| Event: | Men's 200 metre butterfly |
| Competition: | 1998 FINA World Championships |
| Date: | 14 January 1998 |
| Competitors: | 36 |
| Win Value: | 1 minute 56.61 seconds |
| Gold: | Denys Sylantyev |
| Goldnoc: | UKR |
| Silver: | Franck Esposito |
| Silvernoc: | FRA |
| Bronze: | Tom Malchow |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 1994 |
| Next: | 2001 |
The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Wednesday 1998-01-14 in Perth, Western Australia.
| Rank | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:56.61 | |||
| 1:56.77 | |||
| 1:57.26 | |||
| 4 | 1:57.50 | ||
| 5 | 1:58.76 | ||
| 6 | 1:59.57 | ||
| 7 | 2:00.26 | ||
| - | DSQ |
| Rank | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1:59.13 | ||
| 10 | 1:59.98 | ||
| 11 | 1:59.98 | ||
| 12 | 2:00.30 | ||
| 13 | 2:00.37 | ||
| 14 | 2:00.73 | ||
| 15 | 2:00.79 | ||
| 16 | 2:03.24 |
| Rank | Name | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:56.32 | ||
| 2 | 1:56.99 | ||
| 3 | 1:57.62 | ||
| 4 | 1:58.20 | ||
| 5 | 1:58.87 | ||
| 6 | 1:59.13 | ||
| 7 | 1:59.14 | ||
| 8 | 1:59.37 | ||
| 9 | 1:59.63 | ||
| 10 | 1:59.85 | ||
| 11 | 1:59.89 | ||
| 12 | 1:59.91 | ||
| 13 | 2:00.23 | ||
| 14 | 2:00.45 | ||
| 15 | 2:00.85 | ||
| 16 | 2:01.24 | ||
| 17 | 2:01.50 | ||
| 18 | 2:01.61 | ||
| 19 | 2:01.62 | ||
| 20 | 2:01.64 | ||
| 21 | 2:01.75 | ||
| 22 | 2:02.18 | ||
| 23 | 2:02.30 | ||
| 24 | 2:02.40 | ||
| 25 | 2:02.60 | ||
| 26 | 2:03.25 | ||
| 27 | 2:03.32 | ||
| 28 | 2:03.46 | ||
| 29 | 2:03.76 | ||
| 30 | 2:03.90 | ||
| 31 | 2:04.17 | ||
| 32 | 2:04.42 | ||
| 33 | 2:04.67 | ||
| 34 | 2:04.83 | ||
| 35 | 2:04.90 | ||
| 36 | 2:05.82 |