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	-