Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley
# Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley

The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Saturday 1998-01-17 in Perth, Western Australia.

## A Final

| Rank | Name | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Marcel Wouda (NED) | 2:01.18 |
| | Xavier Marchand (FRA) | 2:01.66 |
| | Ron Karnaugh (USA) | 2:01.89 |
| 4 | Matthew Dunn (AUS) | 2:02.03 |
| 5 | Christian Keller (GER) | 2:02.10 |
| 6 | Curtis Myden (CAN) | 2:02.30 |
| 7 | James Hickman (GBR) | 2:04.13 |
| 8 | Tom Dolan (USA) | 2:05.82 |

## B Final

| Rank | Name | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 9 | Attila Czene (HUN) | 2:02.76 |
| 10 | Mark van der Zijden (NED) | 2:03.59 |
| 11 | Jani Sievinen (FIN) | 2:04.17 |
| 12 | Serghei Mariniuc (MDA) | 2:04.58 |
| 13 | Michael Halika (ISR) | 2:04.96 |
| 14 | Theo Verster (RSA) | 2:05.14 |
| 15 | Zane King (AUS) | 2:05.63 |
| 16 | Jens Kruppa (GER) | 2:05.87 |

## Qualifying heats

| Rank | Name | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Marcel Wouda (NED) | 2:01.78 |
| 2 | Tom Dolan (USA) | 2:01.94 |
| 3 | Christian Keller (GER) | 2:02.07 |
| 4 | Matthew Dunn (AUS) | 2:02.16 |
| 5 | Ron Karnaugh (USA) | 2:02.64 |
| 5 | Curtis Myden (CAN) | 2:02.64 |
| 7 | Xavier Marchand (FRA) | 2:02.68 |
| 8 | James Hickman (GBR) | 2:03.42 |
| 9 | Zane King (AUS) | 2:03.46 |
| 10 | Attila Czene (HUN) | 2:03.49 |
| 11 | Jani Sievinen (FIN) | 2:03.89 |
| 12 | Attila Zubor (HUN) | 2:04.30 |
| 13 | Jens Kruppa (GER) | 2:04.35 |
| 14 | Mark van der Zijden (NED) | 2:04.41 |
| 15 | Serghei Mariniuc (MDA) | 2:04.51 |
| 16 | Michael Halika (ISR) | 2:04.87 |
| 17 | Theo Verster (RSA) | 2:05.21 |
| 18 | Tatsuya Kinugasa (JPN) | 2:05.26 |
| 19 | Jordi Carrasco (ESP) | 2:05.70 |
| 20 | Peter Mankoč (SLO) | 2:05.72 |
| 21 | Krešimir Čač (CRO) | 2:06.12 |
| 22 | Kim Bang-Hyun (KOR) | 2:06.60 |
| 23 | Mark Kwok (HKG) | 2:07.30 |
| 24 | Oliver Young (NZL) | 2:08.40 |
| 25 | Arsenio López (PUR) | 2:08.53 |
| 26 | Josef Horký (CZE) | 2:09.01 |

## Remarks

* ↑ Attila Zubor (HUN) scratched B-Final
