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

Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 1998 FINA World Championships

Date

18 January 1998

Competitors

Winning time

1 minute 58.84 seconds

Medalists

	Lenny Krayzelburg	United States
	Ralf Braun	Germany
	Mark Versfeld	Canada

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1998 FINA World Championships
Diving
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10 m	men	women
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Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
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400 m	men	women
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4×100 m	men	women
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Medley relay
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Solo		women
Duet		women
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The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 200 metre backstroke event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Sunday 1998-01-18 in Perth, Western Australia.

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A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)	1:58.84
	Ralf Braun (GER)	1:59.23
	Mark Versfeld (CAN)	1:59.39
4	Emanuele Merisi (ITA)	1:59.59
5	Brad Bridgewater (USA)	2:00.02
6	Fu Yong (CHN)	2:00.40
7	Bartosz Sikora (POL)	2:00.71
8	Adam Ruckwood (GBR)	2:01.10

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Vladislav Aminov (RUS)	2:01.90
10	Jorge Sánchez (ESP)	2:02.04
11	Stefano Battistelli (ITA)	2:03.03
12	Marko Strahija (CRO)	2:03.12
13	Rogério Romero (BRA)	2:03.14
14	Arūnas Savickas (LTU)	2:03.74
15	Adrian Radley (AUS)	2:03.91
16	Miroslav Machovič (SVK)	2:05.36

Qualifying heats

Rank	Name	Time
1	Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)	1:59.36
2	Mark Versfeld (CAN)	2:00.49
3	Adam Ruckwood (GBR)	2:00.52
4	Brad Bridgewater (USA)	2:00.53
5	Emanuele Merisi (ITA)	2:00.73
6	Ralf Braun (GER)	2:01.13
7	Bartosz Sikora (POL)	2:01.50
7	Fu Yong (CHN)	2:01.76

9	Neisser Bent (CUB)^[1]	2:02.09
10	Vladimir Selkov (RUS)^[2]	2:02.09
11	Vladislav Aminov (RUS)	2:02.67
12	Jorge Sánchez (ESP)	2:02.73
13	Arūnas Savickas (LTU)	2:02.92
14	Stefano Battistelli (ITA)	2:03.55
15	Marko Strahija (CRO)	2:03.76
16	Rogério Romero (BRA)	2:03.83
17	Miroslav Machovič (SVK)	2:04.46
18	Adrian Radley (AUS)	2:04.48

19	David Ortega (ESP)	2:05.12
20	Örn Arnarson (ISL)	2:05.61
21	Alexis Perdomo (VEN)	2:05.66
22	Nuno Laurentino (POR)	2:06.67
23	Darius Grigalionis (LTU)	2:07.39
24	Adrian O'Connor (IRL)	2:08.10
25	Carlos Arena (MEX)	2:08.21
26	Hugh O'Connor (IRL)	2:08.39