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

The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Friday 1998-01-16 in Perth, Western Australia.

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date16 January 1998
Competitors28
Winning time2 minutes 13.40 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    France
bronze medal    Hungary
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A Final

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Rank Name Time
    Kurt Grote (USA) 2:13.40
    Jean-Christophe Sarnin (FRA) 2:13.42
    Norbert Rózsa (HUN) 2:13.59
4   Simon Cowley (AUS) 2:13.84
5   Ryan Mitchell (AUS) 2:14.43
6   Benno Kuipers (NED) 2:15.34
7   Tom Wilkens (USA) 2:15.41
8   Aleksandr Gukov (BLR) 2:15.51

B Final

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Rank Name Time
9   Alexander Tkachev (RUS) 2:15.48
10   Marek Krawczyk (POL) 2:16.14
11   Daniel Málek (CZE) 2:17.50
12   Stéphan Perrot (FRA) 2:17.58
13   Morgan Knabe (CAN) 2:17.71
14   José Couto (POR) 2:18.37
15   Yoshiaki Okita (JPN) 2:18.94
16   Domenico Fioravanti (ITA) 2:22.30

Qualifying heats

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Rank Name Time Notes
1   Ryan Mitchell (AUS) 2:13.37
2   Norbert Rózsa (HUN) 2:14.86
3   Simon Cowley (AUS) 2:14.93
4   Jean-Christophe Sarnin (FRA) 2:15.09
5   Benno Kuipers (NED) 2:15.23
6   Kurt Grote (USA) 2:15.29
7   Tom Wilkens (USA) 2:15.57
8   Aleksandr Gukov (BLR) 2:15.63
9   Alexander Tkachev (RUS) 2:15.76
10   Marek Krawczyk (POL) 2:15.98
11   Károly Güttler (HUN) 2:16.10 scratched finals
12   Yoshiaki Okita (JPN) 2:16.30
13   Stéphan Perrot (FRA) 2:16.36
14   Daniel Málek (CZE) 2:16.88
15   Andrey Korneyev (RUS) 2:17.21 scratched finals
16   José Couto (POR) 2:17.51
17   Domenico Fioravanti (ITA) 2:17.64
18   Morgan Knabe (CAN) 2:18.35
19   Fred Deburghgraeve (BEL) 2:18.86
20   Ratapong Sirisanont (THA) 2:19.12
21   Chikara Nakashita (JPN) 2:19.74
22   Cho Kwang-Jea (KOR) 2:19.93
23   Marc Capdevila (ESP) 2:20.75
24   Alwin de Prins (LUX) 2:20.78
25   Valērijs Kalmikovs (LAT) 2:21.22
26   Arsenio López (PUR) 2:21.23
27   Jorge Arias (PER) 2:21.24 NR
28   Francisco Suriano (ESA) 2:21.61

Remarks

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See also

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References

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