title: Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
text: # Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke
  
  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.
  
  ## 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) | 2:02.09 |
  | 10 | Vladimir Selkov (RUS) | 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 |
  
  ## Remarks
  
  * ↑ Neisser Bent (CUB) scratched B-Final
  * ↑ Vladimir Selkov (RUS) scratched B-Final
  