Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Date	13 January 1998
Competitors	25
Winning time	4 minutes 14.95 seconds
Medalists
Tom Dolan    United States   Marcel Wouda    Netherlands   Curtis Myden    Canada

The finals and the qualifying heats of the men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships were held on Tuesday 13 January 1998 in Perth, Australia.

A Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Tom Dolan (USA)	4:14.95
	Marcel Wouda (NED)	4:15.53
	Curtis Myden (CAN)	4:16.45
4	Matthew Dunn (AUS)	4:16.76
5	István Batházi (HUN)	4:20.28
6	Robert Seibt (GER)	4:20.56
7	Trent Steed (AUS)	4:21.86
8	Tatsuya Kinugasa (JPN)	4:21.91

B Final

Rank	Name	Time
9	Frederik Hviid (ESP)	4:21.66
10	Steven Brown (USA)	4:22.14
11	Xavier Marchand (FRA)	4:23.24
12	Miguel Santolaya (ESP)	4:26.79
13	Krešimir Čač (CRO)	4:27.18
14	Josef Horký (CZE)	4:29.75
15	Mark Kwok (HKG)	4:30.66
—	Xiong Guoming (CHN)	DSQ

Qualifying heats

Rank	Name	Time
1	Marcel Wouda (NED)	4:17.91
2	Curtis Myden (CAN)	4:18.70
3	Tom Dolan (USA)	4:19.67
4	Trent Steed (AUS)	4:20.13
5	Matthew Dunn (AUS)	4:21.22
6	Robert Seibt (GER)	4:21.50
7	István Batházi (HUN)	4:21.95
8	Tatsuya Kinugasa (JPN)	4:22.07
9	Xavier Marchand (FRA)	4:22.77
10	Frederik Hviid (ESP)	4:22.90
11	Steven Brown (USA)	4:23.93
12	Josef Horký (CZE)	4:28.70
13	Xiong Guoming (CHN)	4:28.72
14	Miguel Santolaya (ESP)	4:29.42
15	Mark Kwok (HKG)	4:29.71
16	Krešimir Čač (CRO)	4:30.83
17	Kim Bang-Hyun (KOR)	4:30.91
18	Oliver Young (NZL)	4:30.94
19	Gunter Rodríguez (CUB)	4:31.47
20	Marko Milenkovič (SLO)	4:31.89
21	Ratapong Sirisanont (THA)	4:32.76
22	Alex Fong Lik-Sun (HKG)	4:32.91
23	Adrian Andermatt (SUI)	4:33.52
24	Jin Hao (CHN)	4:33.95
25	Aleksandar Miladinovski (MKD)	4:34.72

See also

• 1996 Men's Olympic Games 400m Individual Medley (Atlanta)
• 1997 Men's World SC Championships 400m Individual Medley (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Men's European LC Championships 400m Individual Medley (Seville)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Games 400m Individual Medley (Sydney)

References

• "8th FINA World Swimming Championships". SwimNews.com. 
• "1998 FINA World Championships (LCM)". USA Swimming.