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

The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Wednesday 1998-01-14 in Perth, Western Australia.

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	14 January 1998
Competitors	36
Winning time	1 minute 56.61 seconds
Medalists
Denys Sylantyev    Ukraine   Franck Esposito    France   Tom Malchow    United States

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Denys Sylantyev (UKR)	1:56.61
	Franck Esposito (FRA)	1:56.77
	Tom Malchow (USA)	1:57.26
4	Takashi Yamamoto (JPN)	1:57.50
5	James Hickman (GBR)	1:58.76
6	Stephen Parry (GBR)	1:59.57
7	Han Kyu-Chul (KOR)	2:00.26
—	Scott Goodman (AUS)	DSQ

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Uğur Taner (USA)	1:59.13
10	Stefan Aartsen (NED)	1:59.98
11	Anatoly Polyakov (RUS)	1:59.98
12	Vesa Hanski (FIN)	2:00.30
13	Chris-Carol Bremer (GER)	2:00.37
14	Péter Horváth (HUN)	2:00.73
15	Massimiliano Eroli (ITA)	2:00.79
16	Xie Xufeng (CHN)	2:03.24

Qualifying heats

Rank	Name	Time
1	Franck Esposito (FRA)	1:56.32
2	Takashi Yamamoto (JPN)	1:56.99
3	Denys Sylantyev (UKR)	1:57.62
4	Tom Malchow (USA)	1:58.20
5	Scott Goodman (AUS)	1:58.87
6	James Hickman (GBR)	1:59.13
7	Han Kyu-Chul (KOR)	1:59.14
8	Stephen Parry (GBR)	1:59.37
9	Uğur Taner (USA)	1:59.63
10	Chris-Carol Bremer (GER)	1:59.85
11	Stefan Aartsen (NED)	1:59.89
12	Péter Horváth (HUN)	1:59.91
13	Vesa Hanski (FIN)	2:00.23
14	Anatoly Polyakov (RUS)	2:00.45
15	Massimiliano Eroli (ITA)	2:00.85
16	Xie Xufeng (CHN)	2:01.24
17	Zane King (AUS)	2:01.50
18	Pedro Monteiro (BRA)	2:01.61
19	Jorge Pérez (ESP)	2:01.62
20	Tero Välimaa (FIN)	2:01.64
21	Alex Gorguraki (RUS)	2:01.75
22	Aleksandar Malenko (MKD)	2:02.18
23	Vladan Marković (YUG)	2:02.30
24	Marcin Kaczmarek (POL)	2:02.40
25	Thomas Rupprath (GER)	2:02.60
26	Colin Lowth (IRL)	2:03.25
27	Theo Verster (RSA)	2:03.32
28	Konstantin Andrushin (KAZ)	2:03.46
29	Adrian Andermatt (SUI)	2:03.76
30	Kim Bang-Hyun (KOR)	2:03.90
31	Georgios Popotas (GRE)	2:04.17
32	Mark Kwok (HKG)	2:04.42
33	Huang Xin (CHN)	2:04.67
34	Aleksandar Miladinovski (MKD)	2:04.83
35	Alexis Perdomo (VEN)	2:04.90
36	Simão Morgado (POR)	2:05.82

See also

• 1996 Men's Olympic Games 200m Butterfly (Atlanta)
• 1997 Men's World SC Championships 200m Butterfly (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Men's European LC Championships 200m Butterfly (Seville)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Games 200m Butterfly (Sydney)

References

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