The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 200 metres freestyle event at the 1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held on the second day of the competition, on Saturday, 12 December 1998 in Sheffield, England.
Finals
edit| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
|
 Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
|
1:44.00 |
|
 Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA)
|
1:44.92 |
|
 Jacob Carstensen (DEN)
|
1:45.55 |
| 4. |  Lars Conrad (GER)
|
1:45.86 |
| 5. |  Yoav Bruck (ISR)
|
1:46.89 |
| 6. | Michael Kiedel (GER)
|
1:47.11 |
| 7. |  Igor Koleda (BLR)
|
1:47.29 |
| 8. |  Sion Brinn (GBR)
|
1:48.75 |
Qualifying Heats
edit| RANK | HEATS RANKING | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA)
|
1:45.88 |
| 2. | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
|
1:46.06 |
| 3. | Jacob Carstensen (DEN)
|
1:46.82 |
| 4. | Lars Conrad (GER)
|
1:46.87 |
| 5. | Michael Kiedel (GER)
|
1:47.12 |
| 6. | Igor Koleda (BLR)
|
1:47.32 |
| 7. | Sion Brinn (GBR)
|
1:48.00 |
| 8. | Yoav Bruck (ISR)
|
1:48.22 |
| 9. | Andrew Clayton (GBR)
|
1:48.82 |
| 10. |  Ricardo Pedroso (POR)
|
1:49.07 |
 Vlastimil Burda (CZE)
| ||
| 12. |  Marijan Kanjer (CRO)
|
1:49.14 |
| 13. |  Maciej Kajak (POL)
|
1:49.16 |
| 14. |  Dimitrios Manganas (GRE)
|
1:49.19 |
| 15. |  Anders Lyrbring (SWE)
|
1:49.62 |
| 16. | Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
|
1:49.67 |
| 17. | Květoslav Svoboda (CZE)
|
1:49.73 |
| 18. |  Juha Lindfors (FIN)
|
1:49.91 |
| 19. | Tiago Lousada (POR)
|
1:49.94 |
| 20. |  Michael Windisch (AUT)
|
1:50.28 |
| 21. | Lovrenco Franičević (CRO)
|
1:50.29 |
| 22. |  Zoltán Szilágyi (HUN)
|
1:50.64 |
| 23. |  Franck Schott (FRA)
|
1:51.01 |
| 24. |  Philipp Gilgen (SUI)
|
1:51.33 |
| 25. |  Frederic Tonus (BEL)
|
1:54.22 |
| 26. |  Colin Lowth (IRL)
|
1:54.45 |