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

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	12 January 1998
Competitors	27
Winning time	1 minute 47.41 seconds
Medalists
Michael Klim    Australia   Massimiliano Rosolino    Italy   Pieter v.d. Hoogenband    Netherlands

1998 FINA World Championships Perth, Australia
Diving
1 m	men	women
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Open water swimming
5 km	men	women
25 km	men	women
Team	5 km	25 km
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
Synchronised swimming
Solo		women
Duet		women
Team		women
Water polo
men (rosters) women (rosters)

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, Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Michael Klim (AUS)	1:47.41
	Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA)	1:48.30
	Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)	1:48.65
4	Jacob Carstensen (DEN)	1:49.74
5	Tom Malchow (USA)	1:50.05
6	Ryk Neethling (RSA)	1:50.08
7	Paul Palmer (GBR)	1:50.43
8	Gustavo Borges (BRA)	1:50.47

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Josh Davis (USA)	1:49.66
10	Matthew Dunn (AUS)	1:49.75
11	Trent Bray (NZL)	1:50.04
12	James Salter (GBR)	1:50.27
13	Shunsuke Ito (JPN)	1:51.38
14	Steffen Zesner (GER)	1:51.57
15	Danyon Loader (NZL)	1:51.84
16	Béla Szabados (HUN)	1:52.54

Qualifying heats

Rank	Name	Time
1	Michael Klim (AUS)	1:47.96
2	Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)	1:48.93
3	Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA)	1:49.29
4	Tom Malchow (USA)	1:49.54
5	Gustavo Borges (BRA)	1:50.64
6	Paul Palmer (GBR)	1:50.30
7	Jacob Carstensen (DEN)	1:50.37
8	Ryk Neethling (RSA)	1:50.38
9	Danyon Loader (NZL)	1:50.45
	Trent Bray (NZL)
11	Josh Davis (USA)	1:50.65
12	Matthew Dunn (AUS)	1:50.80
13	James Salter (GBR)	1:50.91
14	Béla Szabados (HUN)	1:51.06
15	Shunsuke Ito (JPN)	1:51.17
16	Steffen Zesner (GER)	1:51.19
17	Marcel Wouda (NED)	1:51.40
18	Jacob Rasmussen (DEN)	1:51.58
19	Andrei Cecan (MDA)	1:51.68
20	Alexei Stepanov (RUS)	1:51.76
21	Anders Lyrbring (SWE)	1:51.86
22	Javier Botello (ESP)	1:53.23
23	Petter Lindh (SWE)	1:53.45
24	Jure Bučar (SLO)	1:53.70
25	Craig Hutchison (CAN)	1:53.78
26	Juan Torrado (ESP)	1:53.85
27	Dimitrios Manganas (GRE)	1:53.86

See also

• 1996 Men's Olympic Games 200m Freestyle (Atlanta)
• 1997 Men's World SC Championships 200m Freestyle (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Men's European LC Championships 200m Freestyle (Seville)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Games 200m Freestyle (Sydney)

References

• "8th FINA World Swimming Championships". SwimNews.com.
• "1998 FINA World Championships (LCM)". USA Swimming.