| Competition | 1998 World Aquatics Championships | 
|---|---|
| Venue | Perth | 
| Held | — | 
| Status | Medal | 
| Competitors | 50 | 
| Countries | 40 | 
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Preliminary Round | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Marcel Wouda | 2:01.78 (1 h7) | 2:01.18 (1 FA) | |||
| 🥈 | Xavier Marchand | 2:02.68 (7 h5) | 2:01.66 (2 FA) | |||
| 🥉 | Ron Karnaugh | 2:02.64 (=5 h6) | 2:01.89 (3 FA) | |||
| 4 | Matt Dunn | 2:02.16 (4 h6) | 2:02.03 (4 FA) | |||
| 5 | Christian Keller | 2:02.07 (3 h5) | 2:02.10 (5 FA) | |||
| 6 | Curtis Myden | 2:02.64 (=5 h6) | 2:02.30 (6 FA) | |||
| 7 | James Hickman | 2:03.42 (8 h7) | 2:04.13 (7 FA) | |||
| 8 | Tom Dolan | 2:01.94 (2 h7) | 2:05.82 (8 FA) | |||
| 9 | Attila Czene | 2:03.49 (10 h5) | 2:02.76 (1 FB) | |||
| 10 | Mark van der Zijden | 2:04.41 (14 h7) | 2:03.59 (2 FB) | |||
| 11 | Jani Sievinen | 2:03.89 (11 h7) | 2:04.17 (3 FB) | |||
| 12 | Serghei Mariniuc | 2:04.51 (15 h5) | 2:04.58 (4 FB) | |||
| 13 | Miki Halika | 2:04.87 (16 h4) | 2:04.96 (5 FB) | |||
| 14 | Theo Verster | 2:05.21 (17 h5) | 2:05.14 (6 FB) | |||
| 15 | Zane King | 2:03.46 (9 h5) | 2:05.63 (7 FB) | |||
| 16 | Jens Kruppa | 2:04.35 (13 h5) | 2:05.87 (8 FB) | |||
| 17 | Attila Zubor | 2:04.30 (12 h6) | — | |||
| 18 | Tatsuya Kinugasa | 2:05.26 (18 h7) | — | |||
| 19 | Jordi Carrasco | 2:05.70 (19 h6) | — | |||
| 20 | Peter Mankoč | 2:05.72 (20 h6) | — | |||
| 21 | Krešimir Čač | 2:06.12 (21 h4) | — | |||
| 22 | Kim Bang-Hyeon | 2:06.60 (22 h4) | — | |||
| 23 | Mark Kwok | 2:07.30 (23 h3) | — | |||
| 24 | Oliver Young | 2:08.40 (24 h4) | — | |||
| 25 | Arsenio López | 2:08.53 (25 h4) | — | |||
| 26 | Josef Horký | 2:09.01 (26 h6) | — | |||
| 27 | Xie Xufeng | 2:09.27 (27 h7) | — | |||
| 28 | Marko Milenkovič | 2:09.80 (28 h4) | — | |||
| 29 | Aleksandar Miladinovski | 2:09.93 (29 h4) | — | |||
| 30 | Oleg Pukhnaty | 2:10.19 (30 h5) | — | |||
| 31 | Adrian Andermatt | 2:10.23 (31 h3) | — | |||
| 32 | Valērijs Kalmikovs | 2:10.28 (32 h3) | — | |||
| 33 | Miroslav Machovič | 2:10.36 (33 h3) | — | |||
| 34 | Stephen Fahy | 2:10.51 (34 h3) | — | |||
| 35 | Ratapong Sirisanont | 2:10.81 (35 h2) | — | |||
| 36 | Tseng Cheng-Hua | 2:11.93 (36 h3) | — | |||
| 37 | Abraham Solano | 2:12.67 (37 h2) | — | |||
| 38 | Steven Ferguson | 2:13.09 (38 h3) | — | |||
| 39 | Yevgeny Petrashov | 2:13.11 (39 h4) | — | |||
| 40 | Werner Wagner | 2:14.52 (40 h2) | — | |||
| 41 | Julio Rey | 2:15.33 (41 h1) | — | |||
| 42 | Gael Duchenne | 2:17.22 (42 h2) | — | |||
| 43 | Saad Khalloqi | 2:17.53 (43 h2) | — | |||
| 44 | Fabrice Lincoln | 2:17.70 (44 h1) | — | |||
| 45 | Wu Nien-Pin | 2:18.29 (45 h3) | — | |||
| 46 | Pirouz Eftekhar | 2:22.15 (46 h1) | — | |||
| 47 | Jaber Sadeq | 2:23.73 (47 h1) | — | |||
| 48 | Omid Teimouri | 2:28.78 (48 h1) | — | |||
| 49 | Michael Watson | 2:44.26 (49 h1) | — | |||
| AC | Massi Rosolino | — (DQ h6) | — | |||
| DNS | Shaderska PérezDNS | — (DNS h1) | — | |||
| DNS | Carl ProbertDNS | — (DNS h2) | — | |||
| DNS | Daniel TeriipaiaDNS | — (DNS h2) | — | |||
| DNS | Ghefari DulapandanDNS | — (DNS h2) | — | |||
| DNS | Andrei ZaharovDNS | — (DNS h7) | — | 
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Julio Rey | 2:15.33 | ||
| 44 | Fabrice Lincoln | 2:17.70 | ||
| 46 | Pirouz Eftekhar | 2:22.15 | ||
| 47 | Jaber Sadeq | 2:23.73 | ||
| 48 | Omid Teimouri | 2:28.78 | ||
| 49 | Michael Watson | 2:44.26 | ||
| DNS | Shaderska PérezDNS | — | 
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Ratapong Sirisanont | 2:10.81 | ||
| 37 | Abraham Solano | 2:12.67 | ||
| 40 | Werner Wagner | 2:14.52 | ||
| 42 | Gael Duchenne | 2:17.22 | ||
| 43 | Saad Khalloqi | 2:17.53 | ||
| DNS | Carl ProbertDNS | — | ||
| DNS | Daniel TeriipaiaDNS | — | ||
| DNS | Ghefari DulapandanDNS | — | 
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Mark Kwok | 2:07.30 | ||
| 31 | Adrian Andermatt | 2:10.23 | ||
| 32 | Valērijs Kalmikovs | 2:10.28 | ||
| 33 | Miroslav Machovič | 2:10.36 | ||
| 34 | Stephen Fahy | 2:10.51 | ||
| 36 | Tseng Cheng-Hua | 2:11.93 | ||
| 38 | Steven Ferguson | 2:13.09 | ||
| 45 | Wu Nien-Pin | 2:18.29 | 
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Miki Halika | 2:04.87 | ||
| 21 | Krešimir Čač | 2:06.12 | ||
| 22 | Kim Bang-Hyeon | 2:06.60 | ||
| 24 | Oliver Young | 2:08.40 | ||
| 25 | Arsenio López | 2:08.53 | ||
| 28 | Marko Milenkovič | 2:09.80 | ||
| 29 | Aleksandar Miladinovski | 2:09.93 | ||
| 39 | Yevgeny Petrashov | 2:13.11 | 
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Christian Keller | 2:02.07 | ||
| 7 | Xavier Marchand | 2:02.68 | ||
| 9 | Zane King | 2:03.46 | ||
| 10 | Attila Czene | 2:03.49 | ||
| 13 | Jens Kruppa | 2:04.35 | ||
| 15 | Serghei Mariniuc | 2:04.51 | ||
| 17 | Theo Verster | 2:05.21 | ||
| 30 | Oleg Pukhnaty | 2:10.19 | 
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Matt Dunn | 2:02.16 | ||
| =5 | Ron Karnaugh | 2:02.64 | ||
| =5 | Curtis Myden | 2:02.64 | ||
| 12 | Attila Zubor | 2:04.30 | ||
| 19 | Jordi Carrasco | 2:05.70 | ||
| 20 | Peter Mankoč | 2:05.72 | ||
| 26 | Josef Horký | 2:09.01 | ||
| DQ | Massi Rosolino | — | 
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcel Wouda | 2:01.78 | ||
| 2 | Tom Dolan | 2:01.94 | ||
| 8 | James Hickman | 2:03.42 | ||
| 11 | Jani Sievinen | 2:03.89 | ||
| 14 | Mark van der Zijden | 2:04.41 | ||
| 18 | Tatsuya Kinugasa | 2:05.26 | ||
| 27 | Xie Xufeng | 2:09.27 | ||
| DNS | Andrei ZaharovDNS | — | 
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcel Wouda | 2:01.18 | ||
| 2 | Xavier Marchand | 2:01.66 | ||
| 3 | Ron Karnaugh | 2:01.89 | ||
| 4 | Matt Dunn | 2:02.03 | ||
| 5 | Christian Keller | 2:02.10 | ||
| 6 | Curtis Myden | 2:02.30 | ||
| 7 | James Hickman | 2:04.13 | ||
| 8 | Tom Dolan | 2:05.82 | 
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Attila Czene | 2:02.76 | ||
| 2 | Mark van der Zijden | 2:03.59 | ||
| 3 | Jani Sievinen | 2:04.17 | ||
| 4 | Serghei Mariniuc | 2:04.58 | ||
| 5 | Miki Halika | 2:04.96 | ||
| 6 | Theo Verster | 2:05.14 | ||
| 7 | Zane King | 2:05.63 | ||
| 8 | Jens Kruppa | 2:05.87 |