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

The men's 200 metre butterfly swimming competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok was held on 11 December at the Thammasat Aquatic Center.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Friday, 11 December 1998 | 09:00 | Heats |
| Friday, 11 December 1998 | 18:00 | Final |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Takashi Yamamoto (JPN) | 2:01.47 |
| 2 | 2 | Han Kyu-chul (KOR) | 2:02.42 |
| 3 | 2 | Xie Xufeng (CHN) | 2:02.49 |
| 4 | 3 | Hung Chien-chih (TPE) | 2:03.73 |
| 5 | 3 | Konstantin Andriushin (KGZ) | 2:03.84 |
| 6 | 1 | Tseng Cheng-hua (TPE) | 2:04.17 |
| 7 | 1 | Hisayoshi Tanaka (JPN) | 2:04.52 |
| 8 | 1 | Mark Kwok (HKG) | 2:04.62 |
| 9 | 2 | Carlo Piccio (PHI) | 2:07.51 |
| 10 | 1 | Fadi Kouzmah (SYR) | 2:08.82 |
| 11 | 3 | Jonathan Chua (SIN) | 2:09.80 |
| 12 | 1 | Nuttapong Ladawon (THA) | 2:09.93 |
| 13 | 3 | Nuttapol Chavanavanichwoot (THA) | 2:10.21 |
| 14 | 3 | Charles Szeto (HKG) | 2:15.28 |
| 15 | 2 | Sultan Al-Otaibi (KUW) | 2:16.64 |
| 16 | 2 | Lou Keng Ip (MAC) | 2:18.60 |
| 17 | 1 | Ghefari Dulapandan (SRI) | 2:20.13 |
| 18 | 3 | Pirouz Eftekhar-Manavi (IRI) | 2:20.36 |
| 19 | 2 | Gihan Ranatunga (SRI) | 2:31.13 |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Takashi Yamamoto (JPN) | 1:56.75 | GR |
| | Xie Xufeng (CHN) | 1:59.67 | |
| | Han Kyu-chul (KOR) | 2:00.46 | |
| 4 | Hisayoshi Tanaka (JPN) | 2:01.24 | |
| 5 | Hung Chien-chih (TPE) | 2:03.25 | |
| 6 | Tseng Cheng-hua (TPE) | 2:03.37 | |
| 7 | Konstantin Andriushin (KGZ) | 2:03.43 | |
| 8 | Mark Kwok (HKG) | 2:03.45 | |
