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

Men's 200 metre individual medley1998 FINA World Championships
Date	17 January 1998
Competitors	26
Winning time	2 minutes 1.18 seconds
Medalists
Marcel Wouda   Netherlands   Xavier Marchand   France   Ron Karnaugh   United States

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
Team		men		women

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, 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
	Curtis Myden (CAN)
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

See also

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