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

## 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 |
