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

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, Australia.

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date16 January 1998
Competitors28
Winning time2 minutes 13.40 seconds
Medalists
 Kurt Grote   United States
 Jean-Christophe Sarnin   France
 Norbert Rózsa   Hungary
1998 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Open water swimming
Single
5 kmmenwomen
5 km team rating
25 kmmenwomen
25 km team rating
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Synchronised swimming
Solowomen
Duetwomen
Teamwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen

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) 2:16.10scratched 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) 2:17.21scratched 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) 2:21.24NR
28  Francisco Suriano (ESA) 2:21.61

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