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| <tr><td>Rank</td><td>Lane</td><td>Name</td><td>Nationality</td><td>Time</td><td>Notes</td></tr> |
| <tr><td>-</td><td>4</td><td>Pieter van den Hoogenband</td><td>Netherlands</td><td>1:45.35</td><td>=WR</td></tr> |
| <tr><td>-</td><td>5</td><td>Ian Thorpe</td><td>Australia</td><td>1:45.83</td><td>-</td></tr> |
| <tr><td>-</td><td>3</td><td>Massimiliano Rosolino</td><td>Italy</td><td>1:46.65</td><td>-</td></tr> |
| <tr><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>Josh Davis</td><td>United States</td><td>1:46.73</td><td>AM</td></tr> |
| <tr><td>5</td><td>8</td><td>Paul Palmer</td><td>Great Britain</td><td>1:47.95</td><td>-</td></tr> |
| <tr><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>James Salter</td><td>Great Britain</td><td>1:48.74</td><td>-</td></tr> |
| <tr><td>7</td><td>2</td><td>Rick Say</td><td>Canada</td><td>1:48.76</td><td>-</td></tr> |
| <tr><td>8</td><td>1</td><td>Grant Hackett</td><td>Australia</td><td>1:49.46</td><td>-</td></tr> |
| </table> |
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