200 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1998 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Perth AUS
Held
Status Medal
Competitors 66
Countries 46
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Michael Klim AUS 1:47.96
(1 h9)
1:47.41
(1 FA)
🥈 Massi Rosolino ITA 1:49.29
(3 h7)
1:48.30
(2 FA)
🥉 Pieter van den Hoogenband NED 1:48.93
(2 h7)
1:48.65
(3 FA)
4 Jacob Carstensen DEN 1:50.37
(7 h8)
1:49.74
(4 FA)
5 Tom Malchow USA 1:49.54
(4 h9)
1:50.05
(5 FA)
6 Ryk Neethling RSA 1:50.38
(8 h9)
1:50.08
(6 FA)
7 Paul Palmer GBR 1:50.30
(6 h9)
1:50.43
(7 FA)
8 Gustavo Borges BRA 1:49.64
(5 h7)
1:50.47
(8 FA)
9 Josh Davis USA 1:50.65
(11 h8)
1:49.66
(1 FB)
10 Matt Dunn AUS 1:50.80
(12 h9)
1:49.75
(2 FB)
11 Trent Bray NZL 1:50.45
(=9 h8)
1:50.04
(3 FB)
12 Jamie Salter GBR 1:50.91
(13 h7)
1:50.27
(4 FB)
13 Shunsuke Ito JPN 1:51.17
(15 h9)
1:51.38
(5 FB)
14 Steffen Zesner GER 1:51.19
(16 h7)
1:51.57
(6 FB)
15 Danyon Loader NZL 1:50.45
(=9 h9)
1:51.84
(7 FB)
16 Béla Szabados HUN 1:51.06
(14 h8)
1:52.54
(8 FB)
17 Marcel Wouda NED 1:51.40
(17 h9)
18 Jacob Rasmussen DEN 1:51.58
(18 h8)
19 Andrei Cecan MDA 1:51.68
(19 h6)
20 Aleksey Stepanov RUS 1:51.76
(20 h8)
21 Anders Lyrbring SWE 1:51.86
(21 h7)
22 Javier Botello ESP 1:53.23
(22 h8)
23 Petter Lindh SWE 1:53.45
(23 h6)
24 Jure Bučar SLO 1:53.70
(24 h6)
25 Craig Hutchison CAN 1:53.78
(25 h5)
26 Juan José Torrado ESP 1:53.85
(26 h6)
27 Dimitrios Manganas GRE 1:53.86
(27 h6)
28 Ricardo Pedroso POR 1:54.21
(28 h6)
29 Fernando Saez BRA 1:54.25
(29 h7)
30 Sng Ju Wei SGP 1:54.48
(30 h5)
31 Maksim Korshunov RUS 1:54.66
(31 h7)
32 Mariusz Siembida POL 1:55.07
(32 h4)
33 Torlarp Sethsothorn THA 1:55.36
(33 h6)
34 Tero Välimaa FIN 1:55.47
(34 h4)
35 Tom Stoltz LUX 1:55.61
(35 h5)
36 Sebastien Paddington TTO 1:56.57
(36 h2)
37 Örn Arnarson ISL 1:57.25
(37 h5)
38 Li Yun-Lin TPE 1:57.26
(38 h5)
39 Mehdi Addadi ALG 1:57.45
(39 h5)
40 Bartosz Sikora POL 1:57.50
(40 h3)
41 Felipe Delgado ECU 1:57.87
(41 h6)
42 Ramón Valle HON 1:58.25
(42 h5)
43 Adrian O'Connor IRL 1:58.38
(43 h4)
44 Carl Probert FIJ 1:58.66
(44 h4)
45 Colin Lowth IRL 1:59.37
(45 h3)
46 Zachary Moffatt HKG 1:59.40
(46 h4)
47 Pyotr Vasilyev UZB 1:59.57
(47 h4)
48 Alex Fong HKG 1:59.94
(48 h4)
49 Gael Duchenne MRI 2:00.50
(49 h2)
50 Kamal Salman Masud PAK 2:00.77
(50 h4)
51 Stephen Fahy BER 2:01.22
(51 h3)
52 Diego Mularoni SMR 2:02.00
(52 h3)
53 Matteo Cesarini SMR 2:02.04
(53 h3)
54 Barnsley Albert SEY 2:02.76
(54 h3)
55 Aleksey Makhantsev UZB 2:03.63
(55 h5)
56 Stephen Troake BER 2:03.64
(56 h2)
57 Bertrand Hubert FPN 2:04.08
(57 h2)
58 Yann Rambert MRI 2:04.35
(58 h3)
59 Fadi Kouzmah SYR 2:04.57
(59 h1)
60 Daniel Teriipaia FPN 2:05.01
(60 h3)
61 Jaber Sadeq KUW 2:08.69
(61 h2)
62 Amir Saleh Namin IRI 2:09.62
(62 h2)
63 Waleed Al-Qahtani KUW 2:14.80
(63 h2)
64 Michael Watson GUY 2:25.81
(64 h1)
65 Vladimir Klimushin TKM 2:29.58
(65 h2)
AC Jörg Hoffmann GER
(DQ h8)
DNS Pedro BonnellyDNS DOM
(DNS h1)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
59 Fadi Kouzmah SYR 2:04.57
64 Michael Watson GUY 2:25.81
DNS Pedro BonnellyDNS DOM

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
36 Sebastien Paddington TTO 1:56.57
49 Gael Duchenne MRI 2:00.50
56 Stephen Troake BER 2:03.64
57 Bertrand Hubert FPN 2:04.08
61 Jaber Sadeq KUW 2:08.69
62 Amir Saleh Namin IRI 2:09.62
63 Waleed Al-Qahtani KUW 2:14.80
65 Vladimir Klimushin TKM 2:29.58

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
40 Bartosz Sikora POL 1:57.50
45 Colin Lowth IRL 1:59.37
51 Stephen Fahy BER 2:01.22
52 Diego Mularoni SMR 2:02.00
53 Matteo Cesarini SMR 2:02.04
54 Barnsley Albert SEY 2:02.76
58 Yann Rambert MRI 2:04.35
60 Daniel Teriipaia FPN 2:05.01

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
32 Mariusz Siembida POL 1:55.07
34 Tero Välimaa FIN 1:55.47
43 Adrian O'Connor IRL 1:58.38
44 Carl Probert FIJ 1:58.66
46 Zachary Moffatt HKG 1:59.40
47 Pyotr Vasilyev UZB 1:59.57
48 Alex Fong HKG 1:59.94
50 Kamal Salman Masud PAK 2:00.77

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
25 Craig Hutchison CAN 1:53.78
30 Sng Ju Wei SGP 1:54.48
35 Tom Stoltz LUX 1:55.61
37 Örn Arnarson ISL 1:57.25
38 Li Yun-Lin TPE 1:57.26
39 Mehdi Addadi ALG 1:57.45
42 Ramón Valle HON 1:58.25
55 Aleksey Makhantsev UZB 2:03.63

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
19 Andrei Cecan MDA 1:51.68
23 Petter Lindh SWE 1:53.45
24 Jure Bučar SLO 1:53.70
26 Juan José Torrado ESP 1:53.85
27 Dimitrios Manganas GRE 1:53.86
28 Ricardo Pedroso POR 1:54.21
33 Torlarp Sethsothorn THA 1:55.36
41 Felipe Delgado ECU 1:57.87

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
2 Pieter van den Hoogenband NED 1:48.93
3 Massi Rosolino ITA 1:49.29
5 Gustavo Borges BRA 1:49.64
13 Jamie Salter GBR 1:50.91
16 Steffen Zesner GER 1:51.19
21 Anders Lyrbring SWE 1:51.86
29 Fernando Saez BRA 1:54.25
31 Maksim Korshunov RUS 1:54.66

Heat 8

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
7 Jacob Carstensen DEN 1:50.37
=9 Trent Bray NZL 1:50.45
11 Josh Davis USA 1:50.65
14 Béla Szabados HUN 1:51.06
18 Jacob Rasmussen DEN 1:51.58
20 Aleksey Stepanov RUS 1:51.76
22 Javier Botello ESP 1:53.23
DQ Jörg Hoffmann GER

Heat 9

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Michael Klim AUS 1:47.96
4 Tom Malchow USA 1:49.54
6 Paul Palmer GBR 1:50.30
8 Ryk Neethling RSA 1:50.38
=9 Danyon Loader NZL 1:50.45
12 Matt Dunn AUS 1:50.80
15 Shunsuke Ito JPN 1:51.17
17 Marcel Wouda NED 1:51.40

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Michael Klim AUS 1:47.41
2 Massi Rosolino ITA 1:48.30
3 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

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Josh Davis USA 1:49.66
2 Matt Dunn AUS 1:49.75
3 Trent Bray NZL 1:50.04
4 Jamie Salter GBR 1:50.27
5 Shunsuke Ito JPN 1:51.38
6 Steffen Zesner GER 1:51.57
7 Danyon Loader NZL 1:51.84
8 Béla Szabados HUN 1:52.54