The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Wednesday 1998-01-14 in Perth, Western Australia.
| Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 1998 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 14 January 1998 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 36 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1 minute 56.61 seconds | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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A Final
edit| Rank | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
|
 Denys Sylantyev (UKR)
|
1:56.61 |
|
 Franck Esposito (FRA)
|
1:56.77 |
|
 Tom Malchow (USA)
|
1:57.26 |
| 4 |  Takashi Yamamoto (JPN)
|
1:57.50 |
| 5 |  James Hickman (GBR)
|
1:58.76 |
| 6 | Stephen Parry (GBR)
|
1:59.57 |
| 7 |  Han Kyu-Chul (KOR)
|
2:00.26 |
| — |  Scott Goodman (AUS)
|
DSQ |
B Final
edit| Rank | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Uğur Taner (USA)
|
1:59.13 |
| 10 |  Stefan Aartsen (NED)
|
1:59.98 |
| 11 |  Anatoly Polyakov (RUS)
|
1:59.98 |
| 12 |  Vesa Hanski (FIN)
|
2:00.30 |
| 13 |  Chris-Carol Bremer (GER)
|
2:00.37 |
| 14 |  Péter Horváth (HUN)
|
2:00.73 |
| 15 |  Massimiliano Eroli (ITA)
|
2:00.79 |
| 16 |  Xie Xufeng (CHN)
|
2:03.24 |
Qualifying heats
edit| Rank | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franck Esposito (FRA)
|
1:56.32 |
| 2 | Takashi Yamamoto (JPN)
|
1:56.99 |
| 3 | Denys Sylantyev (UKR)
|
1:57.62 |
| 4 | Tom Malchow (USA)
|
1:58.20 |
| 5 | Scott Goodman (AUS)
|
1:58.87 |
| 6 | James Hickman (GBR)
|
1:59.13 |
| 7 | Han Kyu-Chul (KOR)
|
1:59.14 |
| 8 | Stephen Parry (GBR)
|
1:59.37 |
| 9 | Uğur Taner (USA)
|
1:59.63 |
| 10 | Chris-Carol Bremer (GER)
|
1:59.85 |
| 11 | Stefan Aartsen (NED)
|
1:59.89 |
| 12 | Péter Horváth (HUN)
|
1:59.91 |
| 13 | Vesa Hanski (FIN)
|
2:00.23 |
| 14 | Anatoly Polyakov (RUS)
|
2:00.45 |
| 15 | Massimiliano Eroli (ITA)
|
2:00.85 |
| 16 | Xie Xufeng (CHN)
|
2:01.24 |
| 17 | Zane King (AUS)
|
2:01.50 |
| 18 |  Pedro Monteiro (BRA)
|
2:01.61 |
| 19 |  Jorge Pérez (ESP)
|
2:01.62 |
| 20 | Tero Välimaa (FIN)
|
2:01.64 |
| 21 | Alex Gorguraki (RUS)
|
2:01.75 |
| 22 |  Aleksandar Malenko (MKD)
|
2:02.18 |
| 23 |  Vladan Marković (YUG)
|
2:02.30 |
| 24 |  Marcin Kaczmarek (POL)
|
2:02.40 |
| 25 | Thomas Rupprath (GER)
|
2:02.60 |
| 26 |  Colin Lowth (IRL)
|
2:03.25 |
| 27 |  Theo Verster (RSA)
|
2:03.32 |
| 28 |  Konstantin Andrushin (KAZ)
|
2:03.46 |
| 29 |  Adrian Andermatt (SUI)
|
2:03.76 |
| 30 | Kim Bang-Hyun (KOR)
|
2:03.90 |
| 31 |  Georgios Popotas (GRE)
|
2:04.17 |
| 32 |  Mark Kwok (HKG)
|
2:04.42 |
| 33 | Huang Xin (CHN)
|
2:04.67 |
| 34 | Aleksandar Miladinovski (MKD)
|
2:04.83 |
| 35 |  Alexis Perdomo (VEN)
|
2:04.90 |
| 36 |  Simão Morgado (POR)
|
2:05.82 |