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

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Men's 200 metre breaststroke ; at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	16 January 1998
Competitors	28
Winning time	2 minutes 13.40 seconds
Medalists
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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.

A Final

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

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

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