Swimming at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 200 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok was held on 7 December at the Thammasat Aquatic Center.

## Schedule

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Monday, 7 December 1998 | 09:00 | Heats |
| Monday, 7 December 1998 | 18:00 | Finals |

## Results

### Legend

* DNS — Did not start

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Torlarp Sethsothorn (THA) | 1:52.77 |
| 2 | 4 | Wang Chuan (CHN) | 1:52.97 |
| 3 | 2 | Kim Bang-hyun (KOR) | 1:53.69 |
| 4 | 4 | Mark Chay (SIN) | 1:54.36 |
| 5 | 4 | Yosuke Ichikawa (JPN) | 1:54.49 |
| 6 | 2 | Koh Yun-ho (KOR) | 1:54.50 |
| 7 | 3 | Sng Ju Wei (SIN) | 1:54.53 |
| 8 | 3 | Shusuke Ito (JPN) | 1:54.91 |
| 9 | 2 | Vicha Ratanachote (THA) | 1:54.99 |
| 10 | 2 | Du Jie (CHN) | 1:55.02 |
| 11 | 3 | Andrey Kvassov (KAZ) | 1:55.54 |
| 12 | 3 | Oleg Tsvetkovskiy (UZB) | 1:55.77 |
| 13 | 4 | Zachary Moffatt (HKG) | 1:56.38 |
| 14 | 4 | Carlo Piccio (PHI) | 1:58.22 |
| 15 | 1 | Wu Nien-pin (TPE) | 1:58.40 |
| 16 | 3 | Petr Vasiliev (UZB) | 1:58.57 |
| 17 | 3 | Tang Chon Kit (MAC) | 1:59.15 |
| 18 | 4 | Sun Fat Yee (HKG) | 1:59.43 |
| 19 | 1 | Chen Yi-chung (TPE) | 2:00.35 |
| 20 | 2 | Fahad Al-Otaibi (KUW) | 2:03.31 |
| 21 | 2 | Hamed Rezakhani (IRI) | 2:04.48 |
| 22 | 1 | Farshid Karami (IRI) | 2:09.34 |
| 23 | 3 | Ibrahim Shafee (UAE) | 2:12.41 |
| 24 | 4 | Hem Kiry (CAM) | 2:13.27 |
| 25 | 3 | Ammar Al-Ejji (QAT) | 2:16.42 |
| — | 2 | Kamal Salman Masud (PAK) | DNS |
| — | 2 | Mumtaz Ahmed (PAK) | DNS |

### Finals

**Final B**

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Vicha Ratanachote (THA) | 1:54.52 |
| 2 | Andrey Kvassov (KAZ) | 1:54.69 |
| 3 | Oleg Tsvetkovskiy (UZB) | 1:55.69 |
| 4 | Zachary Moffatt (HKG) | 1:56.53 |
| 5 | Du Jie (CHN) | 1:57.12 |
| 6 | Petr Vasiliev (UZB) | 1:58.63 |
| 7 | Wu Nien-pin (TPE) | 1:58.80 |
| 8 | Carlo Piccio (PHI) | 1:59.93 |

**Final A**

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Yosuke Ichikawa (JPN) | 1:52.46 |
| | Torlarp Sethsothorn (THA) | 1:52.53 |
| | Shusuke Ito (JPN) | 1:52.81 |
| 4 | Kim Bang-hyun (KOR) | 1:53.04 |
| 5 | Wang Chuan (CHN) | 1:53.16 |
| 6 | Koh Yun-ho (KOR) | 1:53.82 |
| 7 | Mark Chay (SIN) | 1:54.57 |
| 8 | Sng Ju Wei (SIN) | 1:55.26 |
