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 | ||||||||||
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| Date | 16 January 1998 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 28 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2 minutes 13.40 seconds | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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A Final
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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 | |