USA)1:49.66
10Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Matthew Dunn  (AUS)1:49.75
11Flag of New Zealand.svg  Trent Bray  (NZL)1:50.04
12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  James Salter  (GBR)1:50.27
13Flag of Japan.svg  Shunsuke Ito  (JPN)1:51.38
14Flag of Germany.svg  Steffen Zesner  (GER)1:51.57
15Flag of New Zealand.svg  Danyon Loader  (NZL)1:51.84
16Flag of Hungary.svg  Béla Szabados  (HUN)1:52.54

Qualifying heats

RankNameTime
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Klim  (AUS)1:47.96
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Pieter van den Hoogenband  (NED)1:48.93
3Flag of Italy.svg  Massimiliano Rosolino  (ITA)1:49.29
4Flag of the United States.svg  Tom Malchow  (USA)1:49.54
5Flag of Brazil.svg  Gustavo Borges  (BRA)1:49.64
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Paul Palmer  (GBR)1:50.30
7Flag of Denmark.svg  Jacob Carstensen  (DEN)1:50.37
8Flag of South Africa.svg  Ryk Neethling  (RSA)1:50.38
9Flag of New Zealand.svg  Danyon Loader  (NZL)1:50.45
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Trent Bray  (NZL)
11Flag of the United States.svg  Josh Davis  (USA)1:50.65
12Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Matthew Dunn  (AUS)1:50.80
13Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  James Salter  (GBR)1:50.91
14Flag of Hungary.svg  Béla Szabados  (HUN)1:51.06
15Flag of Japan.svg  Shunsuke Ito  (JPN)1:51.17
16Flag of Germany.svg  Steffen Zesner  (GER)1:51.19
17Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marcel Wouda  (NED)1:51.40
18Flag of Denmark.svg Jacob Rasmussen (DEN)1:51.58
19Flag of Moldova.svg  Andrei Cecan  (MDA)1:51.68
20Flag of Russia.svg  Alexei Stepanov  (RUS)1:51.76
21Flag of Sweden.svg  Anders Lyrbring  (SWE)1:51.86
22Flag of Spain.svg  Javier Botello  (ESP)1:53.23
23Flag of Sweden.svg  Petter Lindh  (SWE)1:53.45
24Flag of Slovenia.svg  Jure Bučar  (SLO)1:53.70
25Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Craig Hutchison  (CAN)1:53.78
26Flag of Spain.svg  Juan Torrado  (ESP)1:53.85
27Flag of Greece.svg  Dimitrios Manganas  (GRE)1:53.86

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