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

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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
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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, Western 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)	1:49.64
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.