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

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Men's 200 metre individual medley
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date17 January 1998
Competitors26
Winning time2 minutes 1.18 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
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 individual medley event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Saturday 1998-01-17 in Perth, Western Australia.

Contents

A Final

RankNameTime
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marcel Wouda  (NED)2:01.18
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  Xavier Marchand  (FRA)2:01.66
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  Ron Karnaugh  (USA)2:01.89
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Matthew Dunn  (AUS)2:02.03
5Flag of Germany.svg  Christian Keller  (GER)2:02.10
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Curtis Myden  (CAN)2:02.30
7Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  James Hickman  (GBR)2:04.13
8Flag of the United States.svg  Tom Dolan  (USA)2:05.82

B Final

RankNameTime
9Flag of Hungary.svg  Attila Czene  (HUN)2:02.76
10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mark van der Zijden  (NED)2:03.59
11Flag of Finland.svg  Jani Sievinen  (FIN)2:04.17
12Flag of Moldova.svg  Serghei Mariniuc  (MDA)2:04.58
13Flag of Israel.svg  Michael Halika  (ISR)2:04.96
14Flag of South Africa.svg  Theo Verster  (RSA)2:05.14
15Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Zane King  (AUS)2:05.63
16Flag of Germany.svg  Jens Kruppa  (GER)2:05.87

Qualifying heats

RankNameTime
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marcel Wouda  (NED)2:01.78
2Flag of the United States.svg  Tom Dolan  (USA)2:01.94
3Flag of Germany.svg  Christian Keller  (GER)2:02.07
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Matthew Dunn  (AUS)2:02.16
5Flag of the United States.svg  Ron Karnaugh  (USA)2:02.64
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Curtis Myden  (CAN)
7Flag of France.svg  Xavier Marchand  (FRA)2:02.68
8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  James Hickman  (GBR)2:03.42
9Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Zane King  (AUS)2:03.46
10Flag of Hungary.svg  Attila Czene  (HUN)2:03.49
11Flag of Finland.svg  Jani Sievinen  (FIN)2:03.89
12Flag of Hungary.svg  Attila Zubor  (HUN) [1] 2:04.30
13Flag of Germany.svg  Jens Kruppa  (GER)2:04.35
14Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mark van der Zijden  (NED)2:04.41
15Flag of Moldova.svg  Serghei Mariniuc  (MDA)2:04.51
16Flag of Israel.svg  Michael Halika  (ISR)2:04.87
17Flag of South Africa.svg  Theo Verster  (RSA)2:05.21
18Flag of Japan.svg  Tatsuya Kinugasa  (JPN)2:05.26
19Flag of Spain.svg  Jordi Carrasco  (ESP)2:05.70
20Flag of Slovenia.svg  Peter Mankoč  (SLO)2:05.72
21Flag of Croatia.svg  Krešimir Čač  (CRO)2:06.12
22Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Bang-Hyun  (KOR)2:06.60
23Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Mark Kwok  (HKG)2:07.30
24Flag of New Zealand.svg  Oliver Young  (NZL)2:08.40
25Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Arsenio López  (PUR)2:08.53
26Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Josef Horký  (CZE)2:09.01

Remarks

  1. Flag of Hungary.svg  Attila Zubor  (HUN) scratched B-Final

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