The finals and the qualifying heats of the Men's 200 metres Butterfly event at the 1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held on the first day of the competition, on Friday 11 December 1998 in Sheffield, England.
Finals
edit| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
|
 James Hickman (GBR)
|
1:52.96 |
|
 Denys Sylantyev (UKR)
|
1:54.13 |
|
 Thomas Rupprath (GER)
|
1:54.99 |
| 4. |  Anatoly Polyakov (RUS)
|
1:55.39 |
| 5. |  Vesa Hanski (FIN)
|
1:55.73 |
| 6. |  Stefan Aartsen (NED)
|
1:56.19 |
| 7. | Chris-Carol Bremer (GER)
|
1:56.87 |
| 8. | Stephen Parry (GBR)
|
1:57.94 |
Qualifying Heats
edit| RANK | HEATS RANKING | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | James Hickman (GBR)
|
1:54.89 |
| 2. | Anatoly Polyakov (RUS)
|
1:56.15 |
| 3. | Denys Sylantyev (UKR)
|
1:56.34 |
| 4. | Vesa Hanski (FIN)
|
1:56.44 |
| 5. | Thomas Rupprath (GER)
|
1:57.15 |
| 6. | Stefan Aartsen (NED)
|
1:57.46 |
| 7. | Chris-Carol Bremer (GER)
|
1:57.97 |
| 8. | Stephen Parry (GBR)
|
1:58.22 |
| 9. |  Philippe Meyer (SUI)
|
1:58.93 |
| 10. |  Jan Vitazka (CZE)
|
1:58.96 |
| 11. |  Michael Halika (ISR)
|
1:59.75 |
| 12. |  Lovrenco Franičević (CRO)
|
1:59.91 |
| 13. |  David Abrard (FRA)
|
1:59.99 |
| 14. | Josef Horký (CZE)
|
2:00.03 |
| 15. |  Ales Abersek (SLO)
|
2:00.63 |
| 16. |  Ricardo Santos (POR)
|
2:01.86 |
| 17. | Philipp Gilgen (SUI)
|
2:02.06 |
| 18. |  Colin Lowth (IRL)
|
2:02.06 |
| 19. |  Aleksanda Miladinovski (MKD)
|
2:02.33 |
| 20. |  Krzysztof Golon (POL)
|
2:02.46 |
| 21. |  Péter Kovács (HUN)
|
2:02.68 |
| 22. |  Mindaugas Bruzas (LTU)
|
2:03.10 |
| 23. |  Georgios Vaiou (GRE)
|
2:04.36 |
| 24. | Tero Välimaa (FIN)
|
2:04.87 |