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

1998 FINA World Championships 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	5 km	25 km
Swimming
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
men (rosters) women (rosters)

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.

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

Remarks

See also

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

References

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