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