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

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
  Kurt Grote   United States
  Jean-Christophe Sarnin   France
  Norbert Rózsa   Hungary
«1994 2001»
1998 FINA
World Championships
in Perth, Australia
Diving
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Open water swimming
5 km men women
25 km men women
Team team
Swimming (long course)
Freestyle
50 m   men   women  
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Synchronised swimming
Solo women
Duet women
Team women
Water polo
Team men women

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.

Contents

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  Valeri 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

Remarks

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